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Subject: ALL OF ME (US, Carl Reiner, 1984); BOX OFFICE. USA
Summary: Reviews of 'All of Me' and report on its performance at the US box-office

Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; BOX OFFICE. AUSTRALIA
Author: -
PhysDes: Clippings File Article
Subject: BOX OFFICE. AUSTRALIA; BOX OFFICE. USA
Summary: Listings for the past week's box office figures for Australia and the USA

Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Clippings
Subject: BOX OFFICE. USA

Subject: CODE OF SILENCE (US, Andrew Davis, 1985); BOX OFFICE. USA
Summary: Report on 'Code of Silence' at the US box-office and a small review

Call No: 203 CON
Author: Charles C. Moul (ed.)
Place: New York
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
PubDate: 2005
PhysDes: 23 cm ; 214 p
Subject: EXHIBITION; EXHIBITION. USA; INDUSTRY, FILM; INDUSTRY, FILM. USA; FINANCING. USA; ADVERTISING FOR FILMS; ADVERTISING. USA; HOLLYWOOD; USA; PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION COSTS; DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY; INCOME; AWARDS. ACADEMY; STUDIO SYSTEM; GOVERNMENT CONTROL. USA; BOX OFFICE. USA
Summary: This concise handbook collects essays on all aspects of the motion picture industry by leading authorities in political economy, economics, accounting, financing, and marketing. In addition to bringing the reader an up-to-date perspective on what is known and what has been accomplished, it includes both new findings on a variety of topics and directions for additional research. Topics include the estimation of theatrical and ancillary demand, profitability studies, resolution of evident paradoxes in studio executive behaviour, interaction of the industry and government, impacts of the most recent changes in accounting standards, and the role and importance of participation contracts. New results include findings on the true nature of the seasonality of theatrical demand, the predictive power of surveys based upon trailers, the impact of the Academy Awards, the effectiveness of prior history measures to gauge cast members and directors, and the substitutability of movies across different genres. [Taken from inner jacket sleeve].
ISBN: 0521843847

PhysDes: Article
Subject: E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL (US, Steven Spielberg, 1982); SPEILBERG, STEVEN; BOX OFFICE; BOX OFFICE. AUSTRALIA; BOX OFFICE. USA
Summary: Article on the box office success of 'E.T.'

Call No: 210.31(73) BAR
Author: Bart, Peter
Edition: First Edition
Source: US
Place: New York
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
PubDate: February 2000
PhysDes: 337 p. ; 24 cm
Subject: BART, PETER; INDUSTRY, FILM. USA; BOX OFFICE. USA; STUDIOS, FILM. USA; PARAMOUNT STUDIOS; TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX; SONY CORPORATION; WARNER BROS.; UNIVERSAL PICTURES; SPIELBERG, STEVEN; ARMAGEDDON (US, Michael Bay, 1998); BULWORTH (US, Warren Beatty, 1998); DEEP IMPACT (US, Mimi Leder, 1997); HORSE WHISPERER, THE (US, Robert Redford, 1998); LETHAL WEAPON 4 (US, Richard Donner, 1998); MASK OF ZORRO (US, Martin Campbell, 1998); MULAN (US, Barry Cook & Tony Bancroft, 1998); OUT OF SIGHT (US, Steven Soderbergh, 1998); SMALL SOLDIERS (US, Joe Dante, 1998); SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (US, Steven Spielberg, 1998); SIX DAYS, SEVEN NIGHTS (US, Ivan Reitman, 1998); GODZILLA (US/JA, Roland Emmerich, 1998); THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY (US, Bobby Farrelly & Peter Farrelly, 1998)
Notes: A behind-the-scenes tour of Hollywood during its busiest season - where big-budget blockbusters can make or break a studio, and summer sleepers sneak onto the radar.--BOOK BLURB
ISBN: 0312253915

Call No: 71(73) IZO
Author: Izod, John
Place: Basingstoke
Publisher: Macmillan
PubDate: 1988
PhysDes: xii, 240 p. ; 23 cm
Subject: USA; BOX OFFICE. USA
Notes: Includes bibliography and index
ISBN: 0333461231 (pbk) : ª9.95; 0333384660 : ª29.50
LON: 5606257

Call No: REFERENCE SECTION; 03 SAC REF
Author: Sackett, Susan
Place: New York
Publisher: Billboard Books
PubDate: 1990
PhysDes: 365 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Subject: BOX OFFICE. USA; INDUSTRY, FILM. USA
Summary: Updated through to 1995, this compendium presents Hollywood's most popular movies since 1939 - the most successful films of each year, ranked according to their box office earnings. Film and box office statistics, credits and background information are included.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-354) and index
ISBN: 0823075494 : $19.95
LON: 89048076; 6850722

PhysDes: Article
Subject: CANNERY ROW (US, David S. Ward, 1982); Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; UNITED ARTISTS; BOX OFFICE. USA
Summary: Article on the release of 'cannery Row' in America.

