Hitchcock and the Censors

John Billheimer

• Hardcover | Engels | Screen Classics
• Throughout his career, Alfred Hitchcock had to contend with a wide variety of censors attuned to the slightest suggestion of sexual innuendo, undue vi... Lees meer

A Uniquely American Epic

• Hardcover | Engels | Screen Classics
• One of the most innovative films ever made, Sam Peckinpah's motion picture The Wild Bunch was released in 1969. From the outset, the film was consider... Lees meer

Hitchcock and the Censors

John Billheimer

• Paperback | Engels | Screen Classics
• Throughout his career, Alfred Hitchcock had to contend with a wide variety of censors attuned to the slightest suggestion of sexual innuendo, undue vi... Lees meer

Jean Gabin

Joseph Harriss

• Hardcover | Engels | Screen Classics
• Jean Gabin was more than just a star of iconic movies still screened in film festivals around the world. To many, he was France itself. During his 45-... Lees meer

Olivia de Havilland

Victoria Amador

• Hardcover | Engels | Screen Classics
• Legendary actress and two-time Academy Award winner Olivia de Havilland (1916-2020) is best known for her role as Melanie Wilkes in Gone with the Wind... Lees meer

Being Hal Ashby

Nick Dawson

• Hardcover | Engels | Screen Classics
• Hal Ashby (1929--1988) was always an outsider, and as a director he brought an outsider's perspective to Hollywood cinema. After moving to California ... Lees meer

Conversations with Classic Film Stars

James Bawden, Ron Miller

• Paperback | Engels | Screen Classics
• James Bawden : Seeing the way people behave when they're around you, is it still fun being Cary Grant? Cary Grant : I don't like to disappoint people.... Lees meer

Arthur Penn

Nat Segaloff

• Hardcover | Engels | Screen Classics
• Arthur Penn: American Director is the comprehensive biography of one of the twentieth century's most influential filmmakers. Thematic chapters lucidly... Lees meer

Intrepid Laughter

Andrew Dickos

• Paperback | Engels | Screen Classics
• Throughout his career, Preston Sturges (1898-1959) was known for bringing sophistication and wit to the genre of comedy, establishing himself as one o... Lees meer

Ernest Lehman

Jon Krampner

• Hardcover | Engels | Screen Classics
• Reveals the story of Ernest Lehman's life beyond his legendary work in Hollywood. Lees meer

Rex Ingram

Ruth Barton

• Hardcover | Engels | Screen Classics
• Noted for his charisma, talent, and striking good looks, director Rex Ingram (1893-1950) is ranked alongside D. W. Griffith, Marshall Neilan, and Eric... Lees meer

Jayne Mansfield

Eve Golden

• Hardcover | Engels | Screen Classics
• Jayne Mansfield (1933-1967) was driven not just to be an actress but to be a star. One of the most influential sex symbols of her time, she was known ... Lees meer

Otto Preminger

Foster Hirsch

• Paperback | Engels | Screen Classics
• Nothing about Otto Preminger was small or trivial -- from his privileged upbringing in Vienna as the son of an improbably successful Jewish lawyer to ... Lees meer

Bruce Dern

Bruce Dern

• Paperback | Engels | Screen Classics
• One of Hollywood's biggest personalities, Bruce Dern is not afraid to say what he thinks. He has left an indelible mark on numerous projects, from cri... Lees meer

Hollywood Divided

Kevin Brianton

• Hardcover | Engels | Screen Classics
• On October 22, 1950, the Screen Directors Guild (SDG) gathered for a meeting at the opulent Beverly Hills Hotel. Among the group's leaders were some o... Lees meer

Vitagraph

Andrew A Erish

• Paperback | Engels | Screen Classics
• In Vitagraph , Andrew A. Erish provides the first comprehensive examination and reassessment of the company most responsible for defining and populari... Lees meer

Lewis Milestone

Harlow Robinson

• Hardcover | Engels | Screen Classics
• This comprehensive biography is the first to present Lewis Milestone's remarkable life-a classic rags-to-riches American narrative-in full and explore... Lees meer

Crane

Robert Crane, Christopher Fryer

• Paperback | Engels | Screen Classics
• On June 29, 1978, Bob Crane, known to Hogan's Heroes fans as Colonel Hogan, was discovered brutally murdered in his Scottsdale, Arizona, apartment. Hi... Lees meer

Claude Rains

David J Skal, Jessica Rains

• Paperback | Engels | Screen Classics
• Late in Claude Rains's distinguished career, a reverent film journalist wrote that Rains "was as much a cinematic institution as the medium itself." G... Lees meer

Jean Gabin

Joseph Harriss

• Paperback | Engels | Screen Classics
• Jean Gabin was more than just a star of iconic movies still screened in film festivals around the world. To many, he was France itself. During his 45-... Lees meer

Harvard, Hollywood, Hitmen, and Holy Men

Paul W Williams

• Hardcover | Engels | Screen Classics
• Through his anecdotes, shocking and delightful in their humor and authenticity, Williams takes readers on his unique journey to answer life's big ques... Lees meer

Raoul Walsh

Marilyn Ann Moss

• Paperback | Engels | Screen Classics
• Raoul Walsh (1887-1980) was known as one of Hollywood's most adventurous, iconoclastic, and creative directors. He carved out an illustrious career an... Lees meer

Mae Murray

Michael G Ankerich

• Hardcover | Engels | Screen Classics
• Mae Murray (1885-1965), popularly known as ""the girl with the bee-stung lips,"" was a fiery presence in silent-era Hollywood. Renowned for her classi... Lees meer

My Place in the Sun

George Stevens

• Hardcover | Engels | Screen Classics
• A fascinating auto-biography of the life of George Stevens Jr. and his life on movie sets. Lees meer