Christmas in the Movies by Jeremy Arnold

Christmas in the Movies
35 Classics to Celebrate the Season

Revised and Expanded Edition

by Jeremy Arnold

TCM and Running Press

Hardcover ISBN: 9780762481040

280 pages

October 2023

Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's — Larry Edmunds

"When we view [Christmas movies], we journey back to our childhoods, laugh at our quirks, and lose ourselves in tales of love and compassion. There's nostalgia in many of these stories and even in the simple act of watching them: they stir our memories of having seen them in earlier times, with earlier loved ones." — Jeremy Arnold

While you can't watch 35 Christmas movies in one day, you CAN read about 35 in one day with Christmas in the Movies: 35 Classics to Celebrate the Season by Jeremy Arnold. This is a newly updated, revised and expanded edition of Christmas in the Movies: 30 Classics to Celebrate the Season published in 2018 (read my review here).

This new edition has, of course, 5 additional Christmas movies. Each movie is presented with an essay that gives background, synopsis, a little analysis and an exploration of the Christmas elements as well as poster art and photographs from the movie. Some notable movies covered include Christmas in Connecticut, It’s a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street, White Christmas, Holiday Inn, etc. I particularly enjoyed the pieces on Remember the Night, Beyond Tomorrow, Cheaters, Holiday Affair, and Elf.

This new edition also boasts 70 pages of additional content including several really great thematic essays. These include:  Christmas movies of 1947,  Christmas and Film Noir, Disney Christmas Cartoons, essays on different adaptations of Little Women, A Christmas Carol, Three Godfathers, etc.

I was particularly taken with the Christmas and Film Noir piece and how it explored the dichotomy of the two very different movie styles and how they come together. 

“Film Noir is a visual style and storytelling attitude that stresses fatalism, cynicism, and sinister undercurrents of society that pull characters into a sordid world from which there is usually no escape. Christmas movies guide characters up, toward their better, positive natures; noir pulls them down, toward the depths of their own destructive impulses.” — Jeremy Arnold

interior spread courtesy of Running Press
source: Edelweiss

interior spread courtesy of Running Press
source: Edelweiss

interior spread courtesy of Running Press
source: Edelweiss

A worthy upgrade for those who already own the original book. It's a larger format with a new cover and so much more reading material that makes this book even more valuable for Christmas movie enthusiasts. Pick this one up for this season (or for the next!)

Thank you to Running Press for sending me a copy of Christmas in the Movies to review!

I share more thoughts about the book on episode #7 of The Classic Movie Roundup on YouTube. Watch here:

AKA Lucy by Sarah Royal

AKA Lucy

The Dynamic and Determined Life of Lucille Ball

by Sarah Royal

Foreword by Amy Poehler

Running Press

Hardcover ISBN: 9780762484263

240 pages

October 2023

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“Lucy is one of America’s greatest works of art.” — Amy Poehler

Lucille Ball was a force of nature. Her\ chaotic energy combined with her feminine aura created her unique brand of charisma that made her a legend. What impresses me most about Lucille Ball was her tenacity. She was a hard worker, incredibly driven in both her professional and personal life and always had the dogged determination to make her dreams come true. Lucille Ball went from being a chorus girl, to becoming the queen of Bs at RKO (and eventually owning the studio!), to then becoming the star, alongside her husband Desi Arnaz, of one of the most beloved and best-known TV shows of all time. Ball wasn't a natural born comedian. Instead, her talent for slapstick humor came from her perfectionism. She worked on her craft until it was perfect, making audiences believe it was her natural born talent and not something that required hours of work to make it look easy. 

“I’m not ashamed to say that I stole liberally from her… She kind of paved the way for people like me to do [physical] comedy on sitcoms.” — Dick Van Dyke

AKA Lucy: The Dynamic and Determined Life of Lucille Ball by Sarah Royal is a celebration of this powerhouse entertainer, successful business woman and devoted wife, mother and friend. It's authorized by the Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz and the author is a pop culture historian who specializes in women in comedy. 

The book doesn't read like a traditional biography which is its strong suit. It offers a way to experience a bit of Lucille Ball in book form rather than simply take in a bunch of information about her. In the introduction the author promises the reader that they'll "discover feminist achievements, a passionate love affair, dissections of humor, communist accusations, struggles in Hollywood’s golden age and a classic rags-to-riches tale.”

