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journal article		Alan Ladd, Jr. appt'd pres./chief opperating officer MGM/UA Ent. in Australasian Cinema (Friday, 12-18/4/1985) vol.14 iss.6 p.5 Subject: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; UNITED ARTISTS; LADD, ALAN, Jr. Summary: Report on the promotion of Alan Ladd, Jr. within MGM/ UA More info
book		All the stars in heaven : Louis B. Mayer's M-G-M / Gary Carey London: Robson, 1982, c1981. Call No: 81MAY CAR Author: Carey, Gary Place: London Publisher: Robson PubDate: 1982, c1981 PhysDes: xiv, 320 p., [18] p. of plates : ill., ports ; 24 cm Subject: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; MAYER, LOUIS B. Notes: American cinema films. Production. Mayer, Louis B.. -Biographies (BNB/PRECIS); Originally published: New York : Dutton, 1981; Bibliography: p. 307-309; Includes Index ISBN: 0860511642 : ª7.95 : CIP rev LON: bnb86051164; 2151955 More info
journal article		Big sell for "the Secret of NIMH" in Australasian Cinema (30/4/1982) vol.11 iss.7 p.2 PhysDes: Article Subject: SECRET OF NIMH, THE (US, Don Bluth, 1982); ANIMATION; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; UNITED ARTISTS Summary: Article on 'The Secrets of NIMH' being of great interest to distributors at the Dallas Toy Fair. More info
journal article		Bill Edwards appt. vice-president of advtg. & publicity MGM/UA intern'l in Australasian Cinema (16/4/1982) vol.11 iss.6 p.2 PhysDes: Article Subject: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; UNITED ARTISTS; UNITED INTERNATIONAL PICTURES; ADVERTISING FOR FILMS Summary: Announcement of Bill Edwards' promotion, along with job description. More info
journal article		Blake Edwards signs Burt Kwouk as Cato in new Pink Panther film in Australasian Cinema (30//4/1982) vol.11 iss.7 p.5 PhysDes: Article Subject: TRAIL OF THE PINK PANTHER (UK, Blake Edwards, 1982); EDWARDS, BLAKE; KWOUK, BURT; SELLERS, PETER; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; UNITED ARTISTS Summary: Confirmation of Burt Kwouk returning to play Cato in the latest Pink Panther installment, 'Trail of the Pink Panther'. More info
journal article		Borrowed Time in Montage (September 1968) p.14-20 Author: White, Eric PhysDes: Article Subject: HOLLYWOOD; BONNIE AND CLYDE (US, Arthur Penn, 1967); PENN, ARTHUR; DUNAWAY, FAYE; PARAMOUNT STUDIOS; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; VIOLENCE IN FILMS; SEX IN FILMS Summary: Essay discusses the 'New Hollywood', influenced by young, new directors, often from overseas. Emphasis on "Bonnie and Clyde" as an example of a 'watershed picture' in that it signalled a new style in filmmaking. Adapted from Time, by Eric White. More info
book		Cecil B. Demille / Charles Higham New York: Da Capo Press, 1973. Call No: 81DEM HIG Author: Higham, Charles Source: US Place: New York Publisher: Da Capo Press PubDate: 1973 PhysDes: xii, 335 p. : ill. ; 23 cm Subject: PARAMOUNT STUDIOS; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; DEMILLE, CECIL B.; ZUKOR, ADOLPH; MACPHERSON, JEANIE; LASKY, JESSE; KING OF KINGS (US, Cecil B. De Mille, 1927); TEN COMMANDMENTS, THE (US, Cecil B. DeMille, 1923); TEN COMMANDMENTS, THE (US, Cecil B. DeMille, 1956); SQUAW MAN, THE (US, Oscar C. Apfel & Cecil B. DeMille, 1914); SIGN OF THE CROSS, THE (US, Cecil B. DeMille, 1932) Notes: Reprint of the ed. published by Scribner, New York. "Cecil B. DeMille pictures": p. 315-322. Includes index. ISBN: 0306801310 Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 More info
Old collection book		The cinema : a British tribute to Sam Eckman London: Cinema Press, 1952. Call No: 81ECK CIN CorpAuthor: Cinema Press Source: UK Place: London Publisher: Cinema Press PubDate: 1952 PhysDes: 126p. : ill. ; 29cm Subject: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer More info
