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  • The Films of John Garfield (hardback)
    James L. Neibaur / James LNeibaur
    John Garfield was, and remains, one of the most impactful actors of 20th century American cinema. A towering influence on so many screen performers who came along afterward, Garfield managed to create a lasting image, despite living a life that was marked with tragedy, including the loss of a child. When he left the studios and began doing independent films, his politics inform...
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    38,08 €

  • The Joe E. Brown Films
    James L. Neibaur / James LNeibaur
    Joe E. Brown was the most popular movie comedian in the 1930s, his films being bigger moneymakers than those featuring Laurel and Hardy, W.C. Fields, or The Marx Brothers. A regrettable business decision in the middle of the decade resulted in indie productions that relegated Joe to second-feature status. After losing a son in World War Two, Joe became a tireless entertainer fo...
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    27,67 €

  • The Joe E. Brown Films (hardback)
    James L. Neibaur / James LNeibaur
    Joe E. Brown was the most popular movie comedian in the 1930s, his films being bigger moneymakers than those featuring Laurel and Hardy, W.C. Fields, or The Marx Brothers. A regrettable business decision in the middle of the decade resulted in indie productions that relegated Joe to second-feature status. After losing a son in World War Two, Joe became a tireless entertainer fo...
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    37,85 €

  • Directed by William Beaudine
    James L. Neibaur / James LNeibaur
    William Beaudine is one of the most misrepresented directors in film history.  Inaccurately called “One-Shot” due to false claims that he hurried through his projects with disdain and never filmed more than one take, Beaudine was actually a very skilled director whose career ran from silent movies to television.  Beginning with one-reel short comedies, Beaudine learned how to b...
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    27,73 €

  • Directed by William Beaudine
    James L. Neibaur / James LNeibaur
    William Beaudine is one of the most misrepresented directors in film history.  Inaccurately called “One-Shot” due to false claims that he hurried through his projects with disdain and never filmed more than one take, Beaudine was actually a very skilled director whose career ran from silent movies to television.  Beginning with one-reel short comedies, Beaudine learned how to b...
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    37,91 €

  • The Charlie Chan Films (hardback)
    James L. Neibaur / James LNeibaur
    The Charlie Chan film series from 1931-1949 went through three lead actors and two studios over 44 films while still maintaining consistent popularity with moviegoers.  This book looks at all of the films in the series, including early ones that are now lost, and examines each movie in context.  Common themes, critical assessments, discussion of the director and the actors, per...
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    37,58 €

  • The Charlie Chan Films
    James L. Neibaur / James LNeibaur
    The Charlie Chan film series from 1931-1949 went through three lead actors and two studios over 44 films while still maintaining consistent popularity with moviegoers.  This book looks at all of the films in the series, including early ones that are now lost, and examines each movie in context.  Common themes, critical assessments, discussion of the director and the actors, per...
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    27,40 €

  • The Monster Movies of Universal Studios
    James L. Neibaur / James LNeibaur
    In 1931 Universal Studios released Dracula starring Bela Lugosi. This box office success was followed by a string of films featuring macabre characters and chilling atmospherics, including Frankenstein, The Mummy, and The Invisible Man. With each new film, Universal established its place in the Hollywood firmament as the leading producer of horror films, a status it enjoyed for...
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    53,10 €

  • The Essential Jack Nicholson
    James L. Neibaur / James LNeibaur
    For ten years Jack Nicholson toiled in low-budget films and guest spots in such television shows as Dr. Kildare and The Andy Griffith Show before his breakout performance in Easy Rider. Despite 'retiring' in 2010, Nicholson remains one of the most revered actors of the last half century. Nominated for twelve Academy Awards-the most of any male actor-Nicholson has received three...
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    55,96 €

  • The Essential Mickey Rooney
    James L. Neibaur / James LNeibaur
    Mickey Rooney is a cinematic icon whose career lasted from the silent era into the twenty-first century. From the shorts he made as Mickey McGuire to supporting roles in such films as Night at the Museum, Rooney had more than 300 film appearances to his credit. Mickey Rooney was not just a movie star, he was the most popular film performer for several years in a row in the 1930...
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    55,53 €

  • The Clint Eastwood Westerns
    James L Neibaur / James L. Neibaur / James LNeibaur
    While the western was a staple of cinema for many decades, the form began to fade as its greatest star, John Wayne, made fewer films of distinction toward the end of his career. In the mid-1960s, the genre was redefined by a handful of directors, including Don Siegel and Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone, who offered something edgier, bloodier, and more violent. Working with both ...
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    53,23 €

  • James Cagney Films of the 1930s
    James L. Neibaur / James LNeibaur
    One of the biggest stars of the golden age of Hollywood, James Cagney appeared in more than sixty films throughout his career. In addition to starring in the classics White Heat, Mister Roberts, and One, Two, Three, Cagney received the Academy Award for his performance as George M. Cohan in Yankee Doodle Dandy. From his debut in Sinner’s Holiday to one of his many gangster port...
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    129,19 €

  • The Charley Chase Talkies
    James L. Neibaur / James LNeibaur
    Charley Chase began his film career in early 1913 working as a comedian, writer, and director at the Al Christie studios under his real name, Charles Parrott. Chase then joined Mack Sennett’s Keystone studio in 1914, costarring in early films of Charlie Chaplin and Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, as well as directing the frenetic Keystone Cops. By 1924 he was starring in a series of o...
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    120,02 €

  • Buster Keaton’s Silent Shorts
    James L. Neibaur / James LNeibaur / Terri Niemi
    By the mid-1920s, Buster Keaton had established himself as one of the geniuses of cinema with such films as Sherlock, Jr., The Navigator, and his 1927 work The General, which was the highest ranked silent on the American Film Institute’s survey of the 100 greatest films. Before Keaton ventured into longer works, however, he had honed his skills as an actor, writer, and director...
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    106,86 €

  • The Silent Films of Harry Langdon (1923-1928)
    James L. Neibaur / James LNeibaur
    Harry Langdon was a silent screen comedian unlike any other. Slower in pace, more studied in movement, and quirkier in nature, Langdon challenged the comic norm by offering comedies that were frequently edgy and often surreal. After a successful run of short comedies with Mack Sennett, Langdon became his own producer at First National Pictures, making such features as Tramp Tra...
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    106,98 €

  • The Fall of Buster Keaton
    James L. Neibaur / James LNeibaur
    Born into a family of vaudevillians, Buster Keaton made his first film appearance in 1917 at the age of 21. By the early 1920s, he had established himself as one of the geniuses of silent cinema with such films as Sherlock, Jr. and The Navigator and his 1925 work, The General, placed at number 18 in the American Film Institute’s poll of the 100 greatest features, the highest ra...
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    79,13 €