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1 | Publisher | Title | Author | Pub Date | Format | Price | ISBN | Description | |||
2 | Abrams | Broadway Musicals: From the Pages of the New York Times | Ben Brantley | Oct. 1 | hardcover | $50 | 978-1419703379 | includes 119 reviews from the last century by Brantley and his six leading predecessors--Brooks Atkinson, Howard Taubman, Clive Barnes, Walter Kerr, and Frank Rich. | |||
3 | Abrams | Clint Eastwood: Master Filmmaker at Work | Michael R. Goldman | Oct. 1 | hardcover | $40 | 978-1419703881 | This career retrospective presents an in-depth exploration of the four-time Academy Award recipient's influential directorial methods, from 1971's haunting Play Misty for Me to last year's J. Edgar. | |||
4 | Allworth Press | Starting Your Career as an Actor | Jason Pugatch | Aug. 28 | trade paper | $19.95 | 978-1581159110 | exposes actors to the ins and outs of the world's (second) oldest profession, as it readies the uninitiated to navigate the ridiculous, impossible, and often heartbreaking world of the acting industry. | |||
5 | Andrews McMeel | Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2013: 25th Anniversary Edition | Roger Ebert | Nov. 13 | trade paper | $29.99 | 978-1449423445 | The Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic presents more than 600 reviews--covering the period from January 2010 to July 2012--along with interviews, essays, and q&a's from "Questions for the Movie Answer Man." | |||
6 | Applause Theatre Books | The Rest of the Story: A Life Completed | Arthur Laurents | Sept. 1 | hardcover | $24.99 | 978-1557838285 | The celebrated author of musicals (Gypsy, West Side Story), screenplays (The Way We Were), and plays (Home of the Brave) concludes his brilliant 2001 memoir, Original Story By. (Laurents died in May 2011.) | |||
7 | Applause Theatre Books | Performance of the Century: 100 Years of Actors' Equity Association and the Rise of Professional American Theater | Robert Simonson | Sept. 1 | hardcover | $40 | 978-1557838377 | Shaped by the inequities visited on performers in the 19th century, the union, which represents stage actors and stage managers, has altered the landscape of today's American theater. | |||
8 | Barron's | The Dance Bible: The Complete Resource for Aspiring Dancers | Camille Lefevre | Aug. 1 | hardcover | $22.99 | 978-0764165276 | In addition to describing fundamental techniques, Lefevre's work includes advice on how beginning dancers can market their talent, maximize income, and sustain a successful career. | |||
9 | John Blake (dist. by IPG) | Leonardo di Caprio: The Biography | Douglas Wight | Sept. 1 | hardcover | $24.95 | 978-1857826722 | Maybe he really is King of the World--or close, since his Titanic turn reportedly raked in a whopping $2,185,372,302 worldwide. IMDb.com notes three Leo films in postproduction, led off by The Great Gatsby, with an estimated $127 million budget. | |||
10 | Carnegie Publishing (dist. by IPM) | London Stage in the Nineteenth Century | Robert Tanitch | Sept.1 | hardcover | $38.95 | 978-1859362082 | traces the major new plays and revivals; also featured are legendary actors in their most famous roles, including Sarah Siddons, Edwin Booth, Ellen Terry, et al., plus quotes from critics, writers, and actors. | |||
11 | Chronicle Books | Imagination Illustrated: The Jim Henson Journal | Karen Falk | Oct. 31 | hardcover | $29.95 | 978-1452105826 | adapts the diary that Henson kept throughout his career, supplementing it with a trove of seldom-seen visual material, including rare sketches, personal and production photos, storyboards, and more. | |||
12 | Cornell Univ. Press | Queen of Vaudeville: The Story of Eva Tanguay | Andrew L. Erdman | Sept. 1 | hardcover | $29.95 | 978-0801449703 | In her day, this trend-setting vaudeville and musical comedy performer (1879-1947) was one of the most famous women in America, widely known as the "I Don't Care Girl" after a song she popularized and her brazen persona. | |||
13 | Crown Archetype | Michael Douglas: A Biography | Marc Eliot | Sept. 18 | hardcover | $26 | 978-0307952363 | Starting with his San Francisco hippie days (and his 1972 breakthrough in TV's Streets of San Francisco), Eliot traces the actor's career, his tumultuous relationship with dad Kirk Douglas, and his marriage to Catherine Zeta-Jones. | |||