Call No: 303.31 HAY
Author: Hayes, Dade; Bing, Jonathan
Edition: 1st ed
Source: US
Place: New York
Publisher: Hyperion
PubDate: C2004
PhysDes: x, 432 p. : ill, facsims., ports. ; 22 cm
Subject: FILMMAKING; HOLLYWOOD; FILM CULTURE; FILM WORLD; BOX OFFICE. USA
Summary: "Illuminates the quest for box office supremacy shining a bright light on the inner workings of Hollywood's vast sales and marketing machine."
Notes: Bibliography: p.[385]-400; Includes index
ISBN: 140135985

Call No: 751.1(73) OXF
Author: Knapp, Raymond; Morris, Mitchell; Wolf, Stacy
Edition: paperback
Source: US/UK
Place: Oxford ; New York
Publisher: Oxford University Press
PubDate: 2011, 2013
PhysDes: x, 470 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subject: AUDIENCES; AUTHORSHIP; BLACKS AND THE CINEMA. US; BOX OFFICE. USA; COMEDIES; DANCE IN FILMS; GENDER AND THE CINEMA; HISTORY AND THE CINEMA. USA; HISTORY OF CINEMA; HOLLYWOOD; IDENTITY IN FILMS; IDEOLOGY IN FILMS; MEDIA AND THE CINEMA; MUSIC IN FILMS; MUSIC AND THE CINEMA; MUSICALS. USA; RACE AND THE CINEMA; THEATRE AND THE CINEMA; ANDREWS, JULIE; ASTAIRE, FRED; BERLIN, IRVING; FOSSE, BOB; HAMMERSTEIN, OSCAR, II; KERN, JEROME; MERMAN, ETHEL; ROBBINS, JEROME; SONDHEIM, STEPHEN; BLACK CROOK, THE (US, Robert G. Vignola, 1916); CABARET (US, Bob Fosse, 1972); CHICAGO (US, Rob Marshall, 2002); CHORUS LINE (US, Richard Attenborough, 1985); FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (US, Norman Jewison, 1971); GUYS AND DOLLS (US, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1955); GYPSY (US, Emile Ardolino, 1994); MY FAIR LADY (US, George Cukor, 1964); OKLAHOMA! (US, Fred Zinneman, 1955); PRODUCERS, THE (US, Mel Brooks, 1967); SHOWBOAT (US, George Sidney, 1951); SOUND OF MUSIC, THE (US, Robert Wise, 1965); WEST SIDE STORY (US, Robert Wise, 1961)
Summary: "The Oxford Handbook of The American Musical offers new and cutting-edge essays on the most important and compelling issues and topics in the growing, interdisciplinary field of musical-theater and film-musical studies. Taking the form of a "keywords" book, it introduces readers to the concepts and terms that define the history of the musical as a genre and that offer ways to reflect on the specific creative choices that shape musicals and their performance on stage and screen. The handbook offers a cross-section of essays written by leading experts in the field, organized within broad conceptual groups, which together capture the breadth, direction, and tone of musicals studies today." - GOOGLE BOOKS
Notes: Includes bibliographic references and index
ISBN: 9780199987368
Contents: Part I: Historiography. Narratives and values / Mitchell Morris -- Texts and authors / Jim Lovensheimer -- Musical styles and song conventions / Paul R. Laird -- Evolution of dance in the golden age of the American "book musical" / Liza Gennaro; Part II: Transformations. Minstrelsy and theatrical miscegenation / Thomas L. Riis -- Tin Pan Alley songs on stage and screen before World War II / Raymond Knapp and Mitchell Morris -- Integration / Geoffrey Block -- After the "golden age" / Jessica Sternfeld and Elizabeth L. Wollman; Part III: Media. Theater / Tamsen Wolff -- The filmed musical / Raymond Knapp and Mitchell Morris -- The television musical / Robynn J. Stilwell -- The animated film musical / Susan Smith -- The evolution of the original cast album / George Reddick; Part IV: Identities. Race, ethnicity, performance / Todd Decker -- Gender and sexuality / Stacy Wolf -- The politics of region and nation in American musicals / Chase A. Bringardner -- Class and culture / David Savran; Part V: Performance. The institutional structure of the American musical theater / David Sanjek -- Orchestration and arrangement : creating the Broadway sound / Dominic Symonds -- Musical theater directors / Barbara Wallace Grossman -- Sets, costumes, lights, and spectacle / Virginia Anderson -- Acting / John M. Clum -- Singing / Mitchell Morris and Raymond Knapp -- Dance and choreography / Zachary A. Dorsey; Part VI: Audiences. Box office / Steven Adler -- Audiences and critics / Michelle Dvoskin -- Stars and fans / Holley Replogle-Wong -- Knowing your audience / Jennifer Chapman -- Performance, authenticity, and the reflexive idealism of the American musical / Raymond Knapp

