Leonard Maltin
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"Hollywood historian and film reviewer Leonard Maltin invites readers to pull up a chair and listen as he tells stories, many of them hilarious, of 50+ years interacting with legendary movie stars, writers, directors, producers, and cartoonists. Maltin grew up in the first decade of television, immersing himself in TV programs and accessing 1930s and 40s movies hitting the small screen. His fan letters to admired performers led to unexpected correspondences,...
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"In Hooked on Hollywood, Maltin opens up his personal archive to take readers on a fascinating journey through film history. He first interviewed greats of Hollywood as a precocious teenager in 1960s New York City. Early Maltin interviews had literally been stored in his garage for more than 40 years until GoodKnight Books brought them to light for the first time in this volume to entertain readers and inform future film scholars. In addition, key...
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What 151 movies have you never seen-but should?
What French film could teach Hollywood how to make a smart, sexy romantic comedy? (page 233)
Where will you find a female-centric Western with a gender-bending protagonist? (page 10)
What film won a Special Jury Prize at Sundance and then fell off the radar? (page 261)
What farcical comedy includes such real-life characters as Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger? (page 50)
In what unsung comedy will...
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"There has been a Laemmle in the movie business since there's been a movie business. This is the story of a beloved Arthouse Cinema chain in Los Angeles with an astounding legacy. Over four generations, Laemmle's have dedicated themselves to supporting, innovating, and elevating the art of filmmaking. Popularizing independent films, documentary films, and their filmmakers, the LaemmleTheatres' impact on Hollywood and world cinema cannot be overstated."...
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For over two decades, Frances Marion was one of the most powerful names Hollywood, writing more than 200 scripts to become the world's highest paid screenwriter. Stars like Pickford, Garbo, Gable and Dressler sought to bring her characters to life, leading her to become the first screenwriter to win two Oscars®. Now, her fascinating story come alive in this insightful documentary narrated by acclaimed actresses Uma Thurman and Kathy Bates, accompanying...
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The Real Bedford Falls: It's a Wonderful Life explores the connections between Seneca Falls, New York, and Bedford Falls, the setting of the movie It's a Wonderful Life. The documentary examines smalltown life in Seneca Falls, captures the excitement of the annual It's a Wonderful Life Festival, and celebrates the enduring themes of the Frank Capra classic. The film features interviews with Karolyn Grimes (who played Zuzu Bailey), Jimmy Hawkins (who...
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A documentary about veteran character actor Dick Miller, whose career in and outside of Hollywood has spanned almost 200 films across six decades, featuring a diverse range of interviews with directors, co-stars, and contemporaries including Roger Corman, Joe Dante and Leonard Maltin. Nominated for an Audience Award for Best Documentary at **SXSW Film Festival**. *"Miller is such a character that Drenner takes the advice offered him by many of the...
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The film brings Hollywood's elite composers together to give viewers a privileged look inside the musical challenges and creative secrecy of the world's most international music genre: the film score. A film composer is a musical scientist of sorts, and the influence they have to complement a film and garner powerful reactions from global audiences can be a daunting task to take on. Includes interviews with contemporary film composers and others in...
11) High noon
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A retired marshal's wedding is interrupted when he learns a killer he had sent to jail will return to town on the noon train to seek revenge. The townspeople refuse to help him, so he is forced to take up his badge and guns again, alienating his new bride, a Quaker who is opposed to violence.
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Presenting an in-depth look at the life of America's boy next door, Jimmy Stewart, this book spans from his time served in the United States Army Air Corps to his return to Hollywood as a changed man who embarked on the production of America's most beloved holiday classic, It's a Wonderful Life. During his military career, he rose from private to colonel and participated in 20 World War II combat missions over Germany and France. When the war was...
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A collection of insightful interviews with the creator of the most popular comic strip of all time.
Everybody knows the iconic characters of Peanuts, but few are privy to the character of the man who created this beloved cast and the world they inhabit―Charles M. Schulz. To illuminate the life story and rich inner life of the renowned cartoonist, Fantagraphics presents four of the most comprehensive interviews ever conducted with Schulz, by film...
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GOING ATTRACTIONS celebrates the splendor and grandeur of the great cinemas of the United States, built when movies were the acme of entertainment and the stories were larger than life, as were the venues designed to show them: Thousands of seats, giant screens, exotic and ornate interiors with balconies and lounges, in-house organs and orchestras, amazing marquees, and air conditioning back when houses had none. The film also tracks the eventual...