14 | Applause Theatre Books | The Redgraves: A Family Epic | Donald Spoto | Oct. 2 | hardcover | $26 | 978-0307720146 | This celebrated English acting dynasty began working in theater in the 19th century and later made its mark in film and TV. Among the most prominent members are sisters Vanessa and Lynn Redgrave, plus movie star Liam Neeson. | |||
15 | Crowood press (dist. by IPG) | Auditions: A Practical Guide | John Hester | Oct. 1 | paper | $22.95 | 978-1847973337 | If all the world's a stage, neophyte thespians will want to check out Hester's advice, from how to impress a director to conquering one's fears and developing a positive philosophy, learning how to improvise, etc. | |||
16 | ECW Press (dist. by IPG) | Raising Hell: Ken Russell and the Unmaking of The Devils | Richard Crouse | Oct. 1 | paper | $19.95 | 978-1770410664 | Based on new interviews with cast, crew, and historians, Crouse delves deeper into the aftermath of this controversial 1971 film, which was made by an equally controversial director (Russell) starring a notably eccentric actor (Oliver Reed). | . | ||
17 | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | The Big Screen: The Story of the Movies | David Thomson | Oct. 16 | hardcover | $35 | 978-0374191894 | tells of their rise and spread, their remarkable influence in the war years, and their slow decline to a form that no longer lays claim to our lives the way it once did. | |||
18 | Flammarion | Paris by Hollywood | Antoine de Beacque | Sept. 4 | hardcover | $65 | 978-2080201270 | Eminent film commentators uncover Hollywood's role in the cultivation of timeless Parisian cliches, examining seminal films such as An American in Paris, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Sabrina and considering Tinseltown's fascination with the City of Light. | |||
19 | Gallery Books | Uggie--My Story: A Memoir | Uggie | Oct. 16 | hardcover | $15.99 | 978-1419703881 | Oh, sure, The Artist won the Oscar, but we all know who won the audience's hearts--the fetching, multitalented Jack Russell terrier, who also won the Motion Picture Academy's newly created Golden Dog Collar for his canny canine capers. | |||
20 | Globe Pequot Press | Bond on Bond: Reflections on 50 Years of James Bond Movies | Roger Moore | Oct. 1 | hardcover | $29.95 | 978-0762782819 | Moore, himself an erstwhile 007 (The Spy Who Loved Me, Live and Let Die, etc.), knows whereof he speaks in discussing the Bond oeuvre--the longest- running film series in movie history. | |||
21 | Hardie Grant Books | Darcy Bussell | Darcy Bussell | Oct. 2 | hardcover | $55 | 978-1742703527 | celebrates the life and art of the world-class English ballerina, whose international career spanned two decades before her April 2007 retirement with a performance at the Royal Opera House (the program was broadcast live to an audience of 3.3 million viewers). | |||
22 | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | My Mother Was Nuts | Penny Marshall | Sept. 18 | hardcover | $26.95 | 978-0547892627 | follows Marshall's life from her star turn on Laverne and Shirley to her stint as the first woman to direct a movie grossing more than $100 million. In more ways than one, it was Big. 200,000-copy announced first print. | |||
23 | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | Hello, Gorgeous: Becoming Barbra Streisand | William J. Mann | Oct. 9 | hardcover | $30 | 978-0547368924 | The acclaimed biographer of Katharine Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor charts this Funny Girl's claim to fame during her New York years and tells how she transformed herself into the greatest superstar of her era. 75,000-copy announced first print. | |||
24 | Huron Street Press (dist. by IPG) | Queue Tips: Discovering Your Next Great Movie | Rob Christopher | Jan. 1 | trade paper | $19.95 | 978-1937589097 | Offering carefully cultivated suggestions that depart from garden-variety lists, this viewer guide strikes out for new ground, craftily incorporating the classic and the obscure. | |||