journal article		Columbia departs MGM Laboratories in Australasian Cinema (30/4/1982) vol.11 iss.7 p.1 PhysDes: Article Subject: COLUMBIA PICTURES; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX Summary: Article on Columbia now using Deluxe Labs. (a subsidiary of Twentieth Century Fox) and not metro-goldwyn-mayer for film processing. More info
journal article		Death of Bill Band in Australasian Cinema (23/7/1982) vol.11 iss.13 p.2 PhysDes: Article Subject: OBITUARIES; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX; ADVERTISING FOR FILMS Summary: Obituary for Bill Band More info
journal article		Death of Norma Shearer in Australasian Cinema (15/7/1983) vol.12 iss.12 p.20 PhysDes: Article Subject: SHEARER, NORMA; THALBERG, IRVING; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; OBITUARIES Summary: Obituary for 1920-30s Hollywood star Norma Shearer. More info
journal article		Dick Smith signed by MGM for 'The Hunger' in Australasian Cinema (18/6/1982) vol.11 iss.10 p.2 PhysDes: Article Subject: HUNGER, THE (US, Tony Scott, 1983); Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; BOWIE, DAVID; DENEUVE, CATHERINE; MAKE-UP; MAKE-UP ARTISTS Summary: Article on make-up artist Dick smith being signed-on to do make-up for 'The Hunger'. More info
book		The eyes have it : cinema and the reality effect / Murray Pomerance New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, c2013. Call No: 630.3 POM Author: Pomerance, Murray Source: US Place: New Jersey Publisher: Rutgers University Press PubDate: c2013 PhysDes: xii, 268 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Series: Techniques of the moving image Subject: ART DIRECTION; CINEMATOGRAPHY; COMPUTER GENERATED IMAGERY; MOTION CONTROL; REALISM IN FILMS; SET DECORATING; SET DESIGNING; SPECIAL EFFECTS; HITCHCOCK, ALFRED; KELLY, GENE; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; 40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS (US, Michael Lehmann, 2002); ANNIE HALL (US, Woody Allen, 1977); ARIZONA DREAM (FR, Emir Kusturica, 1992); BRIGADOON (US, Vincente Minnelli, 1954); CLOVERFIELD (US, Matt Reeves, 2008); DARK PASSAGE (US, Delmer Daves, 1947); DEFIANCE [US, Edward Zwick, 2008]; DR STRANGELOVE (UK, Stanley Kubrick, 1964); FIELD OF DREAMS (US, Phil Alden Robinson, 1989); IN HARM'S WAY (US, Otto Preminger, 1965); NORTH BY NORTHWEST (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1959); RANDOM HARVEST (US, Mervyn LeRoy, 1942); SIGNS (US, M. Night Shyamalan, 2002); THELMA & LOUISE (US, Ridley Scott, 1991); VERTIGO (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1958); WIZARD OF OZ, THE (US, Victor Fleming, 1939) Summary: The Eyes Have It explores those rarified screen moments when viewers are confronted by sights that seem at once impossible and present, artificial and stimulating, sensory and definitive. Beginning with a penetrating study of five cornfield sequences - including The Wizard of Oz, Arizona Dream, and Signs - Murray Pomerance journeys through a vast array of cinematic moments, technical methods, and laborious collaborations from the 1930s to the 200s to show how the viewer's experience of "reality" is put in context, challenged, and wilfully engaged. Four meditations deal with "reality effects" from different philosophical and technical angles. "Vivid Rivals" assesses active participation and critical judgement in seeing effects with works such as Defiance, Cloverfield, Knowing, and Thelma & Louise. "The Two of Us" considers double placement and doubled experience with films such as The Prestige, Niagara and A Stolen Life. "Being There" discusses cinematic performance and the problems of believability, highlighting such films as Gran Torino, The Manchurian Candidate, In Harm's Way, and other films. "Fairy Land" explores the art of scenic backing, focusing on the fictional world of Brigadoon, which borrows from both hard-edged realism and evocative landscape painting." - BOOK BLURB Notes: Contains illustrations, bibliographic references and index ISBN: 9780813560588 More info
