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Show Business History & Culture

Sections Below: Related Sections | Hollywood Society | Acting and Stagecraft | Movie Directors | Producers and Moguls | Movie Critics | Screenwriters | Movie Making | Movies and Society

38 titles below ($2.25 to $24.50) including (in alphabetical order): Aaron Spelling * Acting in Television Commercials for Fun and Profit * Altered States * The Barry Diller Story * By Any Means Necessary * Driving Under the Affluence * Fatal Subtraction * Final Cut * George Cukor * Heaven's Gate * Hello, He Lied & Other Truths from the Hollywood Trenches * The Hollywood History of World War II * The Hollywood Murder Case Book * Hollywood on the Riviera * The Hollywood Writers' Wars * Hollywood * Images * Indecent Exposure * Ingmar Bergman * Inside Warner Bros. * Jean Cocteau and the French Scene * Madcap * The Making of The African Queen * The Name Above the Title * No Tricks in My Pocket * One Singular Sensation * Permanent Midnight * The Real Tinsel * Round Up the Usual Suspects * The Search for Haunted Hollywood * Simply Cinema * Stone * The Story of the Lone Ranger * Taking It All in * Thalberg * Walt Disney * You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again * The Zanucks of Hollywood

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See Also: Movies & Movie Novelizations - 14 titles 
See Also: Television History - 6 titles 
See Also: Actors and Male Comedians - 91 titles 
See Also: Actresses and Female Comedians - 86 titles 
See Also: Biographies of Singers, Songwriters & Musicians - 39 titles 
vidheavgt Heaven's Gate: The Untold Story (Video) (new VHS video)

By Unknown. 1999, UFO Central Home Video. "The world saw them die. Now see how they lived...This program provides for the first time, a view from the inside the cult which reveals the life they lived, the beliefs they held and ultimately why they died." (new VHS Video)

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Hollywood Society

hollykanin_ Hollywood: Stars and Starlets, Tycoons and Flesh-Peddlers, Moviemakers and Moneymakers, Frauds and Geniuses, Hopefuls and and Has-Beens, Great Lovers and Se Symbols (used hardcover)

By Garson Kanin. 1974, Viking, 342pp. (VG in Fair DJ. DJ badly worn, page edges slightly soiled and previous owners insciption on FEP)

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driveunder_ Driving Under the Affluence (used mass-market paperback)

By Julia Phillips. 1995 (1997), Harper, 352pp. Sequel to "You'll Never Eat Lunch in this Town Again". (Fine. Unread.)

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nevereat_ You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again (used hardcover)

By Julia Phillips. 1991, Random House, 573pp. "A humorous and no-holds barred examination of Hollywood and the glitterati and their hangers-on that inhabit it. Yuppie burbs, CEOs, gangsters, politicians, smugglers..". (VG in Good DJ)

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hellohelie_ Hello, He Lied & Other Truths from the Hollywood Trenches (used trade paperback)

By Linda Obst. 1996 (1997), Broadway Books, 254pp. The successful woman producer of several big-name movies, including Contact and Sleepless in Seattle tells how she got ahead in the Hollywood jungle. With a new afterword by the author on recent Hollywood developments. (Fine. Apparently unread.)

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cannesffst Hollywood on the Riviera: The Inside Story of the Cannes Film Festival (used hardcover)

By Cari Beauchamp and Henri Behar. 1992, William Morrow, 491pp. The annual rites of the international motion picture community are chronicled, from the first festival in 1939 to the modern era. Includes 16 pages of photos. (Library discard with usual markings. VG in VG DJ in mylar wraps)

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realtinsel_ The Real Tinsel (used hardcover)

By Bernard Rosenberg and Harry Silverstein. 1970, Macmillan Company, 436pp. "An insider's history of Hollywood from its beginnings to modern times, personally narrated by its pioneers." Illustrated by b&w photos thruout. (Library discard with usual markings. Fair in VG DJ in mylar wraps. FEP removed, second page neatly mended and spine is weak)

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insidewarn Inside Warner Bros. (1935 - 1951): The Battles, the Brainstorms, and the Bickering - from the Files of Hollywood's Greatest Studio (used hardcover)

By Rudy Behlmer. 1985, Viking, 358pp. Photo inserts. (VG+ in Good+ DJ. DJ has two small closed tears)

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indecexpos Indecent Exposure: A True Story of Hollywood and Wall Street (used hardcover)

By David McClintick. 1982, Morrow, 544pp. Photo insert. " A definitive book on the Hollywood - Wall Street connection." (VG in Good DJ)

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hollywmurd The Hollywood Murder Case Book (used mass-market paperback)

By Michael Munn. 1987 (1988), St Martin's, 282pp, 7x4". Accounts of show business murders. "The most bizarre murders of all time -- it could only happen in Hollywood." (Good)

(6/11/00) - Also listed on General Murder.

