What kind of last-minute holiday gift can you find for that TCM enthusiast in your family?
Some of my favorite classic film books from 2014 and 2015, and in no particular order as there's something to love about all of them:
"Hollywood Celebrates The Holidays" by Karie Bible and Mary Mallory:
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"My First Time in Hollywood" by TCM Film Festival presenter Cari Beauchamp and feature historian on October's Trailblazing Women on TCM :
Hailed as one of the best film noir books of 2015, David Meuel reveals new intpretations of some iconic classics:
"A Real American Character: The Life of Walter Brennan" from the Hollywood Legends Series
by Carl Rollyson:
"Not Just Batman's Butler: The Biography of Alan Napier" by James Bigwood:
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J.B. Kaufman's " Pinnochio, The Making of a Disney Classic":
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Sheana Ochoa's biography of Acting legend Stellar Adler is also an excellent chronicle of the Yiddish theatre with some shocking revelations about "Stella! Mother of Modern Acting" and her family:
TCM's own Trailblazing Women host and TCM Film Festival presenter Illeana Douglas :
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Jacqueline T. Lynch's "Ann Blyth. Actress. Singer. Star" :
For more entertaining and well-researched books by some fabulous authors, check out the archived Guest Stars on The Silver Screen Oasis Archived Guest Star Threads:
http://silverscreenoasis.com/oasis3/viewforum.php?f=36