Film History

This dazzling story of Hollywood during the decade of its greatest success is a social and cultural history of the movie capital's golden age. Its cast includes actors, writers, musicians and composers, producers and directors, racketeers and labor leaders, journalists...

Hollywood, 1940-2008 Hardcover – April 8, 2009 by Marc Wanamaker (Author) Since World War II, Hollywood has fought and won that same war many times, won the West even more often--plus got the girl--and laughed like crazy, too. The postwar...

Hollywoodland (Images of America) Paperback – May 16, 2011 by Mary Mallory (Author), Hollywood Heritage Inc. (Author) Established by real estate developers Tracy E. Shoults and S. H. Woodruff in 1923, Hollywoodland was one of the first hillside developments built...

Nouvelles Femmes: Modern Women of the French New Wave and Their Enduring Contribution to Cinema Hardcover – June 3, 2025 by Ericka Knudson (Author) Celebrate the iconic female actors and filmmakers of the French New Wave with a compelling examination...

These Fists Break Bricks (Revised and Expanded Edition): How Kung Fu Movies Swept America and Changed the World Hardcover – July 8, 2025 by Grady Hendrix (Author), Chris Poggiali (Author), RZA (Foreword) From New York Times bestselling author Grady Hendrix...

Early Warner Bros. Studios (Images of America) Paperback – July 26, 2010by E.J. Stephens (Author), Marc Wanamaker (Author) Since 1928, Warner Bros. has produced thousands of beloved films and television shows at the studio's magical 110-acre film factory in Burbank....

The fascinating tale of Hollywood powerhouse Paramount Pictures--beginning with its birth in the 1910s through the turbulent decade of the 1930s--was told in Early Paramount Studios by Marc Wanamaker, Michael Christaldi, and E.J. Stephens. Now the same authors are back...

Early Hollywood Hardcover – October 24, 2007 by Marc Wanamaker (Author), Robert W Nudelman (Author) The image of Hollywood often translates as some otherworldly dreamscape filled with fantastic lives and fantasy fulfillment. The real deal was carved from the Southern...

The MGM Effect: How a Hollywood Studio Changed the World Hardcover by Steven Bingen (Author) – August 15, 2022 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s emblem, which has opened thousands of movies since 1924, is the most recognized corporate symbol in the world. Not just in the...

The Legacy of the New Wave in French Cinemaby Douglas Morrey (Author)In this study of the impact and influence of the New Wave in French cinema, Douglas Morrey looks at both the subsequent careers of New Wave filmmakers and the...

Hollywood Then and Now® Hardcover – July 1, 2013 by Rosemary Lord (Author) Hollywood Then and Now is one of the latest revised 'Then and Now' titles in the 3-million-selling series from Anova Books. Hollywood Then and Now is a...

RKO Radio Pictures: A Titan Is Born First Edition by Richard B. B. Jewell (Author) One of the “Big Five” studios of Hollywood’s golden age, RKO is remembered today primarily for the famous films it produced, from King Kong and Citizen...

Paramount: City of Dreams Paperback – February 20, 2020 by Steven Bingen (Author) Paramount: City of Dreams brings to life the operations of the world’s grandest movie lot as never before by opening its famous gates and revealing – for...

Early Paramount Studios (Images of America) Paperback – July 15, 2013 by E.J. Stephens (Author), Michael Christaldi (Author), Marc Wanamaker (Author) For over 100 years, Paramount Pictures has been captivating movie and television audiences worldwide with its alluring imagery and...

Location Filming in Los Angeles (Images of America) Paperback – November 29, 2010 by Karie Bible (Author), Marc Wanamaker (Author), Harry Medved (Author) Los Angeles has reigned for more than a century as the world capital of the film industry,...

French New Wave: A Revolution in Design Hardcover – December 3, 2019 by Christopher Frayling (Author), Tony Nourmand (Editor), Alison Elangasinghe (Contributor), Graham Marsh (Designer) FRENCH NEW WAVE: A REVOLUTION IN DESIGN - Reel Art Press (December 3, 2019)The definitive celebration...

Columbia Pictures: A Century of Hollywood Motion Picture Magic Hardcover – October 15, 2024 by Jim Pauley (Author) Columbia Pictures reaches a major milestone in 2024 by celebrating the 100-year anniversary of Columbia’s incorporation. In the same vein of recent...

Early Universal City (Images of America) Paperback – August 26, 2009 by Robert S. Birchard (Author) Known as much today for its theme park, Universal City is also the largest and the longest continuously operating movie studio in "Hollywood." The...

One of the most creative minds of the 20th century, Walt Disney created a unique and unrivaled imaginative universe. Like scarcely any other classics of cinema, his astonishing collection of animated cartoons revolutionized storytelling on screen and enchant to this...

After watching pioneer filmmaker Thomas Ince film one of his famous Westerns on Ballona Creek, city founder Harry Culver saw the economic base for his city. Culver announced plans for the city in 1913 and attracted three major movie studios...

Sophia Loren comes to life through the lens of Alfred Eisenstaedt in this striking collection of previously unseen photographs. Featuring nearly 200 images from the 1960s and 1970s—sourced from the archives of LIFE magazine—this volume captures Loren at the height...

A fresh take on the history of film, using timelines to trace its development from the earliest moving images to now. A Chronology of Film presents a fresh perspective on the medium by taking a purely chronological approach to its history,...

The Short Story of Film: A Pocket Guide to Key Genres, Films, Techniques and Movements – March 31, 2020 by Ian Hayden Smith (Author) The Short Story of Film is a new and innovative introduction to the art of film-making....