2021 Summer Reading Challenge: The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood
The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood (2020) Sam Wasson Flatiron Books Hardcover, 416 pages Includes notes, index...
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awolverton77
- Jun 29, 2021
- 4 min
2021 Summer Reading Challenge: The Blank Wall (1947) Elisabeth Sanxay Holding
The Blank Wall (1947) Elisabeth Sanxay Holding (adapted as The Reckless Moment, 1949*) Women Crime Writers: Suspense Novels of the 1940s...
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awolverton77
- Jun 25, 2021
- 3 min
2021 Summer Reading Challenge: Interviews with B Science Fiction and Horror Movie Makers (2006)
Interviews with B Science Fiction and Horror Movie Makers: Writers, Producers, Directors, Actors, Moguls and Makeup (2006) Tom Weaver...
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awolverton77
- Jun 13, 2021
- 5 min
2021 Summer Reading Challenge: The Art of American Screen Acting, 1912-1960 (2018)
The Art of American Screen Acting, 1912-1960 (2018) Dan Callahan McFarland & Company Trade paperback, 242 pages Includes 28 photos,...
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awolverton77
- Jun 1, 2021
- 3 min
2021 Summer Reading Challenge: King's Ransom (1959)
Today I kick off Raquel Stecher’s 2021 Summer Reading Classic Film Book Challenge with my first entry. If you haven’t already done so,...
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awolverton77
- Aug 31, 2020
- 4 min
2020 Summer Reading Challenge: Scoundrels & Spitballers: Writers and Hollywood in the 1930s (2020)
Scoundrels & Spitballers: Writers and Hollywood in the 1930s (2020) Philippe Garnier (originally published as Honni soit qui Malibu:...
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awolverton77
- Aug 15, 2020
- 3 min
2020 Summer Reading Challenge: Seconds (1963) David Ely
Seconds (1963) David Ely Signet Books, third printing Mass Market Paperback, 159 pages Like the film of the same name that was adapted...
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awolverton77
- Jul 24, 2020
- 4 min
2020 Summer Reading Challenge: Robert Wise: The Motion Pictures (Revised Edition, 2020) J. R. Jordan
Robert Wise: The Motion Pictures (Revised Edition, 2020) J. R. Jordan BearManor Media Paperback, 480 pages Includes Table of Contents,...
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awolverton77
- Jun 29, 2020
- 4 min
2020 Summer Reading Challenge: The Devil Finds Work (1976) James Baldwin
The Devil Finds Work (1976) James Baldwin Vintage International Paperback, 127 pages ISBN 9780307275950 We should pay close attention to...
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awolverton77
- Jun 20, 2020
- 3 min
2020 Summer Reading Challenge: The Psycho File (2009) Joseph W. Smith III
The Psycho File: A Comprehensive Guide to Hitchcock’s Classic Shocker (2009) Joseph W. Smith III McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers...
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awolverton77
- Jun 3, 2020
- 3 min
2020 Summer Reading Challenge: Painting with Light (1949, 2013) John Alton
Painting with Light (1949, 2013) John Alton Introduction by Todd McCarthy With a new foreword by John Bailey University of California...
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awolverton77
- Sep 3, 2019
- 3 min
Summer Reading Challenge 2019: Of All the Gin Joints - Mark Bailey, Edward Hemingway
Of All the Gin Joints: Stumbling through Hollywood History (2014) Written by Mark Bailey, illustrated by Edward Hemingway Algonquin Books...
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awolverton77
- Aug 17, 2019
- 4 min
Summer Reading Challenge 2019: Reinventing Hollywood - David Bordwell
Reinventing Hollywood: How 1940s Filmmakers Changed Movie Storytelling (2017) David Bordwell University of Chicago Press Hardcover, 592...
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awolverton77
- Jul 28, 2019
- 4 min
Summer Reading Challenge 2019: Ice Station Zebra - Alistair MacLean
Ice Station Zebra (1963) Alistair MacLean Sterling Publishing Trade paperback, 255 pages ISBN 9781402790331 (mild spoilers for the book,...
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awolverton77
- Jul 8, 2019
- 5 min
Summer Reading Challenge 2019: Moseby Confidential - Matthew Asprey Gear
Moseby Confidential: Arthur Penn’s Night Moves and the Rise of Neo-Noir (2019) Matthew Asprey Gear Jorvik Press Trade paperback, 178...
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awolverton77
- Jul 2, 2019
- 5 min
Summer Reading Challenge 2019: Noir City Sentinel Annual 3
Noir City Sentinel Annual 3: The Best of the Noir City Sentinel 2010 Eddie Muller, publisher Donald Malcolm, editor Michael Kronenberg,...
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awolverton77
- Jun 20, 2019
- 5 min
Summer Reading Challenge 2019: RKO Radio Pictures: A Titan is Born - Richard B. Jewell
RKO Radio Pictures: A Titan is Born (2012) Richard B. Jewell University of California Press Trade paperback, 330 pages (includes photos,...
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awolverton77
- Aug 30, 2018
- 3 min
Summer Reading Challenge 2018: Michael Curtiz: A Life in Film (2017) Alan K. Rode
Michael Curtiz: A Life in Film (2017) Alan K. Rode University Press of Kentucky Hardcover, 681 pages (includes photos, filmography,...
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