25 | Insight Editions | The Essential Supernatural: On the Road with Sam and Dean Winchester | Nicholas Knight | Dec. 25 | hardcover | $50 | 978-1608871452 | follows the CW channel show season by season, state by state, as the brothers travel across the U.S. hunting all things that go bump in the night. | |||
26 | Limelight Editions | Independent Filmmaker's Guide: Make Your Feature Film for $2,000 | Glenn Berggoetz | Oct.1 | trade paper | $14.99 | 978-0879104238 | targets filmmakers who rarely have sufficient funds at their disposal for making a film, and those who would typically waste years because they're not aware there's a more efficient way to go about it. | |||
27 | Oxford Univ. Press | Show Boat: Performing Race in an American Musical | Todd Decker | Nov. 2 | hardcover | $35 | 978-0199759378 | recounts the making and remaking of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's masterpiece, created in the crucible of the Jazz Age to fit the talents of the show's original 1927 cast. | |||
28 | Oxford Univ. Press | Sensing the Past: Hollywood Stars and Historical Visions | Jim Cullen | Jan. 8 | paper | $19.95 | 978-0199927661 | portrays pivotal movements in American culture that have shaped our shared history as reflected in the works of Clint Eastwood, Daniel Day-Lewis, Denzel Washington, Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, and Jodie Foster. | |||
29 | Pantheon Books | Gods Like Us: On Movie Stardom and Modern Fame | Ty Burr | Sept. 18 | hardcover | $28.95 | 978-0307377661 | The Boston Globe's film critic offers a history of stardom from the dawn of cinema to the age of the Internet, with stops to discuss the talkies, Brando, the Beatles, and more. | |||
30 | Phaidon Press | Masters of Cinema: Quentin Tarantino | Scott Foundas | Aug. 10 | trade paper | $9.95 | 978-2866429010 | considers the enfant terrible of contemporary cinema, whose innovative films both incite and saturate pop culture. | |||
31 | Phaidon Press | Masters of Cinema: George Lucas | Karina Longworth | Sept. 17 | trade paper | $9.95 | 978-2866429041 | looks at Lucas's life and works; Lucas was instrumental in the antiestablishment 1970s New Hollywood movement and helped define the blockbuster era of the 1980s. | |||
32 | Powerhouse Books | John Wayne, The Legend and the Man: An Exclusive Look Inside the Duke's Archives | Patricia Bosworth, Ron Howard, Martin Scorsese, and Ronald Reagan | Oct. 9 | hardcover | $45 | 978-157687590-2 | celebrates Duke's life and legacy through film stills, backstage photos, and snapshots from his myriad cinematic masterpieces. | |||
33 | Rizzoli | Variety: An Illustrated History of the World from the Most Important Magazine in Hollywood | Tim Gray | Oct. 16 | hardcover | $50 | 978-0847838806 | Hollywood's most important chronicler of entertainment, news, and show biz also encompasses a history of American popular culture and a record of the influence and confluence of art, life, and, yes, Hollywood. | |||
34 | Running Press | Elizabeth Taylor: A Shining Legacy on Film | Cindy De La Hoz | Oct. 2 | hardcover | $30 | 978-0762440450 | This striking retrospective spans Liz's 70-year career, featuring production histories, hundreds of rare photos, behind-the-scenes stories, and reviews for each film. | |||
35 | Rutgers Univ. Press | The Leading Man: Hollywood and the Presidential Image | Burton W. Peretti | Sept. 1 | hardcover | $29.95 | 978-0813554044 | explores the development of the cinematic presidential image, showing us how the chief executive, beginning with George Washington, was positioned to assume the mantle of cultural leading man. | |||
36 | Simon & Schuster | Do the Movies Have a Future? | David Den | (Oct. 2 | hardcover | $27 | 978-1416599470 | The New Yorker critic examines the art, business, and future of what used to be America's primary popular entertainment and is now an endangered species. | |||
37 | Skyhorse | Make 'Em Laugh: 35 Years of the Comic Strip, the Greatest Comedy Club of All Time! | Richie Tienken and Jeffrey Gurian | Oct. 1 | hardcover | $24.95 | 978-1620870747 | Tienken opened New York's Comic Strip on June 1, 1976, effectively changing the face of comedy. | |||