PhysDes: Article
Subject: PORKY'S (CN, Bob Clark, 1981); BOX OFFICE. USA; BOX OFFICE
Summary: Article on the box-office success of 'Porky's' in America.

Subject: RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART II (US, George Pan Cosmatos, 1985); BOX OFFICE. USA
Summary: Article on the success of the latest Rambo film in America

Call No: 62(04)(73) HAR
Author: Harmetz, Aljean
Edition: First edition
Source: US
Place: New York
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
PubDate: 1983
PhysDes: xvii, 263 pages ; 22 cm
Subject: BOX OFFICE. USA; CABLE TV. USA; COLUMBIA PICTURES; INDUSTRY, FILM. USA; RATING FOR FILMS. USA; ARKOFF, SAMUEL; ASTAIRE, FRED; BURTT, BEN; DANIELS, ANTHONY; EASTWOOD, CLINT; FONDA, JANE; KASDAN, LAWRENCE; LANGE, JESSICA; LUCAS, GEORGE; NICHOLSON, JACK; Peckinpah, Sam; PICKFORD, MARY; RITT, MARTIN; Stanwyck, Barbara; WILDER, BILLY; ZUKOR, ADOLPH; STAR WARS (US, George Lucas, 1977)
Summary: "From one of the most admired and enjoyed writers on the subject of Hollywood, author of The Making of The Wizard of Oz, and for six years Los Angeles correspondent to The New York Times - her first collection of inside-the-movie-business pieces: interviews (from Jessica Lange, Jack Nicholson, and our Miss Rona, to Mary Pickford and Clint Eastwood); profiles (of the true intergalactic hero of the Star Wars trilogy, George Lucas; the last of the old true larger-than-life producers, Ray Stark; and the genius of B pictures, Sam Arkoff); and piercing in-depth reportage, clarifying and unscrambling the shake-ups and shake-down of current movie business" -Book blurb.
Notes: Many pages have rough edges
ISBN: 0394528867
Contents: Introduction -- Mary Pickford - America's (gothic) sweetheart -- Cocaine and Hollywood -- Ms. Rona: don't call her a gossip -- What price glory at Columbia -- Jack Nicholson - odd man out -- Hollywood's hot new screen writer -- Jessica Lange - film star whose future is here -- Rating the ratings -- Astaire at 80 -- The $110,000 blunder, or the man who couldn't work movie miracles -- ReCooping: the rise and fall and rise of a child star -- Peckinpah: "Man was a killer long before he served a god" -- The dime-store way to make movies -- How Hollywood decides if a film is a hit -- Reap the Wilder wind -- Fonda at Forty -- Video wars: Hollywood's corporate rollerderby -- The man with no name is a big name now -- How a Hollywood rumor was born, flourished, and died -- Barbara Stanwyck: still a golden girl -- Martin Ritt: survivor extraordinaire -- The anatomy of the sneak preview -- Today's hottest movie stars -- From A(dolph) to Z(ukor) -- The great and powerful wizard of Lucasfilm

PhysDes: Article
Subject: BOX OFFICE. USA
Summary: List of useful websites which have information about Box Office in USA

Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; ETHNIC GROUPS IN FILMS
Author: Bailey, John
PhysDes: Clippings File Article
Subject: ETHNIC GROUPS IN FILMS; BOX OFFICE. USA
Summary: Report on the lower than expected audience attendence to recent blockbuster films GHOST IN THE SHELL and THE GREAT WALL in comparison to the runaway success of the low budget thriller GET OUT and other recent films that feature ethnic minorities in lead roles