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 | "Cinema: Year By Year" 1894-2006 Edition by David Thomson & others DK Publng 6-pound 11½x9¼ hardcover [8/2006] out of print/used 1894-2005 Edition by David Thomson & others DK Publng 7-pound 11½x9½ hardcover [8/2005] out of print/used 1894-2004 edition by Robyn Karney & others DK Publng 7-pound 11¾x9¾ hardcover [8/2004] out of print/used |
Cinema History - up to 1920
 | "The Emergence of Cinema: The American Screen To 1907" [1990] by Charles Musser (History of The American Cinema, Vol. 1) Univ CA Press 10x7 pb [5/94] for $34.95 Scribner's 10¼x7½ hardcover [2/90] for $99.00 |
 | "The Transformation of Cinema, 1907-1915" [1990] by Eileen Bowser (History of The American Cinema, Vol. 2) Univ CA Press 10x7 pb [5/94] for $18.21 Scribner's 10¼x7½ hardcover [12/90] for $99.00 |
 | "A Cultural History of The United States Through The Decades - The 1900s" [grades 6-10; 1998] by Adam Woog Covers the booming economy, working & living conditions, social problems & cures, business vs. labor, the new conservation movement, Teddy Roosevelt, the revolutions in transportation, early motion pictures, and America's increasing role in global affairs Lucent Books 9x7¾ hardcover [9/98] out of print/used |
 | "A Cultural History of The United States Through The Decades - The 1910s" [grades 6-10; 1998] by Michael V. Uschan Covers the progressive movement, worker's rights, silent films, vaudeville & other social activities, America in world affairs, The Great War, and the postwar period Lucent Books 9¼x7½ hardcover [9/98] out of print/used |
 | "Movie-Struck Girls: Women and Motion Picture Culture After The Nickelodeon" [2000] by Shelley Stamp
Princeton Univ Press 9x6 pb [3/2000] for $45.00 Princeton Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [3/2000] out of print/used |
 | "American Cinema, 1890-1909: Themes & Variations" [2009] Edited by André Gaudreault Rutgers Univ Press 9x6 pb [1/2009] for $24.95 Rutgers Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [1/2009] for $70.00 |
 | "American Cinema of The 1910s: Themes & Variations" [2009] Edited by Charlie Keil & Ben Singer Rutgers Univ Press 9x6 [2/2009] for $24.95 Rutgers Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [2/2009] for $70.00 |
 | "Flickers of Desire: Movie Stars of The 1910s" [2011] Edited & Introduction by Prof. Jennifer M. Bean Chapters/topics include 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Theda Bara, George Beban, Charlie Chaplin, Grace Cunard, Douglas Fairbanks, Geraldine Farrar, Lillian Gish, Sessue Hayakawa, Mary Pickford, and Pearl White Rutgers Univ Press pb [7/2011] for $24.95 Rutgers Univ Press hardcover [7/2011] for $59.40 |
Cinema History - 1920s
 | "The Golden Twenties" newsreel compilation [R.K.O. April 1950] 68-minute newsreel compilation "highlighting America's 'Jazz Age' by actual films seen in the period"; starts at the Armistice in 1918; the only personalities mentioned on IMDb & Amazon are Red Barber, Rudolph Valentino, Babe Ruth, Charles Lindberg, Jack Dempsey, Carrie Nation & General Pershing Reel Enterprises b&w DVD [10/2007] for $8.85 credits at IMDb |
 | "The Films of The Twenties" [1985] by Jerry Vermilye
Citadel Press 11x8¼ pb [7/90] out of print/used Citadel Press pb [1985] out of print/used |
 | "An Evening's Entertainment: The Age of The Silent Feature Picture, 1915-1928" [1990] by Richard Koszarski (History of The American Cinema, Vol. 3) Univ CA Press 10x7 pb [5/94] for $27.50 Scribner's 10½x7½ hardcover [12/90] for $99.00 |
 | "The Talkies: American Cinema's Transition To Sound, 1926-1931" [1997] by Donald Crafton (History of The American Cinema, Vol. 4) Univ CA Press 9¾x7 pb [11/99] for $26.12 Scribner's 10¼x7½ hardcover [12/97] for $99.00 |
 | "A Cultural History of The United States Through The Decades - The 1920s" [grades 6-10; 1998] by Erica Hanson Covers the Roaring Twenties with its 'flapper' girls, Prohibition, and unbridled prosperity that ended in the Crash of '29 and the beginning of The Great Depression Lucent Books 9x7¾ hardcover [9/98] out of print/used |
