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Armstrong, Richard, et al

Rough Guides 2007

The Filmmaker’s Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide for the Digital Age – Free Books about Movies PDF

Ascher, Steven and Pincus, Edward

Penguin 2012

The authoritative guide to producing, directing, shooting, editing, and distributing your video or film. Whether you aspire to be a great filmmaker yourself or are looking for movie gifts, this comprehensive guide to filmmaking is the first step in turning a hobby into a career.

Vertigo: The Making of a Hitchcock Classic – Free Books about Movies PDF

Auiler, Dan

St. Martin’s 1998

Writing with the full cooperation of the director’s family, many crew members, and the film’s restoration team, film historian Dan Auiler offers an in-depth re-creation of the making of Hitchcock’s signature thriller. Through an extensive review of early script drafts, detailed interviews with the participants, and many archival materials, Auiler leads us down the winding path that brought this spellbinding and desperately romantic film to the screen. Scores of production notes, sketches, and storyboards – some in Hitchcock’s own hand – are included, along with a generous array of stills from the film and its restoration.

Another Fine Mess: A History of American Film Comedy – Free Books about Movies PDF

Austerlitz, Saul

Chicago Review 2010

30 chapters and 100 essays follow the connections that link Mae West to Marilyn Monroe and W. C. Fields to Will Ferrell. Offering unvarnished insight into comedians and directors such as Buster Keaton, Christopher Guest, Eddie Murphy, and Ben Stiller, this eye-opening, entertaining, and enlightening tour encompasses the masterpieces, the box-office smashes, and all the little-known gems in between. Laurel and Hardy, Marilyn Monroe, Peter Sellers, Mel Brooks, Richard Pryor, Steve Martin, and the Coen Brothers are among others profiled, while a list of the top-100 American film comedies is also included.

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Ballinger, Alexander & Graydon, Danny

Rough Guides 2007

From early masterpieces like Double Indemnity and Kiss Me Deadly through to neo-noir classics such as Chinatown and LA Confidential, this book highlights all the groundbreaking noir movies. There are profiles of legendary performers such as Humphrey Bogart and Barbara Stanwyck, great directors like Fritz Lang plus key cinematographers, composers and designers. Complete with website listings and books for further reading.

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Biskind, Peter

Simon & Schuster 2011

In 1969, a low-budget biker movie, Easy Rider, shocked Hollywood with its stunning success. An unabashed celebration of sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll (onscreen and off), Easy Rider heralded a heady decade in which a rebellious wave of talented young filmmakers invigorated the movie industry. In Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, Peter Biskind takes us on the wild ride that was Hollywood in the ’70s, an era that produced such modern classics as The Godfather, Chinatown, Shampoo, Nashville, Taxi Driver, and Jaws.

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Bogle, Donald

One World Ballantine 2005

Spanning sixty years, this deliciously entertaining history uncovers the audacious manner in which many blacks made a place for themselves in an industry that originally had no place for them. We discover that Black Hollywood was a place distinct from the studio-system-dominated Tinseltown–a world unto itself, with unique rules and social hierarchy. It had its own talent scouts and media, its own watering holes, elegant hotels, and fashionable nightspots, and of course its own glamorous and brilliant personalities.

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Brown, Blain

Focal 2002

Presents the basics and beyond, employing clear explanations of standard practice together with substantial illustrations and diagrams to reveal the real world of film production. Recognizing that professionals know when to break the rules and when to abide by them, this book discusses many examples of fresh ideas and experiments in cinematography. Covers the entire range of the profession.

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Cook, David A.

Norton 2004

Adopted at over 325 colleges and universities in its Second Edition, David A. Cook’s A History of Narrative Film has established itself as a leader in its field. Throughout, A History of Narrative Film integrates film history and aesthetics with an astute analysis of the technological, social, and economic context of world cinema.

Universal Women: Filmmaking and Institutional Change in Early Hollywood – Free Books about Movies PDF

Cooper, Mark Garrett

University of Illinois 2010

Between 1912 and 1919, the Universal Film Manufacturing Company credited eleven women with directing at least 170 films, but by the mid-1920s all of these directors had left Universal and only one still worked in the film industry at all. Drawing on a range of historical and sociological approaches to studying corporate institutions, Cooper examines the relationship between institutional organization and aesthetic conventions during the formative years when women filmmakers such as Ruth Ann Baldwin, Cleo Madison, Ruth Stonehouse, Elise Jane Wilson, and Ida May Park directed films for Universal.

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Dimare, Philip C., ed.

ABC-CLIO 2011

A reference text focused on the relationship between American society and movies and filmmaking in the United States from the late 19th century through the present. Beyond discussing many important American films ranging from Birth of a Nation to Star Wars to the Harry Potter film series, the essays included in the volumes explore sensitive issues in cinema related to race, class, and gender, authored by international scholars who provide unique perspectives on American cinema and history. Free Books about Movies PDF.

