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Currently reading:
Reviews coming (eventually):
We'll Always Have Casablanca by Noah Isenberg
Fritz Lang: The Nature of the Beast by Patrick McGilligan
Giant: Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Edna Ferber, and the Making of a Legendary American Film by Don Graham
Hooked on Hollywood: Discoveries from a Lifetime of Filmdom by Leonard Maltin
Book Reviews
- American Titan: Searching for John Wayne by Marc Eliot
- Ann Dvorak: Hollywood's Forgotten Rebel by Christina Rice
- Anne Bancroft: A Life by Douglass K. Daniel
- Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations by by Peter Evans and Ava Gardner
- Bonjour Tristesse by Francoise Sagan
- Cagney by Cagney by James Cagney
- Camera Man: Buster Keaton: The Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of the 20th Century by Dana Stevens
- Cecil B. DeMille: The Art of the Hollywood Epic by Cecilia de Mille Presley and Mark A. Vieira
- Charles Boyer: The French Lover by John Baxter
- Charles Walters: The Director Who Could Make Hollywood Dance by Brent Phillips
- Charlie Chaplin: A Brief Life by Peter Ackroyd
- Christmas in the Movies: 30 Classics to Celebrate the Season by Jeremy Arnold
- Classic Hollywood Style by Caroline Young
- Conversations with Classic Film Stars: Interviews from Hollywood's Golden Era by by James Bawden and Ron Miller
- Dangerous Rhythm: Why Movie Musicals Matter by Richard Barrios (Interview)
- Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir by Eddie Muller
- The Dawn of Technicolor: 1915-1935 by James Layton and David Pierce
- Dervish Dust: The Life and Words of James Coburn by Robyn L. Coburn
- The Disenchanted by Budd Schulberg
- Dolce Vita Confidential: Fellini, Loren, Pucci, Paparazzi, and the Swinging High Life of 1950s Rome by Shawn Levy
- Dynamic Dames: 50 Leading Ladies Who Made History by Sloan De Forest (written and video review) (Interview)
- Elizabeth Taylor: A Passion for Life by Joseph Papa (interview)
- Engulfed: The Death of Paramount Pictures and the Birth of Corporate Hollywood by Bernard F. Dick (podcast episode: fast forward to 13:40)
- The Entertainer: Movies, Magic, and My Father's Twentieth Century by Margaret Talbot (Interview)
- Ernie: The Autobiography by Ernest Borgnine
- Errol & Olivia: Ego and Obsession in Golden Era Hollywood by Robert Matzen
- The Essential Directors: The Art and Impact of Cinema's Most Influential Filmmaker by Sloan De Forest (interview)
- Every Frenchman Has One by Olivia de Havilland
- Fay Wray and Robert Riskin: A Hollywood Memoir by Victoria Riskin (video review)
- The Female Gaze: Essential Movies Made by Women by Alicia Malone
- Finding Zsa Zsa by Sam Staggs
- The First King of Hollywood: The Life of Douglas Fairbanks by Tracey Goessel
- Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War by Mark Harris
- Forbidden Hollywood: The Pre-Code Era (1930-1934) When Sin Ruled the Movies by Mark A. Vieira (written and video review)
- Frank: The Voice by James Kaplan (about Frank Sinatra)
- The Genius of the System by Thomas Schatz
- George Sanders, Zsa Zsa and Me by David R. Slavitt
- The Girl on the Balcony: Olivia Hussey Finds Life After Romeo & Juliet by Olivia Hussey with Alexander Martin
- The Good, the Bad and Me: In My Anecdotage by Eli Wallach
- Groucho Marx and Other Short Stories and Tall Tales edited by Robert S. Bader (Interview)
- Hail, Hail, Euphoria!: Presenting the Marx Brother sin Duck Soup, The Greatest War Movie Ever Made by Roy Blount Jr.