 | "The Golden Twenties: A Lively Look At That Roaring Decade" [2006] 105-minute compilation of vintage newsreels and movie clips that show advances in aviation & the automobile, the start of Prohibition (and the rise of speakeasies), the sensational Scopes 'Monkey' Trial, the sexual liberation of the flappers, the advent of radio, and famous personalities of the Roaring Twenties: Charles Lindbergh, Harry Houdini, Gloria Swanson, Rudolph Valentino, Babe Ruth, Knute Rockne, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover Passport color/b&w DVD [4/2006] out of print/used |
 | "Adventures of A Hollywood Secretary: Her Private Letters From Inside The Studios of The 1920s" [2006] by Valeria Belletti, Edited by Cari Beauchamp, Foreword by Sam Goldwyn, Jr. Belletti was secretary to Sam Goldwyn in Hollywood, and in spare moments wrote chatty letters to a friend Back East Univ CA Press 8¼x5½ pb [5/2006] for $24.95 Univ CA Press hardcover [5/2006] out of print/used |
 | "Movies of The 20s and Early Cinema" [2007] by Jürgen Müller Taschen 9¾x7¾ pb [9/2007] for $30.39 |
 | "American Cinema of The 1920s: Themes & Variations" [2009] Edited by Lucy Fischer Rutgers Univ Press 9¼x6 pb [5/2009] for $24.95 Rutgers Univ Press 9¼x6 hardcover [5/2009] for $72.00 |
 | "Idols of Modernity: Movie Stars of The 1920s" [2010] Edited by Patrice Petro Chapters/topics include: Clara Bow, Marie Dressler, Douglas Fairbanks, Greta Garbo, Emil Jannings, Noble Johnson, Al Jolson, Buster Keaton, Colleen Moore, Ernest Morrison, Lincoln Perry, Evelyn Preer, Gloria Swanson, the Talmadge Sisters, Rudolph Valentino & Anna May Wong Rutgers Univ Press 9x6¼ pb [3/2010] for $25.95 Rutgers Univ Press 9¼x6 hardcover [3/2010] for $72.00 |
 | "Weimar Cinema, 1919-1933" [2010] from The Museum of Modern Art, New York City Companion book for MoMA's 75-film retrospective of Weimar cinema, screened Nov 2010 to March 2011 Museum of Modern Art, NYC 10x8 pb [12/2010] for $21.99 |
 | "Hollywood Photos & Official Portraits of Stars & Legends In The Twenties & Thirties" [2011] by Maximillien de Lafayette Volume 1: lulu.com 9x6 pb [1/2011] for $29.49 Volume 2: lulu.com 9x6 pb [1/2011] for $26.96 author's website |
Cinema History - 1930s
 | "Sound Films, 1927-1939: A United States Filmography" [1992] by Alan G. Fetrow McFarland & Co. 9½x7 pb [8/2010] for $75.00 McFarland & Co. 9¼x6 library hardcover [8/92] for $125.00 |
 | "The Films of The Thirties" [1982] by Jerry Vermilye
Citadel Press 11x8½ pb [6/2000] out of print/many used Citadel Press 11x8½ hardcover [10/82] out of print/many used "More Films of The Thirties" [1989] by Jerry Vermilye Carol Publng 11x8½ pb [11/89] out of print/used |
 | "Going Hollywood: The 30s - When Movies Were America's Number One Form of Entertainment" [Castle Hill TV 1984] 75-minute docufilm co-produced & directed by Julian Schlossberg; written by Charles Badaracio; hosted by Robert Preston; featuring James Cagney, Joan Crawford, Henry Fonda, Clark Gable, Carole Lombard, John Wayne & Mae West • credits at IMDb Platinum Disc b&w/color DVD [6/2005] out of prodn/used Monterey Home Video b&w/color VHS [undated] out of prodn/used |
 | "Grand Design: Hollywood As A Modern Business Enterprise, 1930-1939" [1993] by Tino Balio (History of The American Cinema, Vol. 5) Univ CA Press 10x7 pb [1/96] for $23.70 Scribner's 10½x7½ hardcover [2/93] for $99.00 |
 | "Hollywood In Crisis: Cinema and American Society, 1929-1939" [1996] by Colin Shindler Routledge 9x6 pb [7/96] for $43.95 Routledge 9¼x6¼ hardcover [7/96] for $150.00 |
 | "A Cultural History of The United States Through The Decades - The 1930s" [grades 6-10; 1998] by Petra Press Covers The Great Depression, President Roosevelt, his 'New Deal' legislation, and the lead-up to World War II Lucent Books 9¼x7¼ library hardcover [9/98] for $28.70 |
 | "The 1930s (American Popular Culture Through History)" [2002] by William H. Young Greenwood 9x6 pb [10/2008] for $25.00 Greenwood 9x6 hardcover [9/2002] for $59.95 |
 | "Award-Winning Films of The 1930s" [2004] by John Howard Reid