Film Genre 2000: New Critical Essays – Free Books about Movies PDF

Dixon, Wheeler W., ed.

State University of New York 2000

Covering over 100 feature films in critical depth and detail, this reader provides an excellent introduction to American genre filmmaking since 1990. These previously unpublished essays by prominent film scholars each address a different film genre–from science fiction to romance to ’90s noir–as well as the ways in which genre filmmaking as a whole has been changed by the new technologies and market forces that are shaping the future of cinema. Free Books about Movies PDF.

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Dixon, Wheeler W. & Foster, Gwendolyn Audrey

Rutgers University 2008

A history of international film. Succinct yet comprehensive, A Short History of Film provides an accessible overview of the major movements, directors, studios, and genres from the 1880s to the present. More than 250 rare stills and illustrations accompany the text, bringing readers face to face with many of the key players and films that have marked the industry. Free Books about Movies PDF.

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Drazin, Charles

Faber and Faber 2011

The respected film critic Charles Drazin has written what will become the definitive history of French cinema. Drazin examines France’s role as the inventor of cinema and its pivotal influence over the language of cinema across the past century. Along the way, he highlights the influence of Hollywood directors such as Hitchcock, Ford, and Hawks on Truffaut’s generation, as well as the impact of British directors such as Ken Loach and Mike Leigh on current filmmakers. Free Books about Movies PDF.

100 Bollywood Films – Free Books about Movies PDF

Dwyer, Rachel

British Film Institute 2005

Bollywood film is the national cinema of India, describing movies made in Mumbai, distributed nationally across India and with their own production, distribution and exhibition networks worldwide. This informative screen guide reflects the work of key directors, major stars and important music directors and screenplay writers. Historically important films have been included along with certain cult movies and top box office successes. Free Books about Movies PDF.

America’s Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry – Free Books about Movies PDF

Eagan, Daniel

Continuum 2010

A reference guide to the most significant films ever made in the United States. Chosen by filmmakers and the public under the auspices of the Library of Congress, the 450 titles in the National Film Registry run the gamut from big-budget Hollywood blockbusters to landmark independent, documentary, animation and avant-garde masterpieces and experimental shorts. Unlike opinionated Top 100 and arbitrary Best Of lists, these are the real thing: groundbreaking films that make up the backbone of American cinema. Free Books about Movies PDF.

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Fagen, Herb

Facts on File 2003

With more than 3,500 entries, The Encyclopedia of Westerns is a detailed and insightful survey of western films. Entries provide production details, cast and crew lists, and the release date of each film discussed, followed by a summary of the story and a critical analysis of the most significant movies covered. Also featured is an appendix listing spaghetti westerns (the genre that made Clint Eastwood a star), an overview of westerns at the Academy Awards, a look at literary sources and inspirations, and more than 100 photographs. Free Books about Movies PDF.

Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting – Free Books about Movies PDF

Field, Syd

Random House 2007

Hollywood’s script guru teaches you how to write a screenplay in “the ‘bible’ of screenwriting”. The underpinnings of successful onscreen narratives are revealed in clear and encouraging language that will remain wise and practical as long as audiences watch stories unfold visually—from hand-held devices to IMAX to virtual reality. From concept to character, from opening scene to finished script, here are fundamental guidelines to help all screenwriters—novices and Oscar-winners—hone their craft and sell their work. Free Books about Movies PDF.

Bollywood: A Guidebook to Popular Hindi Cinema – Free Books about Movies PDF

Ganti, Tejaswini

Routledge 2013

In Bollywood, anthropologist and film scholar Tejaswini Ganti provides a guide to the cultural, social and political significance of Hindi cinema, outlining the history and structure of the Bombay film industry, and the development of popular Hindi filmmaking since the 1930s. Providing information and commentary on the key players in Bollywood, including directors and stars, as well as material from current filmmakers themselves, the areas covered in Bollywood include: history of Indian cinema; narrative style, main themes, and key genres of Hindi cinema; significant films, directors and stars; production and distribution of Bollywood films; interviews with actors, directors and screenwriters. Free Books about Movies PDF.

Not Just Bollywood: Indian Directors Speak – Free Books about Movies PDF

Goenka, Tula

Om 2014

Over a decade in the making, this record of conversations documents the worldview of 29 leading film directors in the world’s largest film industry – from spectacular Bollywood to gritty independents to multidimensional regional cinema in the many languages of India. Tula Goenka showcases the authentic voices and vision of the filmmakers themselves, unadulterated by outside critiques, interpretations or textual analysis. Free Books about Movies PDF.

