Take One (Jul 1978)

BOOKS (H). $3.95 (P). (Book Centre, $12.00 & 4.75). The novelist’s career as a scriptwriter. Fellini's Penance: The Meaning of Amarcord. By Theodore Price. Boethius Press (Box 624, Old Bridge, NJ, 08857), 1977. 35 pp. $2.95 (P). Film Actors Guide: Western Europe. By James Robert Parish. Scarecrow Press, 1977. 621 pp. $24.00 (H). Filmarama: The Flaming Years, 192029. By John Stewart, Scarecrow Press, 1977. 745 pp. $25.00 (H). Vol. 2. of screen credits of performers. Film Canadiana 1976-77. Marg Clarkson, ed. Canadian Film Institute, 1977. 293 pp. $15.95 (P). A yearbook of the Canadian film industry. The Film Career of Alain RobbeGrillet. By William F. Van Wert. G.K. Hall, 1977. 208 pp. $18.00 (H). The Film Career of Billy Wiider. By Steve Seidman. G.K. Hall, 1977. 175 pp. $15.00 (H). The Film Career of Buster Keaton. By George Wead and George Lellis. G.K. Hall, 1977. 174 pp. $15.00 (H). Film Genre: Theory and Criticism. By Barry K. Grant, ed. Scarecrow Press, 1977. 257 pp. $10.00 (H). The Filmgoer’s Companion. By Leslie Halliwell. Hill & Wang, 1977. 825 pp. $30.00 (H). (McGraw-Hill, $30.95). The sixth edition, completely reset eg ge of the basic reference Film In Sweden: Stars and Players. By Peter Cowie. Barnes, 1978. 128 pp. $7.95 (H). (Burns & MacEachern, $22.75). The Films of Ge Morgan Hickman. pp. $17.50 (H). Eachern, $22.75) Errol Flynn. By Earl Conrad. Dodd Mead, 1978. 222 pp. $8.95 (H). ($10.75). From The Blob to Star Wars: The Science Fiction Movie Quiz Book. By Bart Andrews. Signet, 1977. 152 pp. $1.50 (P). (NAL). Gable. By Jean Garceau with Inez Cocke. Grosset & Dunlap, 1977. 202 pp. $6.95 (P). Ava Gardner. By Judith M. Kass. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1977. 158 pp. $2.50 (P). (Longman). John Garfield. By George Morris. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1977. 160 pp. $2.50 (P). (Longman). John Garfield: His Life and Films. By James N. Beaver, Jr. Barnes, 1978. 204 pp. $17.50 (H). (Burns & MacEachern, $22.75). Gays and Film. Richard Dyer, ed. BFI / New York Zoetrope, 1977. 73 pp, $2.80 (P). Getting Into Flim. By Mel London. Ballentine, 1977. 178 pp. $6.95 (P). ($7.75). A career guide. Getting to Know Him. By Hugh Fordin. Random House, ‘1977. 383 pp. $15.00 (H). Biography of composer Oscar Hammerstein II. Going to Hollywood. By Marie Brenner. Delacorte, 1978. 214 pp. $8.95 (H). (Beaverbooks, $11.50). Reportage, portraits and gossip. Hamilton’s Movie Bilitis. By David Hamilton. Camera Graphic. 1977. 111 pp. ‘$24.95 (H). The making of the film based on Pierre Louys’ erotic poems. The Handbook of Canadian Flim By Eleanor Beattie. Peter Martin / Take One, 1977. 355 pp. $15.00 (H). $6.95 (P). (U.S. New York Zoetrope). The second edition of the standard directory. Heretic: A Partisan Autoblography. Stephen H. Fritchman. Beacon 1977. 362 pp. $3.95 (P). A Unitarian ministers lifelong fight for civil liberties, incl. the Hollywood Ten. The Heroine or the Horse. By Thomas Burnett Swann. Barnes, 1977. 134 Pal. By Gail arnes, 1978. 177 (Burns & Mac 50 pp. $17.50 (H). (Burns & MacEachern). A survey of leading ladies in Republic Pictures. Hollywood 1920-1970. By David Robinson et al. Barnes, 1978. 286 pp. $25.00 (H). (Burns & MacEachern, $31.00). A one-volume reprise, eddited by Peter Cowie, of five decade-by-decade historic sur veys. Hollywood Directors 1941-1976. Richard Koszarski, ed. Oxford U. Press, 1977. 426 pp. $15.00 (H). $4.95 (P). ($16.25 & 4.50). Directors’ views and opinions. Hollywood Kids. Leonard Maltin, ed. Popular Library, 1978. 256 pp. $2.25 (P). (Barrdawn Sales). The child stars, and where they are now. The Honeymoon Is Over. By Shirley and Pat Boone. Creation House, 1977. 191 pp. $6.95 (H). (Bowdell). An inspirational book about their life’s problems, by the entertainers. How To Read Donald Duck. By Ariel Dorfman and Armand Mattelart. International General. (Box 350, NYC 10013), 1977. 112 pp. $3.25 (P). A study of imperialist ideology in Disney films. Image / Music / Text. By Roland Barthes. Hill & Wang, 1977. 