Lulu.com 10¾x8 pb [10/2004] for $19.95 Covering 80 prize-winning films of the 1930s, including Michael Curtiz's "The Adventures of Robin Hood" [1938] starring Errol Flynn; "Cimarron" [1931]; Cecil B. DeMille's "Cleopatra" [1934]; Rouben Mamoulian's "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" [1931] starring Fredric March; Victor Fleming's "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" [1941] starring Spencer Tracy; "The Garden of Allah" starring Marlene Dietrich; "Gone With The Wind" [1939]; "Grand Hotel" [1932]; John Ford's "The Hurricane" [1937]; "In Old Chicago" [1937]; Frank Capra's "It Happened One Night" [1934] starring Clark Gable & Claudette Colbert; Frank Capra's "Lost Horizon"; "San Francisco" [1936] starring Clark Gable & Spencer Tracy; John Ford's "Stagecoach" [1939] starring John Wayne; "Sweethearts" [1938] starring Jeanette MacDonald & Nelson Eddy; F.W. Murnau's "Tabu" [1938]; "Wings" [1927 silent]; and "The Wizard of Oz" [1939] |
 | "American Cinema of The 1930s: Themes & Variations" [2007] Edited by Ina Rae Hark Rutgers Univ Press pb [9/2007] for $22.95 Rutgers Univ Press hardcover [9/2007] for $68.00 |
 | "Behind The Scenes: Hollywood Filmmaking, 1930s" [2009] by Joel W. Finler Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. hardcover [2009] info/status at Amazon is unclear |
 | "Glamour In A Golden Age: Movie Stars of The 1930s" [2011] Edited by Adrienne L. McLean stars covered include: Fred Astaire, Gary Cooper, Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Marlene Dietrich, Errol Flynn, Clark Gable, Greta Garbo, Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy, William Powell, Ginger Rogers, Norma Shearer & Shirley Temple Rutgers Univ Press 9x6 pb [1/2011] for $22.45 Rutgers Univ Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [1/2011] for $72.00 |
 | "Mystery Movie Series of 1930s Hollywood" [2012] by Ron Backer
Author focuses on 22 series (167 films) including popular Charlie Chan, Nick & Nora Charles, Philo Vance, and Nancy Drew and lesser-known series such as Hildegarde Withers, Torchy Blane, Mr. Moto, Mr. Wong, and Brass Bancroft. Kindle Edition from McFarland [8/2012] for $23.99 McFarland & Co. 9¾x6¾ pb [8/2012] for $44.86 |
 | "Reelpolitik: Political Ideologies In '30s and '40s Films" [1998] by Beverly Merrill Kelley, with John J. Pitney Jr., Craig R. Smith & Herbert E. Gooch III Examines eight classic American movies: "All Quiet On The Western Front" [1930], "Gabriel Over The White House" [1933], King Vidor's "Our Daily Bread" [1934], Frank Capra's "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington" [1939], Orson Welles's "Citizen Kane" [1941], Orson Welles's "The Magnificent Amber-sons" [1942], Michael Curtiz's "Casablanca" [1943], and King Vidor's "The Fountainhead" [1949] Praeger Publrs 9¼x6 pb [11/98] for $28.95 Praeger Publrs 9½x6½ hardcover [11/98] for $119.95 |
Cinema History - 1940s
 | "Hollywood In The Forties: A Complete Critical Survey of Hollywood Films From 1940 To 1950" [1968] by Charles Higham & Joel Greenberg Paperback Library mass pb [1970] out of print/used A.S. Barnes & Co. 6½x5½? pb [6/68] out of print/used |
 | "Movie-Star Portraits of The Forties: 163 Glamour Photos" [1977] Edited by John Kobal Dover Publns 11¼x8½ pb [6/77] for $13.14 |
 | "The Films of The Forties" [1990] by Tony Thomas Citadel Press 11x8¼ pb [8/90] out of print/many used |
 | "Feature Films, 1940-1949: A United States Filmography" [1994] by Alan G. Fetrow McFarland & Co. 9x6 pb [12/2008] for $75.00 McFarland & Co. 9½x6 library hardcover [11/94] out of print/used |
 | "Boom and Bust: American Cinema In The 1940s" [1997] by Thomas Schatz (History of The American Cinema, Vol. 6) Univ CA Press 10x7 pb [11/99] for $27.50 Scribner's 10x7 hardcover [11/97] for $99.00 |
 | "A Cultural History of The United States Through The Decades - The 1940s" [grades 6-10; 1998] by Michael V. Uschan Covers World War II and its effects at home and abroad, the beginnings of the Cold War, the growth of suburban living, the rise of television, and the development of the first electronic computers Lucent Books 11x8½ hardcover [9/98] out of print/many used |