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Grove, Elliot

Page One 2009

This book offers expert guidance in the principles, practice, and techniques of filmmaking. Author and filmmaker Elliot Grove introduces students to the craft of making movies by explaining simple techniques and advising on use of readily available, low-budget equipment and software. Free Books about Movies PDF.

Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War – Free Books about Movies PDF

Harris, Mark

Penguin 2015

Mark Harris gives us the untold story of how Hollywood changed World War II, and how World War II changed Hollywood, through the prism of five film directors caught up in the war: John Ford, William Wyler, John Huston, Frank Capra, and George Stevens. Following Pearl Harbor, Hollywood had the chance to prove its critics wrong and did so with vigor, turning its talents and its business over to the war effort to an unprecedented extent. No industry professionals played a bigger role in the war than America’s most legendary directors: Ford, Wyler, Huston, Capra, and Stevens. Free Books about Movies PDF.

Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood – Free Books about Movies PDF

Harris, Mark

Penguin 2008

The epic human drama behind the making of the five movies nominated for Best Picture in 1967-Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, The Graduate, In the Heat of the Night, Doctor Doolittle, and Bonnie and Clyde-and through them, the larger story of the cultural revolution that transformed Hollywood, and America, forever. Free Books about Movies PDF.

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Jha, Subhash K., and Bachchan, Amitabh

Lustre 2005

This book picks 200 of the best Hindi films ever produced and catalogues them. Densely packed and visually appealing, the guide is written in a reader-friendly, accessible style to enable even those not familiar with Hindi to see and understand popular Bollywood films. Entries are arranged genre-wise as drama, comedy and romance, among other categories. Free Books about Movies PDF.

Bollywood Nation: India Through Its Cinema – Free Books about Movies PDF

Juluri, Vamsee

Penguin India 2013

Charts the evolution of Indian cinema from its mythological films in the early twentieth century to its world-class gangster and terrorist melodramas of today. In doing so, the book investigates why and how our films have become so deeply embedded in the nation’s popular imagination. Vamsee Juluri posits cinema as the voice of the nation and examines how it has shaped our understanding of our place in the world. Free Books about Movies PDF.

Something Like An Autobiography – Free Books about Movies PDF

Kurosawa, Akira

Knopf 1982

“A first rate book and a joy to read…. It’s doubtful that a complete understanding of the director’s artistry can be obtained without reading this book…. Also indispensable for budding directors are the addenda, in which Kurosawa lays out his beliefs on the primacy of a good script, on scriptwriting as an essential tool for directors, on directing actors, on camera placement, and on the value of steeping oneself in literature, from great novels to detective fiction.”–Variety. Free Books about Movies PDF.

Nobody’s Perfect: Writings from the New Yorker – Free Books about Movies PDF

Lane, Anthony

Knopf 2002

For ten years, Anthony Lane has delighted New Yorker readers with his film reviews, book reviews, and profiles that range from Buster Keaton to Vladimir Nabokov to Ernest Shackleton. Nobody’s Perfect is an unforgettable collection of Lane’s trademark wit, satire, and insight that will satisfy both the long addicted and the not so familiar. Free Books about Movies PDF.

Becoming Film Literate: The Art and Craft of Motion Pictures – Free Books about Movies PDF

LoBrutto, Vincent

ABC-CLIO 2005

Provides an enjoyable and accessible education in the art of cinema: using 50 landmark films spanning the history of the medium, LoBrutto illustrates such important concepts as editing, production design, cinematography, sound, screen acting, narrative structure, and various genres, nationalities, and film eras. Each concept is illustrated by the selection of a film that epitomizes its use. Becoming Film Literate offers a crash course in cinema, one designed to give even the novice reader a solid introduction to this complex and multifaceted medium. Free Books about Movies PDF.

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Lumet, Sidney

Vintage 1996

“Invaluable…. I am sometimes asked if there is one book a filmgoer could read to learn more about how movies are made and what to look for while watching them. This is the book.” —Roger Ebert, The New York Times Book Review. Sidney Lumet, one of our most consistently acclaimed directors, gives us both a professional memoir and a definitive guide to the art, craft, and business of the motion picture. Free Books about Movies PDF.

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Maltin, Leonard

Plume 1993-2015

Annual editions from 1993 to 2015, not complete. Also special editions for some genres. Free Books about Movies PDF.

On Directing Film – Free Books about Movies PDF

Mamet, David

Penguin 1992

Calling on his unique perspective as playwright, screenwriter, and director of his own critically acclaimed movies like House of Games, State and Main, and Things Change, David Mamet illuminates how a film comes to be. He looks at every aspect of directing—from script to cutting room—to show the many tasks directors undertake in reaching their prime objective: presenting a story that will be understood by the audience and has the power to be both surprising and inevitable at the same time.

Guide to British Cinema – Free Books about Movies PDF

Mayer, Geoff

Greenwood 2003

An invaluable guide to the nation’s cinematic output, including entries on major British actors, directors, and films from 1929 through the present day. The volume also highlights both major cycles such as the Gainsborough melodrama, the Ealing comedy, and the British new wave; as well as less well-defined cycles including the vein of dark melodramas that characterized the British cinema from 1945 to 1950. Such figures as Alfred Hitchcock, David Lean, and Dirk Bogarde are covered in detail, as well as Christopher Lee, Roy Ward Baker, Ray Winstone, and other long-serving but less well-known artists.

Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting – Free Books about Movies PDF

McKee, Robert

HarperCollins 2010

Story reveals the award-winning methods of the man universally regarded as the world’s premier screenwriting teacher. His Story Structure seminar is the ultimate class for screenwriters and filmmakers, playing to packed auditoriums across the world and boasting more than 35,000 graduates. Story is about form, not formula. Employing examples from more than 100 films, McKee imparts a philosophy that reaches beyond rigid rules to identify the more elusive components that distinguish quality stories from the rest of the pack.

Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir – Free Books about Movies PDF

Muller, Eddie

Titan 1998

Eddie Muller takes us on a spellbinding trip through treacherous terrain: Hollywood in the post-World War II years, when art, politics, scandal, style–and brilliant craftsmanship–produced a new approach to moviemaking, and a new type of cultural mythology.

80 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards – Free Books about Movies PDF

Osborne, Robert

Abbeville Press 2008

Robert Osborne takes readers on a star-studded journey through the best of film, illustrated with pictures and stills from the Academy’s archives. Throughout the book, vivid color and black-and-white photographs bring the films and ceremonies to life. Over 700 celebrity and movie stills are included, as is the official key-art poster for each year’s Best Picture winner. It details the accomplishments, trends, developments, and events that occurred during each ten-year period, both within the Academy and the film industry as a whole. This encyclopedic resource also provides a year-by-year glimpse of the Award ceremonies, including the award nominees and winners in each category and memorable moments of the evening’s events.

The Rough Guide to Film Musicals – Free Books about Movies PDF

Parkinson, David

Rough Guides 2007

The perfect companion to cinema’s most spectacular genre, The Rough Guide to Film Musicals reveals how an escapist entertainment became Hollywood’s most ingenious art form. From such enduring classics as Singin’ In The Rain and West Side Story to recent successes like Evita and Chicago, this book reviews 50 essential musicals, including several forgotten gems. There are profiles of musical icons such as Fred Astaire, Judy Garland and George Gershwin and details of musicals from around the world. Complete with a list of the best soundtracks, websites and books for further reading.

The Declaration of Independent Filmmaking: An Insider’s Guide to Making Movies Outside of Hollywood – Free Books about Movies PDF

Polish, Mark et al

Harcourt 2005

A practical guide to writing, shooting, editing, scoring, promoting, and distributing short and feature films. The authors have packed this book with star-studded, often hilarious tales from their own experiences–as well as helpful insider photos. This is an indispensable resource for anyone interested in filmmaking,

Exploring Movie Construction & Production: What’s So Exciting About Movies? – Free Books about Movies PDF

Reich, John

Open SUNY 2017

This textbook contains eight chapters of the major areas of film construction and production. The discussion covers theme, genre, narrative structure, character portrayal, story, plot, directing style, cinematography, and editing. Important terminology is defined and types of analysis are discussed and demonstrated. An extended example of how a movie description reflects the setting, narrative structure, or directing style is used throughout the book to illustrate building blocks of each theme. Filmmaking textbooks pdf.

The Big Picture: Filmmaking Lessons from a Life on the Set – Free Books about Movies PDF

Reilly, Tom

Thomas Dunne 2009

Film production veteran Tom Reilly has worked on the sets of critically praised films and commercial blockbusters for more than three decades. In The Big Picture, he explores the art and the craft of filmmaking from the vantage point of someone actually running the movie set. Using examples unlike any of those in other books on film, Reilly exposes not only the power and the personalities, but the secrets of the pros.

Rebel Without a Crew: Or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker With $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player – Free Books about Movies PDF

Rodriguez, Robert

Penguin 1996

Famed independent screenwriter and director Robert Rodriguez (Sin City, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Spy Kids, Machete) discloses all the unique strategies and original techniques he used to make his remarkable debut film El Mariachi on a shoestring budget. This is both one man’s remarkable story and an essential guide for anyone who has a celluloid story to tell and the dreams and determination to see it through.

Moving Pictures: An Introduction to Cinema – Free Books about Movies PDF

Sharman, Russell Leigh

University of Arkansas 2020

“This is an extremely comprehensive book for an introductory to film class. The first half of the book is entitled “An Introduction to Cinema,” and it covers a short history and also discusses how one should watch a film, but also has chapters on Mise-en-scene, narrative, cinematography, editing, sound, and acting. The second half of the book covers representation of African Americans and women in film, each having its own chapter.” – Review. Filmmaking books pdf.

The Encyclopedia of Hollywood: An A-to-Z of the Heroes, Heroines, and History of American Film – Free Books about Movies PDF

Siegel, Scott and Siegel, Barbara

Facts on File 1990

A World History of Film – Free Books about Movies PDF

Sklar, Robert

Harry N. Abrams 2002

This authoritative volume is a readable, illustrated history of motion pictures from pre-cinema to the present day, written from a global perspective. It covers the technological and stylistic developments of movies in the rich context of culture, politics, society and other arts.

The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry – Free Books about Movies PDF

Slide, Anthony

Scarecrow 1998 Dewey Dec. 384

It is not a who’s who of the industry, but rather a what’s what: a dictionary of producing and releasing companies, technical innovations, industry terms, studios, genres, color systems, institutions and organizations, etc.

Save the Cat!: The Last Book on Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need – Free Books about Movies PDF

Snyder, Blake

Weise 2005

The best seller, for over 15 years, that’s been used by screenwriters around the world! Blake Snyder tells all in this fast, funny and candid look inside the movie business. “Save the Cat” is just one of many ironclad rules for making your ideas more marketable and your script more satisfying. This ultimate insider’s guide reveals the secrets that none dare admit, told by a showbiz veteran who’s proven that you can sell your script if you can save the cat.

Making Independent Films : Advice from the Filmmakers – Free Books about Movies PDF

Stubbs, Liz and Rodriguez, Richard

Allworth 2000

The high-spirited, freewheeling ins and outs of the sizzling independent film scene are fully documented in this compelling collection of interviews with the industry’s brightest young directors and producers. Part how-to guide and part riveting expose, it discusses training, financing, preproduction, shooting, postproduction, festivals, and distribution. Every page offers budding artists keen insights that are vital to success in a field that’s tough to crack.

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Tallerico, Brian and others, eds.

Gale Group

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The Whole Equation: A History of Hollywood – Free Books about Movies PDF

Thomson, David

Vintage 2006

Acclaimed critic David Thomson masterfully evokes the history of America’s love affair with the movies and the tangled history of Hollywood in The Whole Equation. Thomson takes us from D.W. Griffith, Charlie Chaplin, and the first movies of mass appeal to Louis B. Mayer, who understood what movies meant to America–and reaped the profits. From Capra to Kidman and Hitchcock to Nicholson, Thomson examines the passion, vanity, calculation and gossip of Hollywood and the films it has given us.

The Spectator: Talk about Movies and Plays with the People who Make Them – Free Books about Movies PDF

Turkel, Studs

New Press 1999

“Telling portraits of a wide range of artists in conversation with a passionately involved, prodigiously well prepared interlocutor.” Booklist.

Bollywood: Gods, Glamour, and Gossip – Free Books about Movies PDF

Varia, Kush

Columbia University 2012

surveys this style of filmmaking from its origins in colonial times to the present, tracing its impact on both the Indian and global imagination. Chapters explore the history and workings of the industry, the narratives and aesthetics of its films, varieties within the genre, the cultural connotations of specific characters, its larger-than-life stars, and its hybrid and surprising fan cultures. Readings of popular and widely available films illustrate the importance of the cinema’s conventions, which range from romantic clichés to a constant negotiation between tradition and modernity.

The Rough Guide to American Independent Film – Free Books about Movies PDF

Winter, Jessica

Rough Guides 2006

The essential companion for anyone interested in American Independent, low-budget and maverick filmmaking. The book looks at the deep-reaching history of American ‘indie’ cinema in all its guises, from its earliest incarnations in the 60s and 70s to the growth of indie avatars (Sundance & Miramax) and even considers where it is today. It explores the definitions of ‘independent’ film in terms of both aesthetics and means of production and comes complete with a canon of the 50 greatest American ‘Indie’ films of all time.

Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror – Free Books about Movies PDF

Zinoman, Jason

Penguin 2011

Tells the unlikely story of how directors like Wes Craven, Roman Polanski, and John Carpenter revolutionized the genre in the 1970s, plumbing their deepest anxieties to bring a gritty realism and political edge to their craft. From Rosemary’s Baby to Halloween, the films they unleashed on the world created a template for horror that has been relentlessly imitated but rarely matched. Free Books about Movies PDF.

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Folkscanomy

Internet Archive

Collection of about 135 books related to Film and Cinema, free and online, at the Internet Archive, assembled by Folkscanomy. Some books: Encyclopedia of Film, Hollywood’s West: the American frontier in film, TV & history, New Guide to Italian Cinema, Crime Films, The International Movie Industry, Designing and Regulating Brutality in Hollywood Cinema 1930-1968, Australian Cinema after Mabo, The Films of Clint Eastwood, Three Philosophical Filmmakers: Hitchcock Welles Renoir, Documentary Filmmakers Speak, History of Film Music, Big Picture Magazine, many more. Film history books pdf. Free Books about Movies PDF.

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Cinema films books free from the Internet Archive. Some books: Encyclopedia of Movie Awards, the American Gangster/Crime Film, VideoHound’s DVD Guide, Hollywood Creative Directory, Comedy Movies: illustrated reviews of the classic films, Film Producers studios agents and casting directors guide, Film Review (annual volumes), Film Lighting: talks with Hollywood’s cinematographers and gaffers, Essential Guide to Bollywood, Film Composers Guide, Transamerica shooting script, many more. Film history books free. Free Books about Movies PDF.

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Free books on Motion Pictures Production & Direction. Be patient while the page loads. Some books: European Cinema: an introduction, the Language of Cinema, Encyclopedia of British Film, The Total Film-maker, A History of Film, Complete Guide to Film Scoring, The Producers, Film & Television in Education, Eastern Europe: an illustrated guide, Hong Kong Action Cinema, Australian Film: a bibliography, Survey of World Cinema, The Technique of Film Editing, The Film Experience: elements of motion picture art, The Movies as History, many more. Motion picture producers and directors. Film history books pdf. Free Books about Movies PDF.

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Free books on the history of motion pictures. Some books: History of Film, History of World Cinema, Short History of the Movies, A Pictorial History of the Movie Villain, Cinema Year by Year 1894-200, Interpreting Films, 100 Best Movies You’ve Never Seen, The Birth of the Movies, Introduction to the Art of the Movies, The Filmviewer’s Handbook, The Rough Guide to 21st Century Cinema, Movies of Alfred Hitchcock, Thriller Movies, many more. Motion pictures history books free. Free Books about Movies PDF.

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Free books on Movie Producers and Directors. Some books: The Moviemakers, Illustrated Who’s Who of Hollywood Directors, The Directors in their own words, South American Cinema Dictionary of Film Makers, Women Filmmakers of the African and Asian Diaspora, The Films of Peter Weir, Independent Women Directors, Inner Views: ten Canadian film-makers, Fifty Contemporary Filmmakers, Growing up in Hollywood, many more. Film history books pdf. Free Books about Movies PDF.

American Television Directory: Official Yearbook of the American Television Society, Inc. – Books on Television PDF

American Television Society

American Television Society 1946 Dewey Dec. 384

This is the first directory or yearbook by this organization, which had been recently created for this entirely new industry. The publication is made up of approximately 40 contributed articles, and also includes information about the American Television Society. Among the articles are: ‘Is Television Tomorrow’s Radio?’; ‘The Bell System’s Plan for Tele-networks’; ‘Sports for Millions by Television’; ‘The Economics of Television’; ‘Televised News for Theater-goers’; ‘Television and Fashion’; ‘Is Today’s Television Here to Stay?’; ‘Publications Reporting Television’. Bibliography included.

TV Guide: The First 25 Years

Harris, Jay S.

NY: Simon and Schuster 1978

“A brilliant, lavishly illustrated, rollicking, zany, tear-jerking, and definitive portrait of the great moments, issues, programs, and personalities that filled America’s airwaves, homes, hearts, and minds for a quarter of a century …” – Book cover.

Television Broadcasting: An Introduction

Hilliard, Robert L., ed.

Hastings House 1978 Dewey Dec. 384

Television broadcasting book.

The Encyclopedia Of American Television: Broadcast Programming Post-World War II to 2000 – Free Books about Movies PDF

Lackman, Ron

Checkmark 2003

An alphabetical reference to programs and personalities of network television over the last fifty years includes storylines, broadcast histories, air times, and awards. Book on television history.

One Nation under Television – Free Books about Movies PDF

MacDonald, J. Fred

Pantheon 1990 Dewey Dec. 384

Since commercial television emerged in the late 1940s, it has been on the cutting edge of social, political, economic, and cultural developments in the United States and the world. This book is a provocative history of how the major networks schemed to gain ratings and power, and to keep the FCC at bay. The result was the creation of limited and rigidly standardized television offerings. TV history, books about TV.

Understanding Society, Culture, and Television – Free Books about Movies PDF

Monaco, Paul

Praeger 2000 Dewey Dec. 384

What is the real nature of television, and what is its place in contemporary society and culture? In a provocative rethinking of the medium and its ensuing effects, this book argues that we have misunderstood television and have thus contributed to a distorted view of art and culture in the 20th century. During the final quarter of this century both in academic and popular circles, we have spread wildly exaggerated claims about television’s undermining of human consciousness and behavior. Television has become a scapegoat for all sorts of societal and cultural ills. The arguments presented by many researchers on behalf of the ill-effects of TV are fundamentally weak and flawed. Mass media and culture, Television broadcasting — Social aspects.

Target: Prime Time: Advocacy Groups and the Struggle Over Entertainment Television – Free Books about Movies PDF

Montgomery, Kathryn C.

Oxford University 1989 Dewey Dec. 384

Television is the most powerful and pervasive storyteller of our time. The stories it tells–and, equally important, the stories it fails to tell–have a marked impact on how viewers see the world around them. Is it any wonder then that television has become the focal point of bitter struggle, with numerous advocacy groups–from the NAACP to the National Gay Task Force to the Moral Majority–battling with network executives over the content of prime time shows? Target: Prime Time is the first book to explore network television’s dealings with political advocacy groups, offering a comprehensive picture of the impact of organized pressure on prime time TV.

Television: The Critical View – Free Books about Movies PDF

Newcomb, Horace

Oxford University 1994 Dewey Dec. 384

The Critical View sheds light on everything from the latest prime-time television programs to news, talk shows, and commercials. This well established and critically acclaimed text remains the leading collection of critical essays about America’s most important medium of communication. Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication Studies, Television broadcasting — United States.

Website: Television Recordings – Free Books about Movies PDF

Internet Archive

This webpage at the Internet Archive contains a number of video collections from television, many of which contain thousands of videos. Some of the larger collections: Miscellaneous Japanese TV shows (17,000 videos); Children’s Programs (4,000 videos); C8 Shows (a French channel) with 3,500 videos; Classic TV Commercials (11,000); Dutch TV (32,000); Game Shows Archives (4,000); JTBC Newsroom (Korean network news) 1,600 episodes 2016-2020); Hong Kong TV (5,000); Miscellaneous Chinese and Hong Kong TV (5,000); Romanian TV (3,600); Sveriges Television AB (Sweden) (79,000); Turkish TV (2,500); Thailand or Thai-language TV (51,000); Vietnamese TV (11,000); Television Movies (900).

Website: Classic TV Show Recordings (US) – Free Books about Movies PDF

Internet Archive

This free online collection on the Internet Archive contains a large video collection of old U.S. TV shows. There are separate collections for the 1940s, ’50s, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s. Also a collection of over 900 episodes of ‘Saturday Night Live’ from the premier in 1975 to 2020.

Television Personalities – Collection – Books on Television PDF

Free books on Television Personalities. Some personalities: Stephen Fry, Stephen Colbert, Khloe Kardashian, Joan Lunden, Graham Norton, Lisa Riley, Bruce Forsyth, Dermot O’Leary, David Attenborough, Jon Stewart, Johnny Carson, Paul Merton. Books about TV free online.

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Free books on the Social Aspects of Television Broadcasing. Some titles: Branded Women in U.S. Television, Armchair Nation: an Intimate History of Britain, Viewing America: 21st Century Television, The BBC in Scotland, The Citizen Machine: Governing by Television in 1950s America, Television Shows that Changed our Lives. Books about television pdf free download.

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Free books about Television Broadcasting. Some books: Is Television a Bad Influence?, Let’s Visit a Television Station, Winning the Global TV News Game, How Sweet it Was: Television – a pictorial commentary with photos, Television: a world view, Contemporary World Television, Television: the first 50 years, The TV Addict’s Handbook, Encyclopedia of Television, Breaking into Television: proven advice from veterans and interns, many more. Books about television, books about television industry.

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Free books about Television Broadcasting of News. Some books: Working in TV News: the insider’s guide, The Media War, Making Television News iin the Satellite Age, White News: why local news programs don’t cover people of color, Television News, News-watch: How TV Decides the News, Broadcast New Handbook: writing reporting and producing, The Evening Stars: the making of the network news anchor, In the Newsroom, The Process of Electronic News Gathering, A Guide for TV Producers and Reporters, many more. News broadcasting, history of TV news.

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Free books on Television Programs. Some books: TV Guide Book of Lists, The Best TV Trivia and Quiz Book Ever, Fear Factor: the fright stuff, 30 Years of Television: a Quizbook, TV 70 (several annual vols), The West Wing, Cult TV: the Detectives, Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows 1946-Present, Super TV Stars, History of Television, The 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time, Star Trek: Q’s Guide to the Continuum, The Wire: Truth be told, Complete Encyclopedia of Television, many more. Books on television history.

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Free books on Television History. Some books: A History of Television in 100 Programmes, The History of Television, 1880 to 1941, What Would Buffy Do? The Apprentice A-Z, Reading the Vampire Slayer, Writers on their Favorite TV Shows, TV Wonderland, Black Power TV, Something Completely Different: British Television, The Sitcoms of Norman Lear. .

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Free books about Television and children. Some books: The Smart Parent’s Guide to Kids’ TV, TV: friend or foe?, Viewing Children through Television, The Responsible Parent’s Guide to TV, Make Television Work for Your Kids, Kick the TV Habit, Children and the Entertainment Industry, A Study of Children around the TV set, The ACT Guide to Children’s Television, Glued to the Tube, Raising Media-savvy Kids in the Age of the Channel-Surfing Couch Potato, Saturday Morning Mind Control, many more. Books about Children’s TV.

CORE BOOKS – Radio

On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio – Free Books about Movies PDF

Dunning, John

Oxford University 1998

Here are some 1,500 radio shows presented in alphabetical order. The great programs of the ’30s, ’40s, and ’50s are all here–Amos ‘n’ Andy, Fibber McGee and Molly, The Lone Ranger, Major Bowes’ Original Amateur Hour, and The March of Time, to name only a few. For each, Dunning provides a complete broadcast history, with the timeslot, the network, and the name of the show’s advertisers. He also lists major cast members, announcers, producers, directors, writers, and so…

Something in the Air: Radio, Rock, and the Revolution that Shaped a Generation – Broadcasting PDF

Fisher, Marc

Random House 2007

A sweeping, anecdotal account of the great sounds and voices of radio–and how it became a bonding agent for a generation of American youth. When television became the next big thing in broadcast entertainment, everyone figured video would kill the radio star–and radio, period. But radio came roaring back with a whole new concept. Visionary entrepreneurs like Todd Storz pioneered the Top 40 concept, which united a generation. But it took trendsetting “disc jockeys” like Alan Freed, Murray the K, Wolfman Jack, Cousin Brucie, and their fast-talking, too-cool-for-school counterparts across the land to turn time, temperature, and the same irresistible hit tunes played again and again into the ubiquitous sound track of the fifties and sixties.

Voice of America: A History – Books about Radio PDF

Heil, Alan L.

Columbia University 2003

The Voice of America is the nation’s largest publicly funded broadcasting network, reaching more than 90 million people worldwide in over forty languages. Since it first went on the air as a regional wartime enterprise in February 1942, VOA has undergone a spectacular transformation, and it now employs scores of reporters worldwide and broadcasts around the clock every day of every year, reaching listeners in the four-fifths of the world still denied a completely free press.

Encyclopedia of American Radio, 1920-1960 – Books about Radio PDF

Sies, Luther F.

McFarland 2000

900 pages. Encyclopedia with 28,800 entries, followed by an appendix of the “Chronology of American Radio Growth and Development, 1906-1960; Bibliography; Station Index; Program Index; Name Index.

The Encyclopedia of American Radio: An A-Z Guide to Radio from Jack Benny to Howard Stern – Broadcasting PDF

Lackmann, Ron

Facts on File 2000

Contains some 1,000 entries and 120 b&w photos of the personalities and programs important to US culture and the broadcasting industry –from classics like The Goldbergs (1927) to National Public Radio’s current All Things Considered. Appends chronologies of US and Canadian radio events; show sponsors; additional radio personalities; vintage radio show clubs, conventions, newsletters, and organizations; stations that feature vintage radio show; and logs of long-running dramatic anthology shows.

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Internet Archive

This free online collection on the Internet Archive has over 8,000 links to audio recordings. Most links are to collected recordings of old radio shows, and some links are for other historic radio collections. Many of the web pages containing the recordings have background information on the show and its stars.

Books about Radio Broadcasting – Collection – Free Books about Movies PDF

Free books on Radio Broadcasting.
Some books: License Manual for the Radio Amateur, Fundamentals of Radio Communications, ARRL Operating Manual (for the Ham), Who Really Invented Radio?, Directory of World Band Radio, Audels Radiomans Guide, Shortwave Listener’s Q and A Book, Radio Theory and Servicing, Old Radio Sets, Radios: the golden age, Lew McCoy on Antennas, Principles of Radio, Up and Down the Dial of British Radio, Writing for Radio, many more. Radio broadcasting books free pdf.

Books on Radio Broadcasters – Collection – Free Books about Movies PDF

About 130 books on Radio Broadcasters. Some books: The Art of Talk, Golden Throats and Silver Tongues: the radio announcers, Americans Hail Rush Limbaugh, Imus: America’s cowboy, Larry King, Howard Stern, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Talked to Death: the murder of Alan Berg and the Rise of the Neo-Nazis, Life is Not a Rehearsal: a memoir, Talk Shows and Hosts on Radio, Laura Pulfer, Encyclopedia of American Radio, Johnny Holliday: from rock to jock, NPR and the Art of Radio, many more. Books about radio pdf.