- Hank and Jim: The Fifty-Year Friendship of Henry Fonda and James Stewart by Scott Eyman
- Hedy's Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World by Richard Rhodes
- Hitchcock by Francois Truffaut
- Hollywood Beach Beauties by David Wills
- Hollywood Black: The Stars, the Films, the Filmmakers by Donald Bogle (video)
- Hollywood Digs: An Archaeology of Shadows by Ken LaZebnik
- Hollywood Divided: The 1950 Screen Directors Guild Meeting and the Impact of the Blacklist by Kevin Brianton
- Hollywood Godfather: The Life and Crimes of Billy Wilkerson by W.R. Wilkerson III
- Hollywood Hates Hitler! by Chris Yogerst
- Hollywood in Kodachrome: 1940-1949
- Hollywood Victory by Christian Blauvelt
- Hope: Entertainer of the Century by Richard Zoglin
- The Ice Cream Blonde: The Whirlwind Life and Mysterious Death of Screwball Comedienne Thelma Todd by Michelle Morgan (Interview)
- I Do and I Don't: A History of Marriage in the Movies by Jeanine Basinger
- I Loved Her In the Movies: Working with Legendary Actresses of Hollywood by Robert J. Wagner Into the Dark: The Hidden World of Film Noir, 1941-1950 by Mark A. Vieira
- It's a Wonderful Life: The Official Bailey Family Cookbook
- John Huston: Courage and Art by Jeffrey Meyers
- Keep Moving by Dick Van Dyke
- King of Jazz: Paul Whiteman's Technicolor Revue by James Layton and David Pierce
- Kirk and Anne: Letters of Love, Laughter, and a Lifetime in Hollywood by Kirk and Anne Douglas
- Leading Couples: The Most Unforgettable Screen Romances of the Studio Era by Frank Miller
- Learning to Live Out Loud by Piper Laurie
- Letters from Hollywood: Inside the Private World of Classic American Moviemaking by Rocky Lang and Barbara Hall
- Life Beyond Measures: Letters to My Great Grandaughter by Sidney Poitier
- A Life of Barbara Stanwyck: Steel-True 1907-1940 by Victoria Wilson
- The Lives of Robert Ryan by J.R. Jones
- M: A Graphic Novel based on the film by Fritz Lang illustrated by Jon J Muth
- The Man Who Seduced Hollywood: The Life and Loves of Greg Bautzer, Tinseltown's Most Powerful Lawyer by B. James Gladstone (interview)
- The Many Faces of Josephine Baker by Peggy Caravantes
- Mary Astor's Purple Diary by Edward Sorel
- Mary Wickes: I Know I've Seen That Face Before by Steve Taravella
- Maureen O'Hara: The Biography by Aubrey Malone
- Mean... Moody... Magnificent!: Jane Russell and the Marketing of a Hollywood Legend by Christina Rice
- Memoirs of a Professional Cad by George Sanders
- Missing Reels by Farran Smith Nehme
- Must See Sci-Fi: 50 Movies That are Out of This World by Sloan De Forest (Interview)
- My Judy Garland Life by Susie Boyt
- A Mysterious Something in the Light: The Life of Raymond Chandler by Tom Williams
- Nicholas Ray: The Glorious Failure of an American Director by Patrick McGilligan
- The Night of the Hunter - A Biography of a Film by Jeffrey Couchman
- Phantom Lady: Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison, The Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock by Christina Lane
- Photo by Sammy Davis Jr. by Burt Boyar
- The Pride of the Yankees: Lou Gehrig, Gary Cooper, and the Making of a Classic by Richard Sandomir
- The Real James Dean edited by Peter L. Winkler
- Rex Ingram: Visionary Director of the Silent Screen by Ruth Barton
- Room 1219: The Life of Fatty Arbuckle, the Mysterious Death of Virginia Rappe, and the Scandal That Changed Hollywood by Greg Merritt (Interview)
- Saul Bass: A Life in Film and Design by Jennifer Bass and Pat Kirkham
- Seduced by Mrs. Robinson: How The Graduate Became the Touchstone of a Generation by Beverly Gray
- Seduction: Sex, Lies and Stardom in Howard Hughes's Hollywood by Karina Longworth (podcast episode)
- She Damned Near Ran the Studio: The Extraordinary Lives of Ida R. Koverman by Jacqueline R. Braitman
- Showman of the Screen: Joseph E. Levine and His Revolutions in Film Promotion by A.T. McKenna