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Acting and Stagecraft

acttvcomm Acting in Television Commercials for Fun and Profit (used trade paperback)

By Squire Fridell. 1986 (1995), Crown, 215pp, 9x7". Third edition (most recent). Written by a famous face who you will instantly recognize from 100s of commercials. (Near Fine. Prev. owner's name inside)

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See Also: Actresses and Female Comedians - 86 titles 
See Also: Theatre Arts - 4 titles 
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Movie Directors

bennettmic_ One Singular Sensation: The Michael Bennett Story (used hardcover)

By Kevin Kelly. 1990, Doubleday, 327pp. Photo inserts. (Library discard with usual markings. VG+ in VG+ DJ in mylar wraps)

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images_ Images: My Life in Film (used hardcover)

By Ingmar Bergman. 1994, Arcade Publ, 442pp. 1st English edition. Translated from the Swedish by Marianne Ruuth. (Library discard with usual markings. VG in VG DJ. Spine is very slightl cocked)

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bergmantwa_ Ingmar Bergman (used hardcover)

By Birgitta Steene. 1968, Twayne Publishers, 157pp. (Library discard with usual markings. Good reading copy. FEP removed)

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cocteaufr_ Jean Cocteau and the French Scene (used hardcover)

By Various. 1984, Abbeville Press, 239pp. Articles by Francis Steegmuller, Ned Rorem, Doré Ashton and others. 1st. Illustrated with b&w photos. Includes a series of essays on Cocteau. (Library discard with usual markings. VG, no DJ. FEP removed)

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cukorgeorg_ George Cukor: A Double Life (used hardcover)

By Mcgilligan. 1991, St Martins, 404pp. The "double" in the title referes to Cuckor's homosexual lifestyle, which seems to be the least important part of his life. For 50 years he reigned suprememe in Hollywood, getting immortal performance out of many actresses of his day, and directing some of the best films to come out of Hollywood. . (Library discard with usual markings. VG+ in VG DJ in mylar wraps)

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frankcapra_ The Name Above the Title: An Autobiography (used hardcover)

By Frank Capra. 1971, Macmillan, 513pp. Autobiography of Hollywood director. (VG in chipped DJ)

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newmanp_ No Tricks in My Pocket: Paul Newman Directs (used hardcover)

By Stewart Stern. 1989, Grove, 232pp. (Library discard with usual markings. VG in VG DJ in mylar wraps)

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stoneolive Stone: The Controversies, Excesses, and Exploits of a Radical Filmmaker (used hardcover)

By James Riordan. 1995, Hyperion, 573pp. Biography of the director of "JFK" and "Nixon" told through interviews with actors, friends and Stone himself. (Library discard with usual markings. Fair in VG DJ in mylar wraps. Spine broken in two places, but text complete and readable)

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sturgesp_ Madcap: The Life of Preston Sturges (used hardcover)

By Donald Spoto. 1990, Little Brown, 301pp. Photo insert. (Library discard with usual markings. f in VG DJ in mylar wraps. )

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alteredsta_ Altered States: The Autobiography of Ken Russell (used hardcover)

By Ken Russell. 1992, Bantam, 337pp. The unvarnished autobiography of Britain's most controversial film director. . (Library discard with usual markings. VG in VG DJ)

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Producers and Moguls

dillerbarr_ The Barry Diller Story: The Life and Times of America's Greatest Entertainment Mogul (used hardcover)

By George Mair. 1997, John Wiley & Sons. (VG- in VG- DJ in wraps. Library discard with usual markings)

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zanucks_ The Zanucks of Hollywood: The Dark Legacy of an American Dynasty (used hardcover)

By Marlys J. Harris. 1989, Crown, 346pp. (Good in Good+ DJ in wraps. Library discard with usual markings)

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thalberg_ Thalberg: The Last Tycoon and the World of MGM (used hardcover)

By Roland Flamini. 1994, Crown, 309pp. (Library discard with usual markings. Fair in Good+ DJ. Spine cocked )

