Filter By Subjects
Animated films United States Animators United States Biography Disney, Walt 1901-1966 Keaton, Buster 1895-1966 Motion picture actors and actresses United States Biography Motion picture industry United States History 20th century Motion picture producers and directors United States Biography Screenwriters United States Biography United States Wagner, Robert 1930- Friends and associatesFilter By Authors
Larison, Jim Nashawaty, Chris Shelton, Ron Stevens, Dana Thomas, Bob Wagner, Robert Wasson, SamFilter By Subjects
Animated films United States Animators United States Biography Disney, Walt 1901-1966 Keaton, Buster 1895-1966 Motion picture actors and actresses United States Biography Motion picture industry United States History 20th century Motion picture producers and directors United States Biography Screenwriters United States Biography United States Wagner, Robert 1930- Friends and associatesFilter By Authors
Larison, Jim Nashawaty, Chris Shelton, Ron Stevens, Dana Thomas, Bob Wagner, Robert Wasson, SamStevens, Dana
Summary: "As one of the most famous faces of silent cinema, Buster Keaton was and continues to be revered for his stoic expressions, clever visual gags, and acrobatic physicality in classics such as Sherlock Jr., The General, and The Cameraman. In this spirited biography, every aspect of Buster Keaton's astonishing life is explored, from his humble beginnings in vaudeville with his parents to his...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2022
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Larison, Jim
Summary: Jim and Elaine Larison spent years studying, exploring, and living in wild places, making more than thirty environmental films, most for the National Geographic Society. These films won more than forty international awards from leading environmental and broadcast organizations. This memoir tells the story behind the adventure and describes the rather substantial personal costs of this...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 LARShelton, Ron
Summary: "Bull Durham, the breakthrough 1988 film about a minor league baseball team, is widely revered as the best sports movie of all time. But back in 1987, Ron Shelton was a first-time director and no one was willing to finance a movie about baseball-especially a story set in the minors. The jury was still out on Kevin Costner's leading man potential, while Susan Sarandon was already a has-been....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 SHENashawaty, Chris
Summary: Thorough account of the life of low-budget film director, producer, and writer Roger Corman, including essays, interviews, full-color poster reproductions, and behind-the-scenes photographs.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams 2013
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 NASWasson, Sam
Summary: Granted total and unprecedented access to the Academy Award-winning director's archives, the author, drawing on hundreds of interviews with the artist and those who have worked closely with him, chronicles his attempt to reimagine the entire pursuit of moviemaking though his production company American Zoetrope.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 COPPOLA, FRANCIS FORD WASThomas, Bob
Summary: "Walt Disney is an American hero. From Mickey Mouse to Disneyland, he changed the face of American culture. His is a success story like no other: a man who developed animated film into an art form and made a massive contribution to the folklore of the world. After years of research, respected Hollywood biographer Bob Thomas produced a definitive biography of the man behind the legend of Disney:...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Editions 2023
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Wagner, Robert
Summary: The legendary actor offers a nostalgic look at Hollywood's golden age, touring favorite hotspots and exploring period business practices before the advent of paparazzi culture and high-powered agents.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2014