Each chapter has a different theme. Some are biographical essays presented in chronological order. Others are timelines of Lucille Balls' life and certain aspects of her career or breakdowns of her comedy styles and notable episodes of I Love Lucy. Career-wise the book primarily focuses on her work in television with I Love Lucy and the subsequent spin-offs. 

Her film career is lightly touched upon. Some of the films discussed at length include Roman Scandals (1933), Stage Door (1937), Dance Girl Dance (1940), Du Barry Was a Lady (1943), Lured (1947), The Long, Long Trailer (1954), The Facts of Life (1960), etc. There was no real information about my favorite Lucille Ball film Yours, Mine and Ours (1968) alas. While I would have liked to have read more about her films, the intended audience here is really the I Love Lucy fan who wants to learn more about the beloved star.

interior spread courtesy of Running Press
source: Edelweiss

interior spread courtesy of Running Press
source: Edelweiss

The book also goes into great detail into her marriage to Desi Arnaz. It's clear that Lucille Ball went to great lengths to make that marriage work. The book goes easy on Desi Arnaz and only lightly touches upon his infidelity, jealousy issues and his drinking problem.

Some interesting facts from the book: 

• Upon the death of her father, she believed that birds were a bad omen and was terrified of them for the rest of her life.
• Lela Rogers, Ginger Roger's mother, was instrumental to her career: “Lela Rogers helped Lucy get her teeth straightened and hair fixed and made sure she learned how to do her makeup well, dress suitably, read literature to expand her vocabulary, how to treat agents and producers properly, and rehearse…”
• Seeing Dorothy Gish in person do something silly "reinforced for [Ball] that glamorous actresses could have a goofy side, too."
• Lucille Ball was friends with Carole Lombard and even after Lombard died considered her a mentor in spirit.
• Had it not been for Ball insisting that I Love Lucy be shot in Hollywood instead of New York City, the show would not have been recorded on 35mm (to ensure proper broadcasting quality) and then may have not been saved at all. This also helped the show become one of the original series that enjoyed reruns.
• Lucille Ball was to name her daughter Susan after her good friend, actress Susan Peters, but Desi Arnaz took hold of the birth certificate before Lucille could and named their daughter after Lucille. (This angered me immensely!)
• She loved playing Backgammon because the game stimulated her brain in the same way working on a television episode would.

AKA Lucy is presented in a beautifully designed unjacketed hardcover. The book has gorgeous interior spreads designed with pops of bold color that make it really pleasing to the eye. Throughout the book are quotes from various people in the business and family members about Lucille Ball which give the book a greater sense of intimacy. I also really liked the endpapers and the stunning cover which features a striking image of Lucille Ball in front of her own silhouette. Overall, it's a really nice package and would make for a great gift for the Lucille Ball/I Love Lucy fan in your life.

Thank you to Running Press for sending me a copy of AKA Lucy for review.

I share more thoughts about the book on episode #6 of The Classic Movie Roundup on YouTube. Watch here:

George Hurrell's Hollywood by Mark A. Vieira

George Hurrell's Hollywood

Glamour Portraits 1925-1992

Revised Edition

by Mark A. Vieira

Foreword by Sharon Stone

Running Press

September 2023

Paperback ISBN: 9780762484607

406 pages

Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Larry Edmunds — Powell's

"The dreamlike world of silent pictures had created a stary system based on personalities who were bigger than life. The naturalism of talking pictures diminished them. If the star system was to survive, the studios would have to enlarge them again. Along came Hurrell, who adapted his technique to this purpose…. In the process, Hurrell perfected a photographic idiom: the Hollywood glamour portrait." — Mark A. Vieira

A George Hurrell portrait is something truly special. Some of the best photographs of movie stars from the golden age of Hollywood—Norma Shearer, Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Ramon Novarro, Jean Harlow, Robert Montgomery, Carole Lombard, Mae West—were shot by George Hurrell. He captured the glamour of the industry in its heyday and showcased his subjects at their very best. These dreamy, sexy portraits helped elevate the subject in the public's esteem. In many cases, a Hurrell portrait, often used to publicize a new film, transformed careers. For example, an important photo shoot with Norma Shearer helped the actress convince her husband, producer Irving Thalberg, to cast her in The Divorcee (1930) ushering her into a new phase in her career. Hurrell's photoshoot with Jane Russell for Howard Hughes' pet project The Outlaw (1943) catapulted Russell into fame well before the film was even released to the public. George Hurrell worked with MGM and Warner Bros. and as an independent contractor worked directly with stars or did freelance for other studios like Columbia and RKO. 