 | "American Cinema of The 1940s: Themes & Variations" [2005] Edited by Wheeler Winston Dixon Rutgers Univ Press 9x6 pb [12/2005] for $21.80 Rutgers Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [12/2005] for $62.00 |
 | "Mystery Movie Series of 1940s Hollywood" [2010] by Ron Backer Focuses on 19 series (146 films) released primarily during the 1940s, including Big Town Reporters Steve Wilson & Lorelei Kilbourne; Boston Blackie; The Crime Doctor; Dick Tracy; Ellery Queen; 'The Falcon'; Inner Sanctum; Jack Packard & Doc Long; John J. Malone; The Lone Wolf; Philip Marlowe; Michael Shayne; Monogram's The Shadow; Mr. District Attorney; Nick Carter; Red Skelton's Wally Benton; The Saint; Sherlock Holmes; and The Whistler Kindle Edition from McFarland [5/2010] for $16.19 McFarland & Co. 9½x6½ pb [5/2010] for $42.75 |
 | "What Dreams Were Made Of: Movie Stars of The 1940s" [2011] Edited by Sean Griffin Rutgers Univ Press 9x6 pb [3/2011] for $24.95 Rutgers Univ Press 9x6 hardcover [3/2011] for $72.00 |
Cinema History - 1950s
Fifties Culture Nostalgia Page at Spirit of America Bookstore
Fifties Culture Research Page (for the Rick Walker detective novels)
 | "The Films of The Fifties: Sunset Boulevard To On The Beach" [1976] by Douglas Brode Citadel Press 10¼x8 pb [4/90] out of print/used Citadel Press 11x8½ hardcover [8/76] out of print/used |
 | "Movie-Star Portraits of The Fifties: 163 Glamour Photos" [1980] Edited by John Kobal Dover Publns 11x8¼ pb [8/80] for $12.71 |
 | "Seeing Is Believing: How Hollywood Taught Us To Stop Worrying and Love The Fifties" [1983] by Peter Biskind
Holt 8x5½ pb [9/2000] out of print/many used Pantheon 9x6 pb [10/83] out of print/many used |
 | "Lost Films of The Fifties"[1988] by Douglas Brode Citadel Press 11x8¼ pb [10/88] out of print/used |
 | "A Cultural History of The United States Through The Decades - The 1950s" [grades 6-10; 1998] by Stuart A. Kallen Covers the stark contrasts between the black and white populations of the U.S., between the affluence of the postwar period (and innovations in science & technology) and the tensions of nuclear proliferation, and between the straitlaced, anti-Communist 'establishment' and radical new expressions in music, literature, and film Greenhaven Press 8½x5½ pb [1/2000] out of print/used Lucent Books 9¼x7¼ hardcover [9/98] out of print/used |
 | "Feature Films, 1950-1959: A United States Filmography" [1999] by Alan G. Fetrow McFarland & Co. 9x6 pb [12/2008] for $75.00 McFarland & Co. 9x6¼ library hardcover [11/99] for $125.00 |
 | "Forever '50s: The Decade of Spins, Fins, and Late-Night Drive-Ins" [2003] A compilation of the 'best of' Universal Newsreels, short subjects, and movie trailers, which magically captures the essence of the decade. See the newsmakers, sports heroes, movie stars, personalities, celebrity weddings, and 'latest' fashions – President Eisenhower, Princess Grace, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Ford's Edsel, Sputnik, Sugar Ray Robinson, hula hoops, Joe DiMaggio, Richard Nixon, Eliza-beth Taylor, Smokey the Bear, tiki culture, swimsuits, Communists, and the atomic bomb! not listed on IMDb V.C.I. Video color/b&w DVD [4/2003] 3 disks for $35.99 |
 | "The Fifties: Transforming The Screen, 1950-1959" [2003] by Peter Lev (History of The American Cinema, Vol. 7) Univ CA Press 10x7 pb [11/2006] for $18.15 Scribner's 10¼x7½ hardcover [7/2003] out of print/used |
 | "American Cinema of The 1950s: Themes & Variations" [2005] Edited by Murray Pomerance Rutgers Univ Press 9¼x6¼ pb [10/2005] for $22.95 Rutgers Univ Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [10/2005] for $62.00 |
 | "American Culture In The 1950s" [2007] by Martin Halliwell Edinburgh Univ Press 9x6½ pb [8/2007] for $29.50 Edinburgh Univ Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [8/2007] for $100.00 |
 | "Behind The Scenes: Hollywood Filmmaking, 1950s" [2009] by Joel W. Finler Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. hardcover [2009] info/status at Amazon is unclear |
