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Moving Pictures and Classic Images: Memories of Forty Years in the Vintage Film Hobby Samuel K. Rubin
McFarland & Company, 2004
In 1962, Samuel K. Rubin founded 8mm Collector, the predecessor to Classic Images, a widely respected publication in the vintage film hobby that celebrates the golden age of Hollywood. He was instrumental in beginning the "vintage film fan movement," founding The Society for Cinephiles, as well as organizing the Cinecon, Cinevent and Cinefest vintage film conventions. This is simultaneously a ...
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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
+ Rascal mania + A Must Have For Our Gang Fans + A Nostalgic Treasure + Brought back many old memories.
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Movie Comedy Teams 3 reviews Leonard Maltin
Signet, 1970
Movie comedy teams finally get their due!
+ A little more clarity + Lenny Maltin Gives A&C,The Stooges and Other Teams Respect!
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 ...
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Our Gang Vol. 1 (Walt Kelly's Our Gang) 1 review Walt Kelly
Fantagraphics Books, 2006
Hello kids!!!
In 1942, Our Gang got it's own comic book. Of course, Our Gang is better know nowadays as The Little Rascals. By 1942, the Our Gang comedies were on their last legs; the shorts stopped being produced in 1944, although the comic book continued until 1949. This book reprints the Our Gang stories ...
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Great Movie Comedians 2 reviews Leonard Maltin
Crown Publishers, 1979
The perfect book on movie comedians and movie comedy:
+ A Milestone
No one understands and appreciates movie comedy better than Leonard Maltin, and here he has written a book on the subject that is simply perfect. His enthusiasm and love of these comedians and their comedies is infectious, and he gives us a giddy yearning to watch the movies he cites. If one ...
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Disney Films, The (Disney Films) 7 reviews Leonard Maltin
Disney Editions, 2000
The Disney Films by Leonard Maltin
+ Lenny Maltin Gives us another look at the films of Mr.Disney + The title says it all + Back in print, and better than ever + Definately Disney
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Writers on Directors (Artist's Choice Book) 5 reviews
Watson-Guptill Publications, 1999
Heidi Parker of Movieline says:
+ Writers on Directors (Artist's Choice Book) + Hollywood Gray style + compelling and unusal insights--a must for any film buff
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The Great American Broadcast: A Celebration of Radio's Golden Age 5 reviews Leonard Maltin
Dutton Adult, 1997
Another Maltin triumph
+ old-time radio + Great intro to old time radio + Great!
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The Art of the Cinematographer 1 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 ...
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The Great Movie Shorts. 1 review Leonard. Maltin
Outlet, 1972
Lenny Maltin looks at the movie's best shorts!
The short films of the 1930's,40's and 50's have never been given a proper documentation in books during the 1950's or 60's.Many film historians and writers dismissed the shorts as minor filler for the class a pictures.But Leonard Maltin gives us all another look at this forgotten genre'and he ...
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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)
+ Excellent Book + A Fairly Thorough History of Animation + Textbook Excellence.
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Carole Lombard (A Pyramid illustrated history of the movies) 1 review Leonard Maltin
Pyramid Publications, 1976
Famous Movie Critic on the Legendary Lombard
The Pyramid Illustrated History of the Movies series were true treasure for film fans of the 1970's, I was a teenager at the time and loved to collect the series and still do. These are softcover books about 6x7 that are loaded with photos of films of the star in question along with a running ...
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Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia: 2Career Profiles of More Than 2000 Stars and Filmmakers, Past and Present 1 review Leonard Maltin
Dutton Adult, 1994
Great Reference Book
I originally purchased this book when I was editing acrostic puzzles, as a reference book, but I find myself referring to it frequently even now, although no longer edit puzzles. It contains "career profiles of more than 2,000 actors and filmmakers, past and present" arranged alphabetically. It ...
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Leonard Maltin's 2006 Movie Guide 27 reviews Leonard Maltin
Signet, 2005
Leonard Maltin's 2006 Movie Guide
If you are a movie buff, this book is a must. I've been going to movies for almost eighty years. Recalling all the movies I've seen and liked is much easier with this book.
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The Great Movie Shorts. 1 review Leonard. Maltin
Outlet, 1972
Lenny Maltin looks at the movie's best shorts!
The short films of the 1930's,40's and 50's have never been given a proper documentation in books during the 1950's or 60's.Many film historians and writers dismissed the shorts as minor filler for the class a pictures.But Leonard Maltin gives us all another look at this forgotten genre'and he ...
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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
+ Rascal mania + A Must Have For Our Gang Fans + A Nostalgic Treasure + Brought back many old memories.
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Great Movie Comedians 2 reviews Leonard Maltin
Crown Publishers, 1979
The perfect book on movie comedians and movie comedy:
+ A Milestone
No one understands and appreciates movie comedy better than Leonard Maltin, and here he has written a book on the subject that is simply perfect. His enthusiasm and love of these comedians and their comedies is infectious, and he gives us a giddy yearning to watch the movies he cites. If one ...
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The Great American Broadcast: A Celebration of Radio's Golden Age 5 reviews Leonard Maltin
Dutton Adult, 1997
Another Maltin triumph
+ old-time radio + Great intro to old time radio + Great!
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Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia: 2Career Profiles of More Than 2000 Stars and Filmmakers, Past and Present 1 review Leonard Maltin
Dutton Adult, 1994
Great Reference Book
I originally purchased this book when I was editing acrostic puzzles, as a reference book, but I find myself referring to it frequently even now, although no longer edit puzzles. It contains "career profiles of more than 2,000 actors and filmmakers, past and present" arranged alphabetically. It ...
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The Art of the Cinematographer 1 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 ...
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