Hoo boy! Do I have a list of new classic film books for you! It took me a few weeks to gather this list and its finally here. I'm very impressed with what TCM/Running Press and University Press of Kentucky have coming up in their Fall catalogs. There are lots of good paperback editions of some big releases notably the Paul Newman memoir, the Elizabeth Taylor biography and Mark Vieira's George Hurrell's Hollywood.
Are you new to my list? Here are the details. The books include biographies, memoirs, scholarly texts, coffee table books and more from a variety of publishers. For any scholarly books I make sure the ones included are affordable. There are also some reissues and paperback editions added to the bunch. Publication dates range from July to December 2023 and these are subject to change. These are U.S. release dates. International release dates and availability may vary.
Links go to Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Powell's. I receive a small commission if you shop through some (not all) of my buy links.
I would love to hear what you think? Which books are you putting on your wishlist?
JULY
9780063026391
Bogie & Bacall
The Surprising True Story of Hollywood's Greatest Love Affair
by William J. Mann
Harper
9781541700673
**Paperback Edition**
Agent Josephine
American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy
by Damien Lewis
PublicAffairs
9780813198408
**Paperback Edition**
Clarence Brown
Hollywood's Forgotten Master
by Gwenda Young
Foreword by Kevin Brownlow
University Press of Kentucky
9780806541945
The Exorcist Legacy
50 Years of Fear
by Nat Segaloff
Citadel
9780593467718
**Paperback Edition**
The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man
A Memoir
by Paul Newman
edited by David Rosenthal
Foreword by Melissa Newman
Vintage
320 pages — July 2023
9798887712376
Lena Horne: The M-G-M Years
Hollywood’s First Black Star
by Stephen Bourne
Bear Manor Media
9781538183892
The Monster Movies of Universal Studio
by James L. Neibaur
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
9781477327333
Selling Science Fiction Cinema
Making and Marketing a Genre
by J.P. Telotte
University of Texas Press
9781951213794
Still Laughing
A Life in Comedy
From the Creator of Laugh-in
by George Schlatter with Jon Macks
Foreword by Lily Tomlin
Afterword by Goldie Hawn
The Unnamed Press
9781803990354
When Harry Met Cubby
The Story of the James Bond Producers
by Robert Sellers
The History Press
AUGUST
9781493062850
Becoming Nick and Nora
The Thin Man and the Films of William Powell and Myrna Loy
by Rob Kozlowski
Applause Books
9781493074884
Breaking the Code
Otto Preminger Versus Hollywood's Censors
by Nat Segaloff
Applause
9780711283657
Clint Eastwood
The Iconic Filmmaker and his Work
by Ian Nathan
White Lion Publishing/Quarto Group
9781631495809
Daughter of the Dragon
Anna May Wong's Rendezvous with American History
by Yunte Huang
Liveright
9780813197913
Designing Hollywood
Studio Wardrobe in the Golden Age
by Christian Esquevin
University Press of Kentucky
9781474474009
**Paperback Edition**
Diana Dors
Film Star and Actor
by Martin Shingler
Edinburgh University Press
9780813197883
Eleanor Powell
Born to Dance
by Paula Broussard and Lisa Royère
University Press of Kentucky
360 pages — August 2023
9781648230356
Gary Cooper
Enduring Style
by G. Bruce Hoyer
Foreword by Ralph Lauren
Afterword by Maria Cooper Janis
powerHouse Books
200 pages — August 2023
9781399066952
James Stewart at War
His Career in the USAAF
by Pavel Türk
Air World
9780813199276
Monsters on Maple Street
The Twilight Zone and the Postwar American Dream
by David J. Brokaw
University Press of Kentucky
9781496846051
Starmaker
David O. Selznick and the Production of Stars in the Hollywood Studio System
by Milan Hain
University Press of Mississippi
320 pages — August 2023
9780813198088
Strictly Dynamite
The Sensational Life of Lupe Velez
by Eve Golden
University Press of Kentucky
9781476687254
Theda Bara
Her Career, Life and Legend
by Roy Liebman
McFarland
120 pages — August 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's
9780813198019
The Warner Brothers
by Chris Yogerst
Foreword by Michael Uslan
University Press of Kentucky
SEPTEMBER
9781641609227
Bing and Billie and Frank and Ella and Judy and Barbra
by Dan Callahan
Chicago Review Press
9781623717148
Chaplin
The Tramp's Odyssey
by Simon Louvish
Interlink Publishing Group
9781493076062
Double Solitaire
The Films of Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder
by Donald Brackett
Applause
9780762484621
**Revised Edition**
Edith Head
The Fifty-Year Career of Hollywood's Greatest Costume Designer
by Jay Jorgensen
Running Press
9780063067660
**Paperback Edition**
Elizabeth Taylor
The Grit & Glamour of an Icon
by Kate Andersen Brower
Harper Paperbacks
9781911397625
The Final Curtain
Obituaries of Fifty Great Actors
by Michael Coveney
foreword by Sam Mendes
Unicorn Publishing Group
9780762484607
**Revised Edition**
George Hurrell's Hollywood
Glamour Portraits, 1925-1992
by Mark A. Vieira
Foreword by Sharon Stone
Running Press
9781978806504
Ideal Beauty
The Life and Times of Greta Garbo
by Lois W. Banner
Rutgers University Press
9781636810850
John Waters
Pope of Trash
by John Waters