 | "It's The Pictures That Got Small: Hollywood Film Stars On 1950s Television" [2009] by Christine Becker Personalities/careers examined include Faye Emerson, Ida Lupino, Groucho Marx & Ronald Reagan Wesleyan Univ Press pb [1/2009] for $24.95 Wesleyan Univ Press 9x6 hardcover [1/2009] for $70.00 |
 | "Keep Watching The Skies! American Science Fiction Movies of The Fifties, 1950-62" [orig 1982-86, rev 2009] by Bill Warren, Foreword by Howard Waldrop McFarland & Co. 21st Century Edition 11x8¾ library hardcover [8/2009] for $79.20 McFarland & Co. 9x6 pb [11/97] out of print/used |
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"Larger Than Life: Movie Stars of The 1950s" [2010] Edited by R. Barton Palmer Rutgers Univ Press 9x6 pb [8/2010] for $24.95 Rutgers Univ Press 9x6½ hardcover [8/2010] for $72.00 |
 | "It Came From The 1950s!: Popular Culture, Popular Anxieties" [2011] Edited by Darryl Jones, Elizabeth McCarthy & Bernice M. Murphy Palgrave Macmillan hardcover [11/2011] for $68.07 |
 | "Hollywood Romantic Comedies of The Fifties: A Critical Study of A Film Genre" [2012?] by Manuela Ruiz
Edwin Mellen Press hardcover [bumped to DUE June 2012] for $159.95 publisher's book page |
 | "Atomic Age Cinema: The Offbeat, The Classic, and The Obscure" [2014] by Barry Atkinson Author plunges us into a cinematic world dominated by the atomic bomb and off-Earth invaders, with monster special effects before C.G.I.; chapters/subjects include: key actors, companies, directors & composers; Toho’s forgotten monsters; Dr. Jekyll, British science fiction, noir thrillers & Jungle Jim; Chaney, Karloff, and Lugosi – the 1950s were the pivotal decade for horror, sci-fi, and fantasy films Kindle Edition from Midnight Marquee/BearManor Media [1/2018] for $9.95 Midnight Marquee Press 9x6 pb [5/2014] for $25.00 |
 | "Reelpolitik II: Political Ideologies In '50s and '60s Films" [2004] by Beverly Merrill Kelley Examines eight classic American movies: Samuel Fuller's "The Steel Helmet" [1951], Elia Kazan's "A Face In The Crowd" [1957], John Ford's "The Last Hurrah" [1958], Otto Preminger's "Advise and Consent" [1962], John Frankenheimer's "The Manchurian Candidate" [1962], Stanley Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove" [1964], John Frankenheimer's "Seven Days In May" [1964], and John Wayne's "The Green Berets" [1968] Rowman & Littlefield 8¾x5¾ pb [4/2004] for $37.95 Rowman & Littlefield 9x6 hardcover [4/2004] for $106.00 |
Cinema History - 1960s
 | "The Films of The Sixties: From La Dolce Vita To Easy Rider" [1990] by Douglas Brode Citadel Press 11x8½ pb [5/90] out of print/used |
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"A Cultural History of The United States Through The Decades - The 1960s" [grades 6-10; 1998] by Gini Holland Covers the Cold War and the Cuban Missile Crisis, the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the building of the Berlin Wall, America's involvement in Vietnam (and the anti-war protest move-ment), the civil rights movement, and President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society Lucent Books 9¼x7¼ library hardcover [9/98] out of print/used |
 | "The Sixties, 1960-1969" [2000] by Paul Monaco (History of The American Cinema, Vol. 8) Univ CA Press 10x7 pb [6/2003] for $20.08 Scribner's 10¼x7¼ hardcover [12/2000] for $99.00 |
 | "Movies of The 60s" [2003] by Jürgen Müller Taschen 10x8 pb [5/2003] for $26.39 |
 | "American Cinema of The 1960s: Themes & Variations" [2008] Edited by Barry Keith Grant Rutgers Univ Press pb [3/2008] for $24.95 Rutgers Univ Press hardcover [3/2008] for $70.00 |
 | "Pictures At A Revolution: Five Movies and The Birth of The New Hollywood" [2008] NY Times bestseller by Mark Harris Entertasinment journalist Harris looks at the five 1967 films nominated for Best Picture Oscars in 1968, showing how the establishment in Hollywood made way for the rising cultural tide of 'modern' cinema. The films are "Bonnie and Clyde" [Warner Bros./Seven Arts], "Doctor Dolittle" [Fox], "The Graduate" [Embassy Pictures], "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner?" [Columbia Pictures], and winner "In The Heat of The Night" [Mirisch / United Artists]; also detailed interviews with Warren Beatty, Mike Nichols, Sidney Poitier, and Richard Zanuck. Kindle Edition from Penguin Publng [2008 edition] for $13.99 Penguin 8¼x5½ pb [1/2009] for $11.56 Penguin Press 9½x6½ hardcover [2/2008] out of print/90+ used |
