Hollywood Studio Magazine (1976)

black man’s history and struggle within the motion picture industry. An exhaustive and significant study. Walker, Alexander SEX IN THE MOVIES, London, 1966. No other social value exceeds the importance of the emphasis of sex in the motion picture. Author covers everything from Theda Bara to Rock Hudson and their comprehensive impact on the public. Mayer, J. P. SOCIOLOGY OF FILM, London, 1946. The movies and the conduct of every type of citizen the industry touches—from children to adults—the content of the films, the conduct of people after they have viewed them. Robson, E. W. and M. M. THE WORLD IS MY CINEMA, London, 1947. Authors show why abnormality and negative behavior in films will eventually have an effect on the entire general public. Startling ... in view of today’s society! CATEGORY IV: THE COMPONENTS OF THE MOTION PICTURE. We have found that the vast majority of film buffs (including many of us who like to be known as film scholars) are long on their knowledge of movie trivia such as “What was Bogart’s first wife’s first name?” (Helen—we'll bet you thought it was Mayo)... or “What was Irving Thalberg’s first reaction to Clark Gable?” (“He'll never make it, his ears are too big,” etc., etc.) This is fine, but just how serious are you if you really don’t have too much ofa background on how films are actually made? There are, of course, many technical publications that deal with the intricacies of cinematography and sound, etc.—but the best books for the film buff are the ones that give us the basics and whet our appetite to continue into the more technical aspects. We offer here 15 publications that, if they find their way onto your library shelves, will provide you with a considerable working background. Rilla, Wolf A to Z OF MOVIE-MAKING, New York, The Viking Press, 1970. A concise and nicely-worded course on the entire spectrum of movie-making technology. If you are an amateur moviemaker, this should be your first purchase. Oringel, Robert S. AUDIO CONTROL HANDBOOK, New York, Hastings House, 1963. A novice can easily read through this book on sound methodology and technique. Eisler, Hans COMPOSING FOR THE FILMS, New York, Oxford University Press, 1947. The theory of music for the motion picture. Miller, Tony and Patricia George Miller CUT, PRINT! Los Angeles, Ohara Publications, 1972. An_ illustrated dictionary of motion picture terms. Excellent! Spottiswoode, Raymond THE FILM AND ITS TECHNIQUES, Berkeley and Los Angeles, The University of California Press, 1951. Over the years, a primary textbook for the film scholar . . . covering the theory and practice of filmmaking. Bare, Richard L. THE FILM DIRECTOR, New York, Macmillan and Company, 1971. Important textbook on movie and television direction. A primary reference. Mascelli, Joseph V. THE FIVE C’S OF CINEMATOGRAPHY, Hollywood, CineGrafic, 1965. Beautiful illustrations. Camera angles, close-ups, composing, continuity and cutting. An immenselyhelpful work. Kinsey, Anthony HOW TO MAKE ANIMATED MOVIES, New York, Viking Press, 1970. This book will solve your puzzles about how Disney and Jones and lwerks and friends amazed the world. Thomas, Tony MUSIC FOR THE MOVIES, South Brunswick and New York, A. S. Barnes, 1973. A dazzling and historical account of the great composers and technicians who brought music to the film in the early days of sound . as well as their present contributions. Beynon, George W. MUSICAL PRESENTATION OF MOTION PICTURES, New York and Boston, Schirmer, 1921. The importance of the music accompanying the silent film and how it is best accomplished. Alton, John PAINTING WITH LIGHT, New York, Macmillan, 1949. The lighting of scenes inside the soundstage to produce both interior and exterior effects. Taylor, Theodore PEOPLE WHO MAKE MOVIES, New York, Avon Books, 1967. An informative account of all the various professions that comprise the movie industry. Sotheby-Parke-Bernet THE TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX MEMORABILIA PUBLIC AUCTION CATALOG, Los Angeles, 1971. Two volumes. A detailed listing of one of the two great sales that put thousands of studio props into the hands of collectors. Important because it shows the vast work and contribution of a major studio’s 11-5 construction and prop departments. Ware, Derek and Arthur Wise STUNTING IN THE CINEMA, New York, St. Martin’s Press, 1973. A beautifullyillustrated and detailed account of the effects created by the stuntmen. Weisz, David and Company PUBLIC AUCTION CATALOG OF THE COUNTLESS TREASURES ACQUIRED FROM METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER, Culver City, 1970. Five volumes. The first of the great prop and memorabilia sales . a complete accounting of the vast possessions of the MGM Studios. A vital possession for any film buff. CATEGORY V: THE AESTHETICS OF FILM. It is this writer’s considered opinion that the motion picture is civilization’s greatest art form; its flexibility and historical value cannot be denied. Here are significant volumes that either affirm or criticize this dictum. Entertainment or art; which comes first ... or do they go together? These books will help. Benoit-Levy, Jean A. THE ART OF THE MOTION PICTURE, New York, Coward-McCann, 1946. Film and _ its purposes as an education medium. Significant. Durgnat, Raymond FILMS AND FEELINGS, Cambridge, Mass., The MIT Press, 1967. An excellent and important study of the aesthetic significance of films through the years ... from the earliest to the Warhol cult of the midsixties, etc. Arnheim, Rudolf FILM AS ART, Berkeley and Los Angeles, The University of California Press, 1960. One of the more significant and precedentsetting works on the aesthetic techniques of filmmaking. Engrossing ... but a milestone in this type of book. Huss, Roy and Norman Silverstein THE FILM EXPERIENCE: ELEMENTS OF MOTION PICTURE ART, New York, Harper and Row, 1968. A concise, but nevertheless vital book on the techniques that go into our truly greatest motion pictures. Concentrates on the director as a film artist. Lawson, John Howard FILM: THE CREATIVE PROCESS, New York, Hill and Wang, 1964. Examines, through discussion of a filmmaker’s creative methods, the history and gradual sophistication of movies from their beginnings through 1963. Schickel, Richard MOVIES: THE HISTORY OF AN ART AND AN INSTITUTION, New York, Basic Books, 1964. Film as pop culture ... the art for the masses. Incisive, but nevertheless a typical Schickel book. Jacobs, Lewis (Editor) INTRODUCTION TO THE ART OF THE MOVIES, New York, The Noonday Press, 1962. A wonderful anthology that covers the wide spectrum of film and its history and art. From 1910 through 1960. Gessner, Robert THE MOVING IMAGE: A GUIDE TO CINEMATIC