Once the studio system began to wane and glamour portraits fell out of fashion, Hurrell struggled to find steady work. Times were changing and so was the technology used in photography. Hurrell's work suddenly became old-fashioned. However, towards the end of Hurrell's life, a new appreciation of his early work led collectors and other photographers to gather and share his work. Hurrell enjoyed a legacy tour which saw his portraits in books and in traveling museum exhibitions. Throughout the '80s, Hurrell was photographing new talent—musicians, comedians, actors—in an era that was far cry from the one he started in during the 1920s. Hurrell worked up until he died in 1992 with his final celebrity subject being actress Sharon Stone.

George Hurrell's Hollywood: Glamour Portraits 1925-1992 by Mark A. Vieira is a fitting tribute to an artistic genius. This book was originally published in 1997 as Hurrell's Hollywood Portraits and then republished as George Hurrell's Hollywood in 2013. Running Press has released a revised and expanded paperback edition which includes 50% more photographs than the 2013 hardcover. Also Mark A. Vieira, a film historian and photographer who first met George Hurrell in 1975, restored every photograph found within the new edition. If you haven't gotten the book yet, please make sure you get the paperback. And if you have the hardcover, now is the time to upgrade!

This book is absolutely stunning. The photographs are presented at their best and many take up an entire page. Joan Crawford fans will be particularly interested because she was Hurrell's most photographed subject—they did 33 photoshoots together—and lots of those photos are found within. It's a sturdy paperback and while it is on the heavier size I found that it holds quite well. Because the spine and the signatures are one big block, this is one of the few photography books that I think could stand up on a shelf without the heavy pages pulling from the spine.

In reading the book, I was particularly interested in learning how Hurrell built his network of contacts, how he worked within the studio system and the techniques he developed to showcase his subjects at their best. While there is a bit of biographical information on Hurrell in order to place the timeline in context, the focus of the book is really his career.

“You can’t work with a person and be exactly cold-blooded because there’s got to be a rapport, there’s got to be that quality, that something that rings between the two of you. If it doesn’t, well, you might as well quit and go home.” — George Hurrell

Some interesting facts from the book: 

• Hurrell advanced his career through connections. A photo shoot with a wealthy socialite led him to meet Ramon Novarro who introduced him to Norma Shearer which led to a contract as a studio photographer at MGM.
• Hurrell mostly shot in black-and-white but also photographed in Kodachrome and Warner Color.
• He shined a spotlight on the part of the hair. “The placement of the boom light so that it shone down from behind, or down the part in the subject’s hair, on onto the cheekbones”
• This had the effect of giving the subject's face a lot of dimension. In retouching, he would add a tiny dot in order to make the eyes pop more and liven the face in the final portrait.
• Used the color white to great effect. Actresses wore white dresses. Subjects would be photographed against a white wall.
• He would play music and use sexy talk to get his female subjects in the mood. Olivia de Havilland was having none of this and did not enjoy working with Hurrell.
• Vieira refers to Norma Shearer as Hurrell's patron and Joan Crawford as his muse.
• Worked with Greta Garbo. In one photo shoot, he pretended to trip over something in order to get a reaction out of her. When it did, Garbo's more expressive looks translated well on camera. She later became his landlord when he rented out new studio space for his photography.

George Hurrell's Hollywood was recently selected as one of The Hollywood Reporter's Top 100 Film Books of All Time.

I discuss the book at length on episode #2 of The Classic Movie Roundup. Watch here:

Thank you to Running Press for sending me a copy of George Hurrell's Hollywood for review!

Kitty Feral and the Case of the Marshmallow Monkey by Eddie Muller

Kitty Feral and the Case of the Marshmallow Monkey
TCM Kid Noir

by Eddie Muller and Jessica Schmidt

illustrated by Forrest Burdett

Running Press Kids and TCM

Hardcover ISBN: 9780762481682

32 pages

4 years and up

September 2023

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"My name is Kitty Feral. I was a gumshoe with no shoes, but I quit that racket. But when I overheard Cora talking about the missing Marshmallow Monkey, it was too sweet to ignore."

In his first picture book for children, Eddie Muller—along with writer Jessica Schmidt and illustrator Forrest Burdett—offers budding classic movie enthusiasts a kid-friendly introduction to film noir.