220 pp. $8.95 (H). Structuralist philosophy and its relation to film semiotics. International Film Guide 1978. Peter Cowie, ed. Barnes, 1978. 536 pp. pao (P). (Burns & MacEachern, 75). In the Dark. By Richard Meran Barsam. Viking, 1978. 216 pp. $10.00 (H). (Penguin, $11.95). A primer explaining to young people the world of the movies. It Takes A Long Time To Become Young. By Garson Kanin. Doubleday, 1978. 185 pp. $6.95 (H). ($8.50). The secrets of remaining young, with passing references to films. Jazz in the Movies. By David Meeker. Arlington, 1977. Unpaged. $12.95 (H). (Dent, $15.95). A guide to jazz musicians in movies, 1917-1977. John Wayne and the Movies. By Allen Eyles. Grosset & Dunlap, 1977. 320 pp. $7.95 (P). A detailed filmography. “The Last of the Novelists.” By Matthew J. Bruccoli. Southern Illinois University Press, 1977. 163 pp. $9.85 (H). A study of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Last Tycoon.” The Leading Ladies. By James Robert Parish and Don E. Stanke. Arlington, 1977. 526 pp. $25.00 (H). (Dent, $29.95). A study of six glamorous stars. The Life and Crimes of Errol Flynn. By Lionel Godfrey. St. Martin’s Press, 1977. 176 pp. $7.95 (H). The Life and Loves of Cary Grant. By Lee Guthrie. Drake, 1977. 239 pp. $9.95 (H). (General, $11.95). Life Is a Banquet. By Rosalind Russell with Chris Chase. Random House, 1977. 260 pp. $10.00 (H). ($12.50). An autobiography. Harold Lloyd: The King of Daredevil Comedy. By Adam Reilly. Macmillan, 1977. 240 pp. $14.95 (H). $9.95 (P). (Collier-Macmillan, $15.50 & $8.95) Jeanette MacDonald. By Lee Edward Stern. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1977. 159 pp. $2.50 (P). (Longman). Made In Hollywood. By James Bacon. Contemporary, 1977. 288 pp. $8.95 (H). (Beaverbooks, $11.50). A newspaperman’s memoirs. The Making of “The Wizard of Oz.” By Allan Harmetz. Knopf, 1977. 329 pp. $12.95 (H). (Random House, $15.95). Man Ray. Janus, ed. Rizzoli, 1977. 232 pp. $35.00 (H). Mostly photographs, but also data on his films. Man Ray: The Rigour of Imagination. By Arturo Schwarz. Rizzoli, 1977. 384 pp. $35.00 (H). (Oxford, $41.95). A study of the painter / photographer / filmmaker. The March of Time 1935-1951. By Raymond Fielding. Oxford University Press, 1978. 359 pp. $14.95 (H). ($17.25). Mark Twain in the Movies. By John Seelye. Viking, 1978. 178 pp. $12.95 (H). (Penguin, $13.25). As the writer appeared in pictures. Marlene. By Charles Higham. Norton, 1977. 319 pp. $9.95 (H). (McLeod, $12.25). Life story of La Dietrich. Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks. By Boonton Herndon. Norton, 1977. 336 pp. $9.95 (H). (McLeod, $13.50). Life study of the film couple. Mastering the Film and Other Essays. By Charles Thomas Samuels. University of Tennessee Press, 1977. 228 pp. $10.50 (H). A collection of critical writings. Mickey Mouse: Fifty Happy Years. David Bain and Bruce Harris, eds. Harmony / Crown, 1977. 255 pp. (H). (General, $15.95). Monty Python and the Holy Grail. By Monty Python. Methuen, 1977. Unp. $7.95 (P). The film’s script and additional production material. Motion Picture, Television and Radio: A Union Catalog of Manuscripts and Special Collections in the Western USA. By Linda Harris Mehr. G.K. Hall, 1977. 201 pp. $27.00 (H). Mountain of Dreams. By Leslie Halliwell. Stonehill, 1977. 196 pp. $14.95 (H). The golden years of Paramount Pictures. Movies on the Movies. By Richard Meyers. Drake, 1978. 159 pp. $5.95 (P). (General, $7.50). How Hollywood views itself. Movie-Star Portraits of the Forties. John Kobal, ed. Dover, 1977. 166 pp. $6.00 (P). (General, $6.95). Movies on TV. Steven H. Scheuer, ed. Bantam, 1977. 818 pp. $2.95 (P). The revised and expanded 1978-79 edition. Movie Special Effects. By Jeff Rovin. Barnes, 1977. 171 pp. $17.50 (H). (Burns & MacEachern, $22.00). My Life With... By Carroll Carroll. Major Books, 1977. 288 pp. $1.95 (P). Interviews with Hollywood celebrities. My Life with Elvis. By Becky Yancey and Cliff Linedecker. St. Martin’s, 1977. 