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spellingaa_ Aaron Spelling: A Prime Time Life (used hardcover)

By Aaron Spelling. 1996, St Martin's Press, 228pp. 1st. "Incredible Look At All Of the Television Shows This Very Talented Man Has Created." Several Photos. (Library discard with usual markings. Good- in VG DJ. Spine broken at photo insert)

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fatalsubtr Fatal Subtraction: The Inside Story of Buchwald V. Paramount (used hardcover)

By Pierce O'Donnell. 1992, Doubleday, 576pp. Introduction by Art Buchwald. "The story of the most sensational, precedent-setting lawsuit in Hollywood history-- Art Buchwald and Alain Bernheim's 1988 suit against Paramount Pictures, claiming the studio had failed to give them credit for the original." (Library discard with usual markings. Good- in Good+ DJ in mylar wraps. FEP removed, binding weak)

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waltdisney Walt Disney: Hollywoods Dark Prince (used hardcover)

By Marc Eliot. 1993, Birch Lane Press, 305pp, 7x4". "A Highly controversial book that maintains that Walt Disney had a 25 year association with J.Edgar Hoover and the FBI, serving as a Hollywood Official Informant before being promoted to therank of Special Agent in Charge, rooting out Communists, subversives, and Jews." "Updated with new FBI information." (Library discard with usual markings. VG in Good+ DJ in mylar wraps)

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Movie Critics

kaelpaulin_ Taking It All in (used hardcover)

By Pauline Kael. 1984, H R & W , 527pp. (Library discard with usual markings. VG in Good+ DJ)

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Screenwriters

stahljerry_ Permanent Midnight: A Memoir (used hardcover)

By Stahl. 1995, Warner, 371pp. Autobiography of TV writer and heroin addict. Writer for ALF, Moonlighting and thirtysomething. (Library discard with usual markings. VG in VG DJ in mylar wraps)

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hollywrite_ The Hollywood Writers' Wars (used trade paperback)

By Nancy Lynn Schwartz. 1983, McGraw Hill, 333pp. (VG)

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Movie Making

makafqueen_ The Making of The African Queen (used hardcover)

By Katherine Hepburn. 1987, Alfred a Knopf, 131pp. The co-star of "The African Queen" recalls the memorable filming of the classic John Huston movie. B+W photos throughout. (Near Fine, no DJ)

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heavensgat Final Cut: Dreams and Disaster in the Making of Heaven's Gate (used hardcover)

By Steven Bach. 1985, William Morrow & Co, 432pp. Story of the disastrous production of the movie, "Heaven's Gate," which was the most expensive movie of its day, yet flopped at the box office. (Library discard with usual markings. VG in VG DJ in mylar wraps)

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simplycine Simply Cinema (used trade paperback)

By Penny F. Mills. 1989, Kendall/Hunt, 262pp. A textbook on cinema theory, such as editing, movement, acting, etc. (VG)

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makemalcx By Any Means Necessary: The Trials and Tribulations of the Making of Malcolm X... Including the Screenplay (used trade paperback)

By Spike Lee. 1992, Hyperion, 314pp. (Fair. Library discard with usual markings)

(6/3/00) - Also listed on Black History.

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Movies and Society

hohistwwii The Hollywood History of World War II (used trade paperback)

By Robin Cross. 1984, St Martin's Press, 64pp, 11x8". B+W stills from World War II movies tell a skewed history of the war. (Near Fine)

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loneranger The Story of the Lone Ranger: Who Was that Masked Man? (used trade paperback)

By James Van Hise. 1990, Pioneer, 143pp. " The history of the Lone Ranger from Radio to serials to television to comic books to movies." (Near Fine. Out of Print)

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roundupusu Round Up the Usual Suspects: The Making of Casablanca--Bogart, Bergman, and World War II (used hardcover)

By Aljean Harmetz. 1992, Hyperion, 402pp. "Behind the scenes look at the film, personalities, studio politics, and working in Hollywood during WW II." Well illustrated. Published at $24.95.  . (Library discard with usual markings. VG. FEP reomved. Code numbers cut from bottom DJ spine)

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haunthlwd The Search for Haunted Hollywood (new VHS video)

By David MaKenzie. 1992, Video Communications. "...Visit the haunted side of Hollywood...if you dare. Starring Patrick MacNee. Hosted by John Davidson." Approx. 92 minutes, VHS Documentary. (new)

(7/28/00) - Also listed on Regional Ghost Stories.

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