Kitty Feral and the Case of the Marshmallow Monkey is a mystery in the style of The Maltese Falcon (1941). The story a two-fold mystery with hardboiled detective Kitty Feral solving the case of the stolen chocolate covered Marshmallow Monkey while also trying to locate his missing partner, Mitch the Mutt. We follow along as Kitty Feral roams the dark city streets searching for answers.

Published by by TCM and Running Press Kids, Kitty Feral and the Case of the Marshmallow Monkey is a delightful ode to film noir and a must-have for noir enthusiasts, especially those who want to instill a love of classic movies in their children.

The book is chock full of film noir references. The endpapers display animal-inspired noir posters for movies like Nut Crazy, He Squawked by Night and The Possum Always Rings Twice. Kitty Feral visits the Acme Book Shop—a hat-tip to the famous bookstore sequence in The Big Sleep (1946). I spotted references to noirs like Deadline at Dawn (1946), On Dangerous Ground (1951) and I Walk Alone (1947) and to actors like Humphrey Bogart, Sydney Greenstreet, Gloria Grahame and Dorothy Malone. There are even references to non-noir classics like The Leopard Man (1943) and On the Waterfront (1954). Visual clues make this book a veritable treasure hunt for children (the villains are referenced on almost every page) as well as adult noir enthusiasts.

The style of the book is very fitting with film noir aesthetics. It features a limited color palette of black-and-white with pops of color. Kitty Feral wears a blue fedora and trenchcoat, Mitch the Mutt wears a red collar and the two are seen enjoying the multi-colored sunrise, signaling the end of the story's nighttime adventure.

Interior spread courtesy of Running Press Kids via Edelweiss

Interior spread courtesy of Running Press Kids via Edelweiss

The backmatter includes a single page entitled What is Film Noir which gives young readers the fundamentals of understanding noir. It explains why film noir was often black-and-white, the meanings behind certain terms and a gentle introduction to character and story types.

As a read aloud story this book has a lot of potential. I do wish the narrative flowed a bit better. There are a couple of awkward points in the narrative that could have easily been fixed. A design error on page 25 obscures one moment of dialogue. With that said, I read this book several times out loud and found that experience quite enjoyable. This book would make for a great bedtime story or read aloud for a group storytime. You'll want to develop character voices for Kitty Feral (who is also the narrator), Casper the Nighthawk, Polly the Bookstore Guard Dog, Mitch the Mutt and Lucky Lapin the mob bunny.

I hope Kitty Feral is the first of a series. I can see many more mysteries for Kitty Feral and Mitch the Mutt to solve and plenty of noir references to make.

Thank you to Running Press Kids for sending me a copy of Kitty Feral and the Case of the Marshmallow Monkey for review!

New & Upcoming Classic Film Books (21)