38 | Smithsonian Books | Madcap May: Mistress of Myth, Men, and Hope | Richard Kurin | Sept. 4 | hardcover | $27.95 | 978-1588343260 | traces the outrageous life of the original drama queen, May Yohe (1866-1938), a foul-mouthed, sweet-voiced showgirl known for a free-spiritedness unusual for women of her time. (And did we mention that she shot one of her husbands?) | |||
39 | Sterling | Steven Spielberg: A Retrospective | Richard Schickel | Oct. 2 | hardcover | $35 | 978-1402796500 | Renowned critic Schickel provides illuminating commentary and perceptive analyses of nearly 40 years of Spielberg's work, from E.T. and Jaws to Close Encounters and beyond. | |||
40 | St. Martin's | The Man Who Saw a Ghost: The Life and Work of Henry Fonda | Devin McKinney | Oct. 2 | hardcover | $29.99 | 978-1250008417 | Though Fonda's widely lauded performances helped define "American" in the 20th century, much of his life, says the author, was rage and struggle. What demons might have possessed him? | |||
41 | St. Martin's | Love Song: The Lives of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya | Ethan Mordden | Oct. 16 | hardcover | $29.99 | 978-1402274770 | traces the braided lives of two of the 20th century's most influential artists; Weill and Lenya, composer and performer (together with Bertolt Brecht), created The Threepenny Opera, which became musical history with its August 1928 debut. | |||
42 | St. Martin's | The Chronicles of Downton Abbey: A New Era for Family, Friends, Lovers, and Staff | Jessica Fellowes and Matthew Sturgis | Nov. 13 | hardcover | $29.99 | 978-01250027627 | Downton tomes were crowding bestseller lists; viewers were wearing out their DVRs; so what now in the world of Jolly Olde? | |||
43 | Thames & Hudson | History of Film | David Parkinson | Oct. 1 | trade paper | $21.95 | 978-0500204108 | traces the evolution of the moving image from the earliest shadow shows to 21st-century digital filmmaking. Covering the elements that have contributed to its artistic and technical development, the book offers an overview of film worldwide. | |||
44 | Universe | The Princess Bride: A Celebration | Rob Reiner and Norman Lear | Sept. 25 | hardcover | $35 | 978-0789324429 | presents a treasure trove of images from the popular 1987 film (directed by Reiner and written by William Goldman), which is fondly remembered for its beguiling blend of history, comedy, and romance. | |||
45 | Univ. Press of Kansas | Making Patton: A Classic War Film's Epic Journey to the Silver Screen | Nicholas Evan Sarantakes | Sept. 26 | hardcover | $34.95 | 978-0700618620 | takes readers behind the scenes for the colorful history of the making of this critically acclaimed 1970 box office hit that won seven Oscars. | |||
46 | Univ. Press of Kentucky | Mae Murray: The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips | Michael G. Ankerich | Nov. 1 | hardcover | $40 | 978-0813136905 | A fiery presence in silent-era Hollywood, Murray (1885-1965) rocketed to stardom in her first film, 1916's To Have and to Hold, but her moment in the limelight proved fleeting. | |||
47 | Univ. Press of Kentucky | Mary Pickford: Queen of the Movies | Christel Schmidt | Nov. 4 | hardcover | $45 | 978-0813136479 | portrays a fascinating key figure in American cinematic history--a gifted actress, philanthropist, and savvy industry leader who fought for creative control of her films and ultimately became her own producer. | |||
48 | Univ. Press of Mississippi | Hollywood Unknowns: A History of Extras, Bit Players, and Stand-Ins | Anthony Slide | Oct. 1 | hardcover | $40 | 978-1617034749 | documents the lives and work of extras from the 1890s to the 1950s, treating such subjects as the Hollywood Studio Club, Central Casting, and the efforts at unionization through the Screen Actors Guild. | |||
49 | Wayne State Univ. Press | The Donna Reed Show | Joanne Morreale | Nov. 1 | trade paper | $15.96 | 978-08143350086 | considers this classic family program, which aired from 1958 to 1966, as a key moment of cultural transition. TV Milestones series. | |||
50 | Wesleyan Univ. Press | Yip Harburg: Legendary Lyricist and Human Rights Activist | Harriet Hyman Alonso | Dec. 3 | hardcover | $28.95 | 978-0819571281 | As "Broadway's Social Conscience," E.Y Harburg was committed to speaking out against racism, poverty, and war; his work as a celebrated lyricist includes all the songs in The Wizard of Oz. |