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The Little Rascals: The Life and Times of Our Gang 22 reviews
Leonard Maltin, Richard W. Bann
Three Rivers Press, 1992
Highly Recommended
The Little Rascals: The Life and Times of Our Gang is the most comprehensive book available about the popular short series. Leonard Maltin, longtime fan of both Hal Roach comedies and the Our Gang series itself, writes both intelligently and lovingly about the series with the help of Richard W. Bann.
This book opens with a short history of the Hal Roach film company and the Our Gang series.
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Leonard Maltin's Movie Crazy: For People Who Love Movies 3 reviews
Leonard Maltin
Dark Horse Comics, 2008
He's Back
Leonard Maltin inspired a good many people from my generation in the field of classic film. His books introduced me to so many people and things I'd not yet heard of, and his love for classic film jumped off of every page. Then he became a mainstream personality and some of us die-hards felt that we'd lost our champion. Well, hear ye, hear ye....Leonard is back with a book that will delight ...
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The Marx Brothers Encyclopedia8 reviews
Glenn Mitchell
Reynolds & Hearn, 2009
Everything but the kitchen sink is included in this book....
Actually, I think I saw the sink somewhere in the book too! ;)
It's everything you could possibly want to know about the Marxes. I like the A to Z format, it's very easy to navigate your way through the book. I use it all the time for reference. A well-researched, well-written book. Get this one.
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Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia: Career Profiles of More than 2000 Actors and Filmmakers, Past and ... 10 reviews
Leonard Maltin, Luke Sader, ...
Plume, 1995
Great info on the stars
Leonard has done a great job on this. Tasty tidbits on the stars of yesterday and today. I have only one complaint, there are many of the old stars he did not include. Too bad.
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Leonard Maltin's 2008 Movie Guide (Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide (Signet)) 32 reviews
Leonard Maltin
Signet, 2007
Encyclopedia Of Movies
Mr. Maltin has done a great service to movie buffs like myself. It's very important to me to know the names of the actors while watching the so-called old movies on TCM and AMC.
I don't know what's wrong with these channels now days. They do not show the credits at the end of the movies. Neither do they inform us during a movie "you are watching so and so and so." Mr. Maltin's guide ...
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Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide 20 reviews
Leonard Maltin
Plume, 2005
Indespensible
This volume includes all of the previous movie guides pre-1960 Ratings and reviews. Very nice to have for a classic movie buff, since older "less" necessary films were being ommited every year for the inclusion of newer releases to keep his annual guide at s useable size (not to mention weight!) His and his staffs reviews are as always well thought out and indexed. Also the inclusion of many ...
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Leonard Maltin's 2009 Movie Guide (Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide (Signet))17 reviews
Leonard Maltin
Signet, 2008
Still the quintessential reference book after all these years
Leonard Maltin has been issuing this yearly movie reference guide for many years. A while back (not sure when exactly), Maltin decided to split up the movies in pre-and after 1960 movies. The pre-1960 movies now have their own book ("Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide").
"Leonard Maltin's 2009 Movie Guide" (a whopping 1,644 pages, this book should be sold "by the pound") brings the ...
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Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide 2008 (Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide)14 reviews
Leonard Maltin
Plume, 2007
A MUST FOR MOVIEGOERS
Anything we may say will add nothing about this abosolutely indispensable encyclopedia of movies which I keep by my bedside table. I've been getting regular up-to-date editions of Mr. Maltin's book and I've always found a guide to choose movies. You may not agree all the time on the comments but anyhow they're quite valuable. I've noticed though that in recent editions some movies have simply ...
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Beyond Rice Cakes: A Young Person's Guide to Cooking, Eating & Living Gluten-Free12 reviews
Vanessa Maltin
iUniverse, Inc., 2006
Beyond Rice Cakes
A wonderful book for all and especially for people who live alone both young and old. Disregard Maltin's "young person" focus. Regardless of your age you will enjoy reading the book and using the recipes. Maltin writes with a practical and humorous view of reality. There are a lot of great tips and good advice in addition to the recipes. I am a senior citizen who lives alone who has cooked a ...