- The Silent Screen and My Talking Heart by Nell Shipman
- A Song in the Dark: The Birth of Musical Film by Richard Barrios
- Son of Harpo Speaks by Bill Marx (Interview)
- Spencer Tracy by James Curtis
- A Star is Born: Judy Garland and the Film That Got Away by Lorna Luft and Jeffrey Vance
- Stella!: Mother of Modern Acting by Sheana Ochoa (Interview)
- Stepin Fetchit: The Life and Times of Lincoln Perry by Mel Watkins
- Sterling Hayden's Wars by Lee Mandel
- Steve McQueen: A Biography by Marc Eliot
- Steve McQueen: A Passion for Speed by Frederic Brun
- Summer Movies: 30 Sun-Drenched Classics by John Malahy
- Tony and Me: A Story of Friendship by Jack Klugman
- Tough Without a Gun: The Life and Extraordinary Afterlife of Humphrey Bogart by Stefan Kanfer
- Trumbo by Bruce Cook
- The Unconscious Actor: Out of Control, In Full Command by Darryl Hickman
- Unsinkable: A Memoir by Debbie Reynolds
- Warner Bros: The Making of an American Movie Studio by David Thomson
- Warren William: Magnificent Scoundrel of Pre-Code Hollywood by John Stangeland (Interview)
- Weddings and Movie Stars
- West Side Story: The Jets, the Sharks, and the Making of a Classic by Richard Barrios
- William Cameron Menzies: The Shape of Films to Come by James Curtis
- Young Man with a Horn by Dorothy Baker
Features:
Bluffton: My Summers with Buster Keaton by Matt Phelan (Interview)
Film Noir: Light and Shadow edited by Alain Silver and James Ursini
Miss D & Me: Life with the Invincible Bette Davis by Kathryn Sermak and Danelle Morton
Guest Reviews:
James Bond FAQ by Tom DeMichael (Interview)
Michael Douglas: A Biography by Marc Eliot
Bluffton: My Summers with Buster Keaton by Matt Phelan (Interview)
Film Noir: Light and Shadow edited by Alain Silver and James Ursini
Miss D & Me: Life with the Invincible Bette Davis by Kathryn Sermak and Danelle Morton
Guest Reviews:
James Bond FAQ by Tom DeMichael (Interview)
Michael Douglas: A Biography by Marc Eliot
Classic Film Collective Patreon reviews (subscription required):
Laura by Vera Caspary
Olivia de Havilland: Lady Triumphant by Victoria Amador
The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography by Sidney Poitier
Just As I Am by Cicely Tyson
Currently reading:
Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black FIlms in a White World by Wil Haygood
The Savvy Sphinx: How Garbo Conquered Hollywood by Robert Dance
Competing with Idiots: Herman and Joe Mankiewicz: A Dual Portrait by Nick Davis
Danger on the Silver Screen: 50 Films Celebrating Cinema's Greatest Stunts by Scott McGee
Truly, Madly: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier and the Romance of the Century by Stephen Galloway
The Films of Delmer Daves by Douglas Horlock
John Gilbert: The Last of the Silent Film Stars by Eve Golden
Making The Best Years of Our Lives: The Hollywood Classic That Inspired a Nation by Alison Macor
Ryan's Daughter: The Making of an Irish Epic by Paul Benedict Rowan
Hollywood Tiki: Film in the Era of the Pineapple Cocktail by Adam Foshko and Jason Henderson
My Place in the Sun: Life in the Golden Age of Hollywood and Washington by George Steves, Jr.
Reviews coming (eventually):
Fritz Lang: The Nature of the Beast by Patrick McGilligan
Giant: Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Edna Ferber, and the Making of a Legendary American Film by Don Graham
Hooked on Hollywood: Discoveries from a Lifetime of Filmdom by Leonard Maltin
This Was Hollywood by Carla Valderrama
The Battle for Beverly Hills by Nancie Clare
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I love your blog! I'm a huge Robert Mitchum fan; he's my favorite actor so it's nice to see another young person who appreciates him. I've always loved classic movies and frankly, it's rare to find a modern movie that wows me as much as a classic film. Thanks for all of the great work!
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