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Hollywood Biographies, Commentaries and Gossip

These books are a small sampling of the reading that is possible concerning Hollywood and movie making. A true representation of the readings needed for film literacy with be staggering. So enjoy this list and rad the question carefully. It's not how many you have read, but how many you want to read.
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Orson Welles: The Road to Xanadu (Simon Callow)
Orson Welles: The Road to Xanadu
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Simon Callow
Orson Welles: Hello Americans (Simon Callow)
Orson Welles: Hello Americans
2
Simon Callow
Orson Welles Volume 3: One-Man Brand (Simon Callow)
Orson Welles Volume 3: One-Man Brand
3
Simon Callow
The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre (Stephen D. Youngkin)
The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre
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Stephen D. Youngkin
Kurosawa (Cowie)
Kurosawa
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Cowie
Joan Blondell: A Life Between Takes (Matthew Kennedy)
Joan Blondell: A Life Between Takes
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Matthew Kennedy
John Huston: A Biography (Alex Madsen)
John Huston: A Biography
7
Alex Madsen
Hattie Mcdaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood (Jill Watts)
Hattie Mcdaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood
8
Jill Watts
Me Stories of My Life Katherine Hepburn
Me Stories of My Life Katherine Hepburn
9
A Biography of Cary Grant (Marc Eliot)
A Biography of Cary Grant
10
Marc Eliot
Me and My Shadows: A Family Memoir (Lorna Luft)
Me and My Shadows: A Family Memoir
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Lorna Luft
Dark City Dames (Eddie Muller)
Dark City Dames
12
Eddie Muller
Spencer Tracy (James Curtis)
Spencer Tracy
13
James Curtis
Dangerous Rhythm - Why Musicals Matter (Richard Barrios)
Dangerous Rhythm - Why Musicals Matter
14
Richard Barrios
Film Posters of the 60's (Tony Nourmand)
Film Posters of the 60's
15
Tony Nourmand
Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne (James Gavin)
Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne
16
James Gavin
Judy Holliday: An Intimate Life Story (Gary Carey)
Judy Holliday: An Intimate Life Story
17
Gary Carey
Hello Gorgeous: Becoming Barbra Streisand (William J. Mann)
Hello Gorgeous: Becoming Barbra Streisand
18
William J. Mann
Hitchcock (Truffaut)
Hitchcock
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Truffaut
Hollywood Babylon
Hollywood Babylon
20
Screwball: Hollywood's Madcap Romantic Comedies (Ed Sikov)
Screwball: Hollywood's Madcap Romantic Comedies
21
Ed Sikov
Screwball: the Life of Carole Lombard (Larry Swindell)
Screwball: the Life of Carole Lombard
22
Larry Swindell
You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again (Julia Phillips)
You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again
23
Julia Phillips
Hank & Jim: The Fifty-Year Friendship of Henry Fonda and James Stewart (Scott Eyman)
Hank & Jim: The Fifty-Year Friendship of Henry Fonda and James Stewart
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Scott Eyman
Lauren Bacall (Lauren Bacall)
Lauren Bacall
25
Lauren Bacall
Film Noir Reader (Alain Silver)
Film Noir Reader
26
Alain Silver
Edith Head (Jay Jorgensen)
Edith Head
27
Jay Jorgensen
James Wong Howe: The Camera Eye (Alain Silver, James Wong Howe)
James Wong Howe: The Camera Eye
28
Alain Silver, James Wong Howe
Marilyn Monroe Metamorphosis (N/A)
Marilyn Monroe Metamorphosis
29
N/A
Goldwyn: A Biography (A. Scott Berg)
Goldwyn: A Biography
30
A. Scott Berg
Bright Boulevards Bold Dreams: The Story of Black Hollywood (Donald Bogle)
Bright Boulevards Bold Dreams: The Story of Black Hollywood
31
Donald Bogle
Farley Granger: Include Me Out (Farley Granger & Robert Calhoun)
Farley Granger: Include Me Out
32
Farley Granger & Robert Calhoun
Film Noir: Movie Posters (Paul Duncan)
Film Noir: Movie Posters
33
Paul Duncan
Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland (Gerald Clarke)
Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland
34
Gerald Clarke
Have You Seen? (David Thomson)
Have You Seen?
35
David Thomson
What Time's the Next Swan (Walter Slezak)
What Time's the Next Swan
36
Walter Slezak
Audrey Hepburn Portraits of an Icon (Terence Pepper)
Audrey Hepburn Portraits of an Icon
37
Terence Pepper
Mother Goddam (Whitney Stine With Bette Davis)
Mother Goddam
38
Whitney Stine With Bette Davis
Conversas Com Woody Allen (Eric Lax)
Conversas Com Woody Allen
39
Eric Lax
My Wicked Wicked Ways (Errol Flynn)
My Wicked Wicked Ways
40
Errol Flynn
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