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

656 pages — July 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

9781541700673

**Paperback Edition**

Agent Josephine

American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy 

by Damien Lewis

PublicAffairs

512 pages — July 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

9780813198408

**Paperback Edition**

Clarence Brown

Hollywood's Forgotten Master

by Gwenda Young

Foreword by Kevin Brownlow

University Press of Kentucky

454 pages — July 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

9780806541945

The Exorcist Legacy

50 Years of Fear

by Nat Segaloff

Citadel

352 pages — July 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

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

Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

9798887712376

Lena Horne: The M-G-M Years

Hollywood’s First Black Star

by Stephen Bourne

Bear Manor Media

120 pages — July 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble

9781538183892

The Monster Movies of Universal Studio

by James L. Neibaur

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

228 pages — July 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

9781477327333

Selling Science Fiction Cinema

Making and Marketing a Genre

by J.P. Telotte

University of Texas Press

192 pages — July 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

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

239 pages — July 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

9781803990354

When Harry Met Cubby

The Story of the James Bond Producers

by Robert Sellers

The History Press

352 pages — July 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

AUGUST

9781493062850

Becoming Nick and Nora

The Thin Man and the Films of William Powell and Myrna Loy 

by Rob Kozlowski

Applause Books

256 pages — August 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

9781493074884

Breaking the Code

Otto Preminger Versus Hollywood's Censors

by Nat Segaloff

Applause

288 pages — August 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

9780711283657

Clint Eastwood

The Iconic Filmmaker and his Work

by Ian Nathan

White Lion Publishing/Quarto Group

176 pages — August 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

9781631495809

Daughter of the Dragon

Anna May Wong's Rendezvous with American History 

by Yunte Huang

Liveright

400 pages — August 2023

Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

9780813197913

Designing Hollywood

Studio Wardrobe in the Golden Age 

by Christian Esquevin

University Press of Kentucky

256 pages — August 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

9781474474009

**Paperback Edition**

Diana Dors

Film Star and Actor

by Martin Shingler

Edinburgh University Press

176 pages — August 2023

Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

9780813197883

Eleanor Powell

Born to Dance

by Paula Broussard and Lisa Royère

University Press of Kentucky

360 pages — August 2023

Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

 9781648230356

Gary Cooper

Enduring Style

by G. Bruce Hoyer

Foreword by Ralph Lauren

Afterword by Maria Cooper Janis

powerHouse Books

200 pages — August 2023

Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

9781399066952

James Stewart at War

His Career in the USAAF 

by Pavel Türk

Air World

224 pages — August 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

9780813199276

Monsters on Maple Street

The Twilight Zone and the Postwar American Dream

by David J. Brokaw

University Press of Kentucky

280 pages — August 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

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

Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

9780813198088

Strictly Dynamite

The Sensational Life of Lupe Velez 

by Eve Golden

University Press of Kentucky

488 pages — August 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

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

360 pages — August 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

SEPTEMBER

9781641609227

Bing and Billie and Frank and Ella and Judy and Barbra

by Dan Callahan

Chicago Review Press

400 pages — September 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

9781623717148

Chaplin

The Tramp's Odyssey 

by Simon Louvish

Interlink Publishing Group

464 pages — September 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

9781493076062

Double Solitaire

The Films of Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder

by Donald Brackett

Applause

312 pages — September 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

9780762484621

**Revised Edition**

Edith Head 

The Fifty-Year Career of Hollywood's Greatest Costume Designer 

by Jay Jorgensen

Running Press

400 pages — September 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

9780063067660

**Paperback Edition**

Elizabeth Taylor

The Grit & Glamour of an Icon

by Kate Andersen Brower

Harper Paperbacks

512 pages — September 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

9781911397625

The Final Curtain

Obituaries of Fifty Great Actors

by Michael Coveney

foreword by Sam Mendes

Unicorn Publishing Group

256 pages — September 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

9780762484607

**Revised Edition**

George Hurrell's Hollywood

Glamour Portraits, 1925-1992

by Mark A. Vieira

Foreword by Sharon Stone 

Running Press

416 pages — September 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

9781978806504

Ideal Beauty

The Life and Times of Greta Garbo

by Lois W. Banner

Rutgers University Press

286 pages — September 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

9781636810850

John Waters

Pope of Trash

by John Waters

Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

256 pages — September 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

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

32 pages — September 2023

Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

9781477328330

**Paperback Edition**

Making the Best Years of Our Lives

The Hollywood Classic That Inspired a Nation

by Alison Macor

University of Texas Press
208 pages — September 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble

9780228018681

Queer Film Classics: Anders als die Andern

by Ervin Malakaj

McGill-Queen's University Press

176 pages — September 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

9780228018780

Queer Film Classics: Maurice

by David Greven

McGill-Queen's University Press

208 pages — September 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

9781770417427

Wrath of the Dragon

The Real Fights of Bruce Lee

by John Little

ECW Press

352 pages — September 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

9781839025419

The Deer Hunter

BFI Classics

by Brad Prager

BFI

120 pages — September 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

9781839023484

It's a Wonderful Life

BFI Classics

by Michael Newton

BFI

168 pages — September 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

9781839025761

Point Blank

BFI Classics

by Eric G. Wilson

BFI

112 pages — September 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

OCTOBER

9780762484263

A.K.A. Lucy

The Dynamic and Determined Life of Lucille Ball 

by Sarah Royal

Foreword by Amy Poehler

Running Press

240 pages — October 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

9781982176358

Charlie Chaplin vs. America

When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided

 by Scott Eyman

Simon & Schuster

432 pages — October 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

9780762481040

**Revised and Expanded Edition**

Christmas in the Movies

35 Classics to Celebrate the Season

by Jeremy Arnold

TCM and Running Press

280 pages — October 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

9781838719173

The Cinema of Powell and Pressburger

edited by Nathalie Morris and Claire Smith

BFI

216 pages — October 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

9781496838391

C'mon, Get Happy

The Making of Summer Stock

by David Fantle and Tom Johnson

Foreword by Savion Glover

University Press of Mississippi

304 pages — October 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

9780228104506

Elvis Remembered

Interviews With the People Who Knew Him Best 

by Shelly Powers

Firefly Books

240 pages — October 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

9781496846518

Ferocious Ambition

Joan Crawford's March to Stardom

by Robert Dance

University Press of Mississippi

400 pages — October 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

9781922754677

Film Buff

The Ultimate Movie Quiz

by Smith Street Books

Smith Street Gift

200 pages (novelty book) — October 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble

9781743798416

Grace Kelly

The Illustrated World of a Fashion Icon

by Megan Hess

Hardie Grant Books

192 pages — October 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

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

Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

9780593542972

Hitchcock's Blondes

The Unforgettable Women Behind the Legendary Director's Dark Obsession

by Laurence Leamer

G.P. Putnam's Sons

pages — October 2023

Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

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 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

9780762475209

Lena Horne

Goddess Reclaimed

by Donald Bogle

TCM and Running Press

272 pages — October 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

9780785843689

Lucille Ball Treasures

Featuring Memorabilia and Pictures 

by Cindy De La Hoz

Chartwell Books/Quarto Group

176 pages — October 2023

Amazon — Barnes and Noble

9780785843740

Marilyn Monroe

A Photographic Life 

by Jenna Glatzer

Chartwell Books

176 pages — October 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble

9781639730766

The Method

How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act

by Isaac Butler

Bloomsbury Publishing

512 pages — October 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

9780814347768

Movie-Made Los Angeles

by John Trafton

Wayne State University Press

256 pages — October 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

9780231206211

Teen Movies

A Century of American Youth

by Timothy Shary

Wallflower Press

192 pages — October 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble

9780813197524

They Made the Movies

Conversations with Great Filmmakers 

by James Bawden and Ron Miller

University Press of Kentucky

392 pages — October 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

9781803365084

The Wicker Man

The Official Story of the Film

by John Walsh

Titan Books

192 pages — October 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble

9781839022951

Mean Streets

BFI Classics

by Demetrios Matheou

BFI

112 pages — October 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

9781839026065

The Red Shoes

BFI Classics

by Pamela Hutchinson

BFI

112 pages — October 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

9781839024498

Rushmore

BFI Classics

by Kristi Irene McKim

BFI

120 pages — October 2023
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's

NOVEMBER

9781909526938

1001 Movie Posters

The Essential Collection 

edited by Tony Nourmand

introduction by Christopher Frayling

Reel Art Press

552 pages — November 2023
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9781636810607

Agnès Varda

Director's Inspiration  

by Agnès Varda

Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

208 pages — November 2023
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9781789099546

Alfred Hitchcock Storyboards

by Tony Lee Moral

Titan Books

144 pages — November 2023

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9781476689708

Artie Shaw

Icon of Song

by Barnett Singer and Jesse Read

McFarland
164 pages — November 2023
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9781915310125

Charlot

by Ian Masters

Monsoon Books Pte. Ltd.

336 pages — November 2023
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9781786751331

Cinema of the 70s

101 Iconic Movies

by John H. Foote

Palazzo Editions

224 pages — November 2023
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9781538183571

Elmer Bernstein, Film Composer

An Authorized Biography

by Peter M. Bernstein

Rowman and Littlefield

296 pages — November 2023

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9780063041417

The Fatal Alliance

A Century of War on Film

by David Thomson

Harper

448 pages — November 2023
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9781493053957

Hello, Norma Jeane

The Marilyn Monroe You Didn't Know

by Elisa Jordan

Applause

360 pages — November 2023
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9780063056954

**Paperback Edition**

Hollywood: The Oral History

by Jeanine Basinger and Sam Wasson

Harper Paperbacks

768 pages — November 2023
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9781476686578

In Search of the Thin Man

Dashiell Hammett, William Powell and the Classic Film Series

by Philip Zwerling

McFarland

227 pages — November 2023
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9781476687889

Mummy Movies

A Comprehensive Guide

by Bryan Senn

McFarland

329 pages — November 2023
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DECEMBER

9781476692593

Dueling Harlows

The Race to Bring the Actress's Life to the Silver Screen

by Tom Lisanti

McFarland

183 pages — December 2023
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9781681990422

**Updated on sale**

Getting Carter

Ted Lewis and the Birth of British Noir

by Nick Triplow

Soho Syndicate

December 2023
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9780813198378

**Revised Edition**

John Ford

by Joseph McBride and Michael Wilmington

University Press of Kentucky

346 pages — December 2023
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