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Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons; Revised and Updated (Plume Books)19 reviews
Leonard Maltin, Jerry Beck
Plume, 1987
The history of cartoons (to the 1980s)
When I think of the history of animation, I tend to divide things into three periods: The Golden Age, noted for early Warner Brothers cartoons and the classic Disney movies such as Snow White and Fantasia; The Age of Mediocrity, where creativity seemed to reach its nadir, as seen most notably in the bland Hanna Barbera cartoons; and the Modern Era, with the resurgence in cartoon creativity, ...
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Harlan Ellison's Watching4 reviews
Harlan Ellison, Leonard Maltin
M Press, 2008
This is how it's done
The written reviews have much more to give in terms of sheer entertainment value then the moves themselves. If you run across this in a library check it out, it shows how movies reviews should be done
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The Art of the Cinematographer1 review
Leonard Maltin
Dover Publications, 1978
Neat look behind the scenes
The perfect harmony of photography and story has been the goal of professional cinematographers since Billy Bitzer first filmed the ideas of D.W. Griffith. The art of the cinematographer has often been submerged beneath fashionable theories of director as auteur or the star system. The Art of the Cinematographer brings the importance of the cameraman into perspective, focusing on cinematography ...
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Disney Films, The (Disney Films)7 reviews
Leonard Maltin
Disney Editions, 2000
The Disney Films by Leonard Maltin
I like the book very much because all the Disney films are mentioned. I am still busy reading it and I find everytime new things. Also you can read how the film was received during release and re-releases. The first part of the book is very detailed of every movie until Disney's death. Every movie is a chapter. Than the writer starts to make a chapter per period. Also the Disneyclub TV series, ...
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Movie Comedy Teams3 reviews
Leonard Maltin
Plume, 1985
Movie comedy teams finally get their due!
For years.The comedy teams of the movies have rarely been acknowledge.Only L&H and "The Marx Brothers"have received any respect from film historians and writers.Until now.Leonard Maltin's"Movie Comedy Teams"finally gives respect to Abbott & Costello,"The Three Stooges",Wheeler & Woolsey,Clark And McCollogh,The Ritz Brothers,Thelma Todd/Zasu Pitts/Patsy Kelly etc.And the foremention ...
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The Cartoon Music Book1 review
Charles L. Granata
Chicago Review Press, 2002
Bravo!
Finally...a book on the GREAT cartoon music composers! AND it includes the way under-rated MAURY LAWS of RANKIN/BASS fame! Greg Ehrbar did a wonderful job on this chapter and his DISCOGRAPHY in the back of the book! They are all here....from CARL STALLING to HOYT CURTIN and even the modern cartoon music writers! This book was a LONG time coming! THANKS!
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5 Minutes More4 reviews
Sybil Jason
BearManor Media, 2007
Like Frosting on the Cake
After reading Ms. Jason's first book, I was eager to see what insights the second one would give. Sure enough, it was a treasure trove of anecdotes about some very famous stars, but just as much about the secondary stars that we've grown to love throughout their long careers, as well. Throughout the book are lots and lots of photos. My favorites are those that show the actors "then and now." ...
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Out of the Inkwell: Max Fleischer and the Animation Revolution2 reviews
Richard Fleischer
University Press of Kentucky, 2005
An Animation Giant
Everyone knows Walt Disney and his animated creation Mickey Mouse. When cartoons were just starting to become standards of entertainment, however, Disney had one real competitor, whose name is not as well known to the public but is well regarded by cartoon fans: Max Fleischer. The creator of Betty Boop and the animator of Popeye the Sailor and Superman, Fleischer also invented gadgets that made ...
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The Great American Broadcast: A Celebration of Radio's Golden Age5 reviews
Leonard Maltin
Dutton Adult, 1997
Another Maltin triumph
When Leonard Maltin writes on a subject, it betrays his love for that subject, and it is well researched. There have been a number of books on the history of radio, but this one is derived from interviews that Maltin did himself, sometimes before it was too late. My only problem with this book is the lack of a bibliography; since Maltin does draw from books written during radio's heyday, it would ...
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Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide 2007 (Plume Paperback)50 reviews
Leonard Maltin
Plume, 2006
A Must Have Book
No movie fan or collector should be without this book. A ton of info for a small price. It's a reference type book but it's also great to open just for fun because every time you learn something you didn't know about film or it's stars and directors.
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