360 pp. $8.95 (H). (Macmillan, $10.95). Memoirs of Presley’s private secretary. A Neglected Art. By Roy M. Prendergast. New York University Press, 1977. 268 pp. $15.00 (H). A critical study of music in films. New Cinema in Spain. By Vincente Molina-Foix. BFI/ New York Zoetrope, 1977. 55 pp. $2.30 (P). The Nureyev Valentino: Portrait of a Film. By Alexander Bland. Delta, 1977. 128 pp. $6.95 (P). (Collier-Macmillan, $15.95). The story of Ken Russell’s film. The Official Movie Trivia Quiz Book No. 2. By Martin A. Gross. Signet, 1977. 155 pp. $1.50 (P). (NAL). The One and Only Bing. By Bob Thomas. Grosset & Dunlap, 1977. 152 pp. $14.95 (H). $5.95 (P). Ace, $1.95 (P). (Fitzhenry & Whiteside, $16.95 & $6.95) On Photography. By Susan Sontag. Farrar, Strauss, Giroux, 1977. 207 pp. $7.95 (H). (McGraw-Hill, $9.95). And, by inference, on cinematography. The Oscar Movies. By Roy Pickard, Taplinger, 1978. 247 pp. $14.50 (H). (Burns & MacEachern, $18.95). Feature film Academy Award winners in all categories from the beginning to the present. G.W. Pabst. By Lee Atwell. G.K. Hall, 1977. 184 pp. $8.95 (H). A critical study of the the German director. The Parables of Lina Wertmiiller. By Ernest Ferlita and John R. May. Paulist Press, 1977. $3.95 (P). (Griffin House, $4.75). An analysis of her films and themes. A Postillion Struck by Lighting. By Dirk Bogarde. Holt Rinehart Winston, 1977. 268 pp. $8.95 (H). (Clarke Irwin, $13.95). The performer’s memoirs. The Private Elvis. By May Mann. Pocket Book, 1977. 294 pp. $1.95 (P). Expanded edition of “Elvis and the Colonel.” The Proust Screenplay. By Harold Pinter. Grove, 1977. 177 pp. $10.00 (H). (General, $2.95) (P). An adaptation of Proust’s “A la recherche du temps perdu.” Nicholas Ray. By John Francis Kreidl. G.K. Hall, 1977. 230 pp. $8.95 (H). A critical study of the director. Rivette. Jonathan Rosenbaum, ed. BFI/New York Zoetrope, 1977. 101 pp. $2.80 (P.). Texts by French director Jacques Rivette and interviews. Ken Russell. By Joseph A. Gomez. Pergamon, 1977. 223 pp. $15.95 (H). ($17.50). A study of the director's work, stressing the “Adaptor as Creator.” The Saga of Special Effects. By Ron Fry and Pamela Fourzon. PrenticeHall, 1977. 212 pp. $14.95 (H). ($17.95). A pictorial history of Art Scarlett Fever. By William Pratt. Macmillan, 1977. 323 pp. $16.95 (H). $8.95 (P). (Collier-Macmillan, $16.50, 6.95). Pictorial treasury of Gone with the Wind. The Screenplays of Lina Wertmiiller. By Lina Wertmiller. Quadrangle Books, 1977. 334 pp. $12.95 (H). (Fitzhenry & Whiteside, $16.60). The The Seduction of Mimi, Love and Anarchy, Seven Beauties, Swept Away. Scriptwriting for Animation. By Stan Hayward. Hastings House, 1978. 160 pp. $7.95 (P). (Saunders, $9.95). Seeing the Light. By James Broughton. City Lights, 1977. 80 pp. $2.50 (P). (Book Centre). Theory and Practice of filmmaking by an avant-garde director. The Serials. By Raymond William Stedman. University of Oklahoma Press, 1977. 574 pp. $12.95 (H). Second edition, revised and enlarged, of the classical survey. Sherlock Holmes on the Screen. By Robert W. Pohle, Jr. & Douglas C. Hart. Barnes, 1977. 260 pp. $19.95 (H). (Burns & MacEachern, $25.00). The Serpent’s Egg. By Ingmar Bergman. Pantheon, 1977. 123 pp. $7.95 (H). (Randon House, $9.95). Script of Bergman’s film. Show Boat. By Miles Kreuger. Oxford University Press, 1977. 246 pp. $25.00 (H). ($23.00). The story of the classic musical on stage and in films. Simply Super 8. By Roger M. Sherman and Barry Schonhaut. Little Brown, 1977. 208 pp. $6.95 (P). ($9.50). A basic guide. So Long Until Tomorrow. By Lowell Thomas. Morrow, 1977. 317 pp. $10.95 (H). (Gage, $13.50). Memoirs of the world traveler, broadcaster and initiator of Cinerama. Son Of. By Harry L. Trigg and Yolanda L. Trigg. Doubleday, 1977. 281 pp. $4.95 (P). ($5.95). A motion picture quiz book. Sound: Magnetic Sound Recording for Motion Pictures. By Paul da Silva. Kodak, 1977. 56 pp. $6.25 (P). Starring Elvis. James W. Bowker, ed.