 | "Sixties Shockers: A Critical Filmography of Horror Cinema, 1960-1969" [2011] by Mark Clark & Bryan Senn McFarland & Co. 10x7 hardcover [7/2011] for $59.95 |
 | "New Constellations: Movie Stars of The 1960s" [2011] Edited by Pamela Robertson Wojcik Chapters/topics include: Julie Andrews, Mia Farrow, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Dustin Hoffman, Paul Newman, Sidney Poitier, Edie Sedgwick, Peter Sellers & Elizabeth Taylor Rutgers Univ Press 9x6 pb [12/2011] for $25.95 Rutgers Univ Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [12/2011] for $72.00 |
Cinema History - 1970s
 | "A Cultural History of The United States Through The Decades - The 1970s" [grades 6-10; 1998] by Gail B. Stewart Covers the WaterGate scandal and President Nixon's resignation, the Iran hostage crisis, bell-bottoms & punk & disco, the continuing Sexual Revolution, and the Three Mile Island nuclear disaster Lucent Books 9x7 hardcover [9/98] out of print/used |
 | "What It Is... What It Was!: The Black Film Explosion of The '70s In Words & Pictures" [1998] by Gerald Martinez, Denise Chavez & Andres Chavez
Miramax Books 10¾x8½ pb [10/98] out of print/used |
 | "Lost Illusions: American Cinema In The Age of WaterGate & Vietnam, 1970-1979" [1999] by David A. Cook (History of The American Cinema, Vol. 9) Univ CA Press 9½x7½ pb [3/2002] for $30.88 Scribner's 10¼x7½ hardcover [11/99] for $99.00 |
 | "It Don't Worry Me: The Revolutionary American Films of The Seventies" [2003] by Ryan Gilbey Chapters/topics include: Woody Allen, Robert Altman, Francis Coppola, Brian De Palma, Jonathan Demme, Stanley Kubrick, George Lucas, Terrence Malick, Martin Scorsese, and Steven Spielberg Faber & Faber 7½x5 pb [6/2004] out of print/many used Faber & Faber 8½x5¾ hardcover [6/2003] out of print/many used |
 | "Movies of The 70s" [2003] by Jürgen Müller
Taschen 9¾x7¾ pb [9/2003] for $26.39 "Best Movies of The 70's" [2006] Edited by Jürgen Müller Taschen 9x7 hardcover [8/2006] for $10.19 |
 | "The Last Great American Picture Show: New Hollywood Cinema In The 1970s" [2004] Edited by Thomas Elsaesser, Alexander Horwath & Noel King Amsterdam Univ Press 9½x6½ pb [1/2004] for $34.78 Amsterdam Univ Press 10x6½ hardcover [5/2004] for $85.00 |
 | "American Cinema of The 1970s: Themes & Variations" [2007] Edited by Lester D. Friedman Rutgers Univ Press 9¼x6 pb [4/2007] for $22.95 Rutgers Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [4/2007] for $68.00 |
 | "Hollywood Reborn: Movie Stars of The 1970s" [2010] Edited by James Morrison Chapters/topics include: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Divine, Faye Dunaway, Jane Fonda, Jodie Foster, Robert Redford, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Roundtree, Brooke Shields, Donald Sutherland & Shelley Winters Rutgers Univ Press 9¼x6 pb [4/2010] for $24.95 Rutgers Univ Press 9¼x6 hardcover [4/2010] for $72.00 |
http://www.amazon.com/American-Films-70s-Conflicting-Visions/dp/0292747160/
http://www.amazon.com/Came-70s-Godfather-Apocalypse-Now/dp/1453791027/
http://www.amazon.com/Film-Posters-70s-Essential-Collection/dp/0879519045/
http://www.amazon.com/Films-70s-Filmography-American-1970-1979/dp/0786408820/
http://www.amazon.com/Films-Seventies-1970s-Social-History/dp/0810819554/
http://www.amazon.com/Films-Seventies-Robert-Bookbinder/dp/0806509279/
http://www.amazon.com/Hard-Hats-Rednecks-Macho-Men/dp/0195336771/
http://www.amazon.com/Hollywood-Films-Seventies-Philip-Cagin/dp/B000FMOZMM/
http://www.amazon.com/Hollywood-Films-Seventies-Violence-Politics/dp/0060911174/
http://www.amazon.com/Seventies-Tumultuous-Decade-Reconsidered/dp/0316815470/ by Rolling Stone
http://www.amazon.com/Ten-Years-Terror-British-Seventies/dp/0952926083/