book		Fade out : the calamitous final days of MGM / Peter Bart New York: Morrow, 1990. Call No: 19MET BAR Author: Bart, Peter Edition: 1st ed Place: New York Publisher: Morrow PubDate: 1990 PhysDes: 304 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Subject: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; UNITED ARTISTS; PARAMOUNT STUDIOS; AUBREY, JAMES T.; YABLANS, FRANK; KERKORIAN, KIRK; ARMSTRONG, GILLIAN; BROOKS, RICHARD; CIMINO, MICHAEL; FIELDS, FREDDIE; GOLDBERG, LEONARD; HUTTON, TIMOTHY; LADD, ALAN, Jr.; SKASE, CHRISTOPHER; LOWE, ROB; MELNICK, DANIEL; MUDOCH, RUPERT; NICHOLSON, JACK; ROSENBERG, STUART; STEENBURGEN, MARY; WEINTRAUB, JERRY; WARGAMES (US, John Badham, 1983); RED DAWN (US, John Milius, 1984); RAIN MAN (US, Barry Levinson, 1988); MRS. SOFFEL (US, Gillian Armstrong, 1984) Notes: Includes index ISBN: 0688084605 (acid-free paper) LON: 6934383 More info
book		The Fondas : a hollywood dynasty / Peter Collier New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, c1991. Call No: 82FON COL Author: Collier, Peter Source: US Place: New York Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons PubDate: c1991 PhysDes: 336 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm Subject: ACTORS. USA; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; BARDOT, BRIGITTE; BEATTY, WARREN; FONDA, BRIDGET; FONDA, HENRY; FONDA, JANE; FONDA, PETER; HAYDON, TOM; LANE, NATHAN; NICHOLSON, JACK; Stewart, James; STRASBERG, LEE; Sullavan, Margaret; SELZNICK, DAVID O.; SUTHERLAND, DONALD; VADIM, ROGER; WAYNE, JOHN; ZANUCK, DARRYL F.; BARBARELLA (FR/IT, Roger Vadim, 1967); CHINA SYNDROME, THE (US, James Bridges, 1979); EASY RIDER (US, Dennis Hopper, 1969); KLUTE (US, Alan J. Pakula, 1971); ON GOLDEN POND (US, Mark Rydell, 1981); SCANDAL (UK, Michael Caton-Jones, 1989); SHAG (UK, Zelda Barron, 1988) Notes: Includes index. ISBN: 0399135928 Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 More info
book		Framework : a history of screenwriting in the American film / Tom Stempel ; foreword by Philip Dunne New York: Continuum, 1988. Call No: 224 STE Author: Stempel, Tom, 1941 Place: New York Publisher: Continuum PubDate: 1988 PhysDes: xii, 284 p., [8] p. of plates : ports. ; 24 cm Subject: SCRIPTWRITING; GRIFFITH, DAVID WARK; INCE, THOMAS HARPER; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX; WARNER BROS.; PARAMOUNT STUDIOS; COLUMBIA PICTURES Notes: "A Frederick Ungar book."; Includes index; Bibliography: p. 239-265 ISBN: 0826404111 : $22.95 LON: 5830122 More info
book		Frank Capra : the catastrophe of success / by Joseph McBride New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992. Call No: 81CAP MCB Author: McBride, Joseph Source: US Place: New York Publisher: Simon & Schuster PubDate: 1992 PhysDes: 768 p. : ill. ; 26 cm Subject: COMEDIES; AUTHORSHIP; COLUMBIA PICTURES; HOLLYWOOD; DIRECTORS; COMMUNISM AND THE CINEMA. USA; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; CAPRA, FRANK; COHN, HARRY; RISKIN, ROBERT; IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (US, Frank Capra, 1934); IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (US, Frank Capra, 1946); LADY FOR A DAY (US, Frank Capra, 1933); LOST HORIZON (US, Frank Capra, 1937); MEET JOHN DOE (US, Frank Capra, 1941); MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (US, Frank Capra, 1936); MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (US