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A Night at the Pictures - ten decades of British Film

Price:  £7.00

Adair, Gilbert and Roddick, Nick
With a forword by David Puttnam and an introduction by Sir Richard Attenborough. Assessing British film from the 1890's to the 1980's. Cover a little marked, generally VG p144
Columbus Books/British Film Year

Absolution

Price:  £6.00

Shaffer, Anthony
A novel - a tie-in with the film starring Richard Burton, Billy Connolly and Dominic Guard Ex-lib, minimal marking, missing ffep, in edge-worn but generally VG DJ p158
Severn House

BBC British Short Film Festival 1999

Price:  £5.00

Casson, Amanda (Director)
Catalogue of several hundred short films shown, with plot outlines, contact details and some stills. No publication details. 80pps plus ads. Good p


British Film Institute Distribution Catalogue

Price:  £8.00

BFI
Reprint. A full list of films held by the Institute, from the earliest days onward, each with a brief precis of the plot. Cover a little worn, some marginal ink markings, good. p240
BFI

Casablanca: Mythos und Legende eines Kultfilms

Price:  £10.00

Miller, Frank
Fully illustrated in b & w and colour. Text in German VG in VG DJ p224
Willhelm Heyne Verlag

Contemporary Polish Cinematography

Price:  £14.00

Banaszkiewicz & others
An informative outline, for general readers, and the first such, by film historians, critics and other Polish experts. Numerous b & w pictures and stills VG (page yellowing, small mended tears to first three pages of text) in Good DJ (worn, chipped, mended). p173
Polonia

Coppola

Price:  £15.00

Cowie, Peter
Signed by the author VG in VG DJ p270
Andre Deutsch

Daily Mail Film Award Annual British Films of 1948

Price:  £10.00

Truby, Jeffrey (editor)
Fascinating review of the films of 1947, looking the history of the Rank cinema companies, the films of the year ( giving cast lists, synopsis, production details, and many photographs) along with a wide range of adverts from clothes, perfumes, sweets etc. A real snapshot of the year. VG (some edgewear, slightly musty) in Good DJ (chipped, worn, with closed tears, but substantially intact). p192
Winchester Publications Limited

Dick Tracy; the Making of the Movie

Price:  £5.00

Bonifer, Mike
VG p
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Elizabeth of Ladymead

Price:  £10.00

Mannon, Warren and Harvey Jn, Frank
Warwick Mannon's play adapted by Frank Harvey Junior. (I'm Alright, Jack.) Book of the film with b&w stills. Film concerned with changes of attitude toward women using the device of the relationship between a soldier and his wife returning variously from: the Crimean War, the Boer War and World Wars I & II. Roughly spanning 1854 to 1948. In a poor condition. Half of front cover torn off. Sellotape repaired spine. Signs of wear internally and yellowing with small closed rips to spine centre and other creasing. p64
World Film Publications

Emotion Pictures - the 'Women's Picture' 1930-55

Price:  £5.00

Tims, Hilton
VG p192
Columbus Books

Film Financing and Television Programming: A Taxation Guide

Price:  £18.00

KPMG Accountants
International media accountancy experts analyses of film and tv financing structures, tax incentives and rules for each of 16 countries - UK, USA, Canada, Columbia, India, France, Japan, Australia, South Africa, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden. Dent in front cover, o/w VG. p281
KPMG

Hue and Cry - book of the film

Price:  £7.00

Britton, Eric
Based on the Ealing Studios' film produced by Michael Balcon, directed by Charles Crichton. With b/w stills from the film, and biographical notes, with photographs, on Valerie White, Alastair Sim, Jack Warner and Harry Fowler. Covers worn and creased, good. p78
World Film Publications

Indian Film

Price:  £50.00

Barnouw, Erik and Krishnaswami, S
The first fifty years of the film industry of India. Ex-lib, brown cloth, gold lettering and decoration, much worn, some stains and underlining, good but well-read. p301
Columbia University Press

Levinson on Levinson

Price:  £5.00

Thompson, David ed.
Interviews with the film-maker, illustrated with photographs. Cover edges a little spindled, slight grubby marks to page corners, o/w VG p170
Faber

Miranda - book of the film

Price:  £10.00

Mannon, Warwick
Adapted from the Gainsborough Films production, with b/w stills and biographical notes, with photographs, on Glynnis Johns, Googie Withers, Griffith Jones and John McCallum. Covers a little worn and creased, good. p78
World Film Publications

Movie Merry-go-Round

Price:  £20.00

Carstairs, John Paddy
Classic overview of the film industry by the famous director, then aged 27. Prize plate tipped in "With the compliments of the competition Editor of "Tit-Bits" and "Pearson's Weekly". Illus. VG, no DJ. p240
Newnes

Moviedrome - the Guide

Price:  £10.00

Cox, Alex and Jones, Nick
A production from BSS which accompanied BBC TV's, "Moviedrome." Alex Cox and Nick Jones' amusing and illuminating series on great cult movies. Contains the introductions that accompanied the 56 films shown during the three seasons covered in this, now hard to find guide. Good, some light creasing to covers. Unpaginated. Internally VG. A4 sized stapled booklet with pictorial covers. p
Broadcasting Support Services

No Room at the Inn - book of the film.

Price:  £10.00

Mannon, Warren
Adapted from Dylan Thomas and Ivan Foxwell's screenplay, with b/w stills from the film. Based on the play by Joan Temple. Also contains photo-preview of "Edward My Son." Good, backstrip is worn, some creasing to covers. p76
World Film Publications

Scottish Central Film Library Catalogue of films for education, and documentary films

Price:  £5.00

n/a
Catalogue of 16mm films available for hire. Cover a little worn, tight and sound, good. p391
SCET

The American Film Heritage

Price:  £7.00

Shales, Tom
Impressions from the American Film institute Archives - a collection of essays inspired by the collection, with unique stills from the movies. Good p183
Acropolis

The Cinema Today

Price:  £11.00

Spencer D A and Waley, H D
A fascinating study of film in the '30s Decorated tan cloth, VG p191
OUP

The Dead that Walk

Price:  £7.00

Halliwell, Leslie
first book in the Halliwell's Moving Pictures Series. Description of the classics of the genre, copiously illustrated VG in VG DJ, not price-clipped. p262
Grafton

The King who was a King

Price:  £12.00

Wells, H G
Wells' treatment for an unproduced film, with an introduction on the future of film as the art of the Future, full of his ideas. A fascinating document from the early days of film VG, but some foxing p254
Benn

The Making of The Jewel in the Crown

Price:  £5.00

Grenada Television
How the production team and cast spent four years making the ITV series. Includes a Who's Who of the cast and full production details. Good - worn cover p146
Granada

The Orange British Academy Film Awards 2004

Price:  £20.00

BAFTA
A glossy snapshot of the current British Film industry. VG p290
BAFTA

Thriller Movies: The Movie Treasury

Price:  £5.00

Hammond, Lawrence
Illustrated throughout in colour and b & w. Good in Good DJ (price clipped, worn, small tear) p160
Octopus Books Limited

Variety Comedy Movies

Price:  £7.00

Brown, Julian ed.
Illustrated reviews of the classic films. Laminated illustrative covers, no inscriptions, generally VG, no DJ. p128
Hamlyn

XLV Mostra Internazionale del cinema

Price:  £10.00

n/a
Good. p383
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