 | "America Lost and Found: The B.B.S. Story" DVD & Blu-ray Box Sets [2010] Flush with money from their invention of the superstar TV pop group 'The Monkees', Bob Rafelson, Bert Schneider & Steve Blauner formed B.B.S. Productions and made a string of innovative films between 1968 and 1972 that drew young audiences to movie theaters and helped start the cinema revolution of the 1970s. Criterion Collection widescreen color Blu-ray [11/2010] 6 disks for $91.49 Criterion Collection widescreen color DVD [12/2010] 12 disks for $72.99 contains newly-restored high-definition digital transfers of 7 feature films: "Head" [1968] starring Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith & Peter Tork; "Easy Rider" [1969] with Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper & Jack Nicholson; "Five Easy Pieces" [1970] starring Jack Nicholson; "Drive, He Said" [1971] co-written & directed by Jack Nicholson; "The Last Picture Show" [1971] co-written & directed by Peter Bogdanovich, co-written by Larry McMurtry, based on his novel; "A Safe Place" [1971] written & directed by Henry Jaglom, starring Tuesday Weld, Jack Nicholson & Orson Welles; "The King of Marvin Gardens" [1972] starring Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern & Ellen Burstyn; extras include audio commentary, trailers, promo spots, interviews & excerpts, and eight documentary films |
Cinema History - 1980s
 | "The Films of The Eighties" [1990] by Douglas Brode Carol Publng/Citadel Press 11x8¼ pb [10/90] out of print/used |
 | "The Films of The Eighties: A Social History" [1993] by William J. Palmer films examined include: "The Day After" [1983 TV movie], "Fatal Attraction [1987], Roland Joffé's "The Killing Fields" [1984], Hector Babenco's "Kiss of The Spiderwoman" [1985], "Little Drummer Girl" [1984], Paul Mazursky's "Moscow On The Hudson" [1984], Sydney Pollack's "Out of Africa" [1985], Oliver Stone's "Platoon" [1986], "Red Dawn" [1984], "The River" [1984], "Silkwood" [1983], and "Troop Beverly Hills" [1989] S.I.U. Press 9¼x6¼ pb [8/95] out of print/many used S.I.U. Press 9¼x6 hardcover [10/93] out of print/used |
 | "Family Fictions: Representations of The Family In 1980's Hollywood Cinema" [1997] by Sarah Harwood Palgrave Macmillan 8¼x5½ pb [3/97] out of print/used Palgrave Macmillan 9x6 hardcover [3/97] for $65.00 |
 | "A Cultural History of The United States Through The Decades - The 1980s" [grades 6-10; 1998] by Stuart A. Kallen Covers President Reagan, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the AIDS epidemic, glasnost and the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the personal computer Lucent Books 9¼x7¼ hardcover [9/98] out of print/used |
 | "New Pot of Gold: Hollywood Under The Electric Rainbow, 1980-1989" [1999] by Stephen Prince (History of The American Cinema, Vol. 10) Univ CA Press 10x7 pb [3/2002] for $26.12 Scribner's 10¼x7½ hardcover [11/99] for $99.00 |
 | "Movies of The 80s" [2002] by Jürgen Müller
Taschen 10x8¼ pb [10/2002] for $29.19 "Best Movies of The 80's" [2005] Edited by Jürgen Müller Taschen 9x7 hardcover [11/2005] for $10.19 |
 | "The Films of The Eighties: A Complete, Qualitative Filmography To Over 3,400 Feature-Length English-Language Films, Theatrical & Video-Only, Released Between January 1, 1980 and December 31, 1989" [2006] by Robert A. & Gwendolyn Wright Nowlan McFarland & Co. 9x6 pb [3/2006] 2-volumes for $95.00 Volume 1: McFarland & Co. 9x6 pb [3/2006] out of print/used Volume 2: McFarland & Co. 9x6 pb [3/2006] out of print/used |
 | "American Cinema of The 1980s: Themes & Variations" [2007] Edited by Stephen Prince Rutgers Univ Press pb [7/2007] for $22.95 Rutgers Univ Press hardcover [7/2007] for $68.00 |
 | "Acting For America: Movie Stars of the 1980s" [2010] Edited by Robert Eberwein Chapters/topics include: the Brat Pack, John Candy, Tom Cruise, Robert De Niro, Clint Eastwood, Sally Field, Harrison Ford, Michael J. Fox, Mel Gibson, Goldie Hawn, Jessica Lange, Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sissy Spacek, Sylvester Stallone, Meryl Streep, Sigourney Weaver & Bruce Willis Rutgers Univ Press 9x6 pb [6/2010] for $24.95 Rutgers Univ Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [6/2010] for $72.00 |