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
9780762481682
Kid Noir
Kitty Feral and the Case of the Marshmallow Monkey
by Eddie Muller and Jessica Schmidt
illustrated by Forrest Burdett
Running Press Kids and TCM
9781477328330
**Paperback Edition**
Making the Best Years of Our Lives
The Hollywood Classic That Inspired a Nation
by Alison Macor
9780228018681
Queer Film Classics: Anders als die Andern
by Ervin Malakaj
McGill-Queen's University Press
9780228018780
Queer Film Classics: Maurice
by David Greven
McGill-Queen's University Press
9781770417427
Wrath of the Dragon
The Real Fights of Bruce Lee
by John Little
ECW Press
9781839025419
The Deer Hunter
BFI Classics
by Brad Prager
BFI
9781839023484
It's a Wonderful Life
BFI Classics
by Michael Newton
BFI
9781839025761
Point Blank
BFI Classics
by Eric G. Wilson
BFI
OCTOBER
9780762484263
A.K.A. Lucy
The Dynamic and Determined Life of Lucille Ball
by Sarah Royal
Foreword by Amy Poehler
Running Press
9781982176358
Charlie Chaplin vs. America
When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided
by Scott Eyman
Simon & Schuster
9780762481040
**Revised and Expanded Edition**
Christmas in the Movies
35 Classics to Celebrate the Season
by Jeremy Arnold
TCM and Running Press
9781838719173
The Cinema of Powell and Pressburger
edited by Nathalie Morris and Claire Smith
BFI
9781496838391
C'mon, Get Happy
The Making of Summer Stock
by David Fantle and Tom Johnson
Foreword by Savion Glover
University Press of Mississippi
9780228104506
Elvis Remembered
Interviews With the People Who Knew Him Best
by Shelly Powers
Firefly Books
9781496846518
Ferocious Ambition
Joan Crawford's March to Stardom
by Robert Dance
University Press of Mississippi
9781922754677
Film Buff
The Ultimate Movie Quiz
by Smith Street Books
Smith Street Gift
9781743798416
Grace Kelly
The Illustrated World of a Fashion Icon
by Megan Hess
Hardie Grant Books
9780316526005
Head Over Heels: Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman
A Love Affair in Words and Pictures
by Melissa Newman,
edited by Andrew Kelly
Voracious
288 pages — October 2023
9780593542972
Hitchcock's Blondes
The Unforgettable Women Behind the Legendary Director's Dark Obsession
by Laurence Leamer
G.P. Putnam's Sons
9780307958921
Hollywood and the Movies of the Fifties
The Collapse of the Studio System, the Thrill of Cinerama, and the Invasion of the Ultimate Body Snatcher
by Foster Hirsch
Knopf
672 pages — October 2023Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's
9780762475209
Lena Horne
Goddess Reclaimed
by Donald Bogle
TCM and Running Press
9780785843689
Lucille Ball Treasures
Featuring Memorabilia and Pictures
by Cindy De La Hoz
Chartwell Books/Quarto Group
176 pages — October 2023
9780785843740
Marilyn Monroe
A Photographic Life
by Jenna Glatzer
Chartwell Books
9781639730766
The Method
How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act
by Isaac Butler
Bloomsbury Publishing
9780814347768
Movie-Made Los Angeles
by John Trafton
Wayne State University Press
9780231206211
Teen Movies
A Century of American Youth
by Timothy Shary
Wallflower Press
9780813197524
They Made the Movies
Conversations with Great Filmmakers
by James Bawden and Ron Miller
University Press of Kentucky
9781803365084
The Wicker Man
The Official Story of the Film
by John Walsh
Titan Books
9781839022951
Mean Streets
BFI Classics
by Demetrios Matheou
BFI
9781839026065
The Red Shoes
BFI Classics
by Pamela Hutchinson
BFI
9781839024498
Rushmore
NOVEMBER
9781909526938
1001 Movie Posters
The Essential Collection
edited by Tony Nourmand
introduction by Christopher Frayling
Reel Art Press
9781636810607
Agnès Varda
Director's Inspiration
by Agnès Varda
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
9781789099546
Alfred Hitchcock Storyboards
by Tony Lee Moral
Titan Books
144 pages — November 2023
9781476689708
Artie Shaw
Icon of Song
by Barnett Singer and Jesse Read
9781915310125
Charlot
by Ian Masters
Monsoon Books Pte. Ltd.
9781786751331
Cinema of the 70s
101 Iconic Movies
by John H. Foote
Palazzo Editions
9781538183571
Elmer Bernstein, Film Composer
An Authorized Biography
by Peter M. Bernstein
Rowman and Littlefield
296 pages — November 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's
9780063041417
The Fatal Alliance
A Century of War on Film
by David Thomson
Harper
9781493053957
Hello, Norma Jeane
The Marilyn Monroe You Didn't Know
by Elisa Jordan
Applause
9780063056954
**Paperback Edition**
Hollywood: The Oral History
by Jeanine Basinger and Sam Wasson
Harper Paperbacks
768 pages — November 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's
9781476686578
In Search of the Thin Man
Dashiell Hammett, William Powell and the Classic Film Series
by Philip Zwerling
McFarland
9781476687889
Mummy Movies
A Comprehensive Guide
by Bryan Senn
McFarland
DECEMBER
9781476692593
Dueling Harlows
The Race to Bring the Actress's Life to the Silver Screen
by Tom Lisanti
McFarland
183 pages — December 2023Amazon — Barnes and Noble
9781681990422
**Updated on sale**
Getting Carter
Ted Lewis and the Birth of British Noir
by Nick Triplow
Soho Syndicate
9780813198378
**Revised Edition**
John Ford
by Joseph McBride and Michael Wilmington
University Press of Kentucky
