Virginia Mayo - The Best Years of My Life by BeachHouse Books $5.97
Virginia Clara Jones, born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1920, never wanted to play the usual childhood games with her chums; she only wanted to "play show." And indeed as a child, she did appear in many shows in and around St. Louis.As Virginia grew into her teen years, she began to dream of dancing and singing at the "Muny Opera" in St. Louis, and eventually she achieved that. From there, the...

The Screenwriter's Bible: A Complete Guide to Writing, Formatting, and Selling Your Script by Silman-James Press $19.95
This revised, updated edition offers screenwriting basics, a workbook covering the writing process from ideas to revisions, correct formats for screenplays and TV scripts, a spec writing guide and a sales and marketing guide. There is a resource guide of addresses and contacts.

Star Wars: The Millennium Falcon Owner's Workshop Manual by LucasBooks $28.00
The Millennium Falcon is a legendary spaceship, made famous by its adventures under the command of smugglers Han Solo and Chewbacca, who made numerous special modifications to transform the beat-up Corellian light freighter into one of the fastest ships in the galaxy. This Haynes Manual traces the model history of the Corellian Engineering Corporation’s YT series of spaceships and the...

Leonard Maltin's 2012 Movie Guide by Plume $20.00
The perennial New York Times bestseller-now with summer blockbusters included. For more than forty years, generations of movie lovers have relied upon Leonard Maltin to help them decide what to watch. Comprehensive, trustworthy, and the most established guide on the market, Leonard Maltin's 2012 Movie Guide includes: More than 10,000 DVD and 14,000 video listings An updated index of...

The Filmmaker's Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide for the Digital Age by Plume $25.00
2008 Edition The authoritative guide to funding, preparing, shooting, lighting, editing, finishing and distributing your film or video Widely acknowledged as the ?bible? of film and video production and used in courses around the world, this indispensable guide to making movies is now updated with the latest advances in high- definition formats. For students and teachers, the professional and the...

Monsters in the Movies by DK ADULT $40.00
From B-movie bogeymen and outer space oddities to big-budget terrors, Monsters in the Movies by legendary filmmaker John Landis showcases the greatest monsters ever to creep, fly, slither, stalk, or rampage across the Silver Screen! Landis provides his own fascinating and entertaining insights into the world of moviemaking, while conducting in-depth "conversations" with leading monster makers,...

1001 MOVIES YOU MUST SEE BEFORE YOU DIE by CASSELL ILLUSTRATED

Michael Caine - Acting in Film: An Actor's Take on Movie Making (The Applause Acting Series) Revised Expanded Edition by Applause Books $18.99
A master actor who's appeared in an enormous number of films, starring with everyone from Nicholson to Kermit the Frog, Michael Caine is uniquely qualified to provide his view of making movies. This new revised and expanded edition features great photos throughout, with chapters on: Preparation, In Front of the Camera - Before You Shoot, The Take, Characters, Directors, On Being a Star, and much...

Looking at Movies: An Introduction to Film (Second Edition) by W. W. Norton & Company $9.00
Looking at Movies, Second Edition, offers students everything they need to understand and appreciate film: a visually dynamic presentation, more help with film analysis than any other text, and a sophisticated and integrated media package featuring nearly four hours of moving-image content.The text, DVDs, website, and writing guide package costs less than competing texts alone, making...

VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever by GALE $25.95
Containing the most extensive listing of movies available on video more than 23,000 in all and a multitude of cross-referencing within its 10 primary indexes, each new edition includes 1,000 new movies, expanded indexing, a fresh new introduction and more of the beloved categories