Cinema History - 1990s
 | "A Cultural History of The United States Through The Decades - The 1990s" [grades 6-10; 1998] by Stuart A. Kallen Covers the Oklahoma City bombing, the rise of Microsoft – further details not provided Greenhaven Press 8½x5½ pb [3/2000] out of print/used Greenhaven Press 8¾x5¾ hardcover [3/2000] out of print/used Lucent Books 9x7¼ library hardcover [9/98] out of print/used |
 | "Movies of The 90s" [2001] by Jürgen Müller Taschen 10x8¼ pb [11/2001] out of print/used |
 | "American Cinema of The 1990s: Themes & Variations" [2008] Edited by Chris Holmlund Rutgers Univ Press 9x6 pb [12/2008] for $24.95 Rutgers Univ Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [10/2008] for $70.00 |
 | "Movie Hits of The 90's" [1998] Performed by the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Andrew Lane
Delta soundtrack CD [10/98] for $12.76 includes music from: "Batman", "Evita" [1996], "Forrest Gump" [1994], "Godzilla" [1998], "Jurassic Park" [1993], "The Lion King" [1994], "Pocahantas" [1995], and "Titanic" [1997] |
 | "Film Genre 2000: New Critical Essays" [2000] Edited by Wheeler Winston Dixon S.U.N.Y. Press 9x5¾ pb [3/2000] for $29.95 S.U.N.Y. Press 9x6 hardcover [3/2000] out of print/used genres discussed include: Action Movies, Black Cinema, Children's Films, Crime Movies, Horror & Science Fiction Films, Literary Adaptations, Martial Arts Films, Musicals, Noir Films, Political Films, Romance Movies, Teen Films, and The Western |
 | "Pretty People: Movie Stars of The 1990s" [2012] Edited by Anna Everett Chapters/topics include: Antionio Banderas, Angela Bassett, Halle Berry, Pierce Brosnan, Tom Cruise, Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Douglas, Jodie Foster, Tom Hanks, Keanu Reaves, Julia Roberts, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Denzel Washington Rutgers Univ Press 9x6 pb [4/2012] for $26.95 Rutgers Univ Press 9¼x6 hardcover [4/2012] for $72.00 |
 | "Best. Movie. Year. Ever. - How 1999 Blew Up The Big Screen" [2019] by Brian Raftery  features more than 130 new & exclusive interviews with directors & actors and examines major & minor feature films including "American Beauty" directed by Sam Mendes; "American Pie" teen movie; "Being John Malkovich" directed by Spike Jonze; "The Best Man"; "The Blair Witch Project" the first 'found footage' movie; "Boys Don’t Cry" starring Hilary Swank; "Cruel Intentions"; "Election" starring Reese Witherspoon; "Following" written & directed by Christopher Nolan; "Eyes Wide Shut" written & directed by Stanley Kubrick; "Fight Club" starring Brad Pitt; sci-fi comedy "Galaxy Quest"; "Go"; "The Insider" directed by Michael Mann; animated "The Iron Giant"; "The Limey" directed by Steven Soderbergh; "Magnolia"; "The Matrix" written & directed by Lana & Lilly Wachowski; "The Mummy"; "Office Space" written & directed by Mike Judge; "Run Lola Run" from Germany; "Rushmore" co-written & directed by Wes Anderson; "She’s All That"; "The Sixth Sense" written & directed by M. Night Shyamalan; "Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace" written & directed by George Lucas; "10 Things I Hate About You"; "Three Kings"; "Varsity Blues"; "The Virgin Suicides" adapted & directed by Sofia Coppola; and "The Wood" Kindle Edition from Simon & Schuster Digital Sales [4/2019] for $14.99 Simon & Schuster 9x6 hardcover [4/2019] for $18.89 |
Cinema History - since 2000
 | "Shining In Shadows: Movie Stars of The 2000s" [2011] Edited by Murray Pomerance Chapters/topics include: Jennifer Aniston, Jack Black, George Clooney, Johnny Depp, Robert Downey Jr., Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Hilary Swank, Kate Winslet & Renee Zellweger Rutgers Univ Press pb [10/2011] for $25.95 Rutgers Univ Press hardcover [10/2011] for $72.00 |
 | "American Cinema of The 2000s: Themes and Variations" [2012] Edited by Timothy Corrigan Rutgers Univ Press 9x6 pb [4/2012] for $27.95 Rutgers Univ Press 9¼x6 hardcover [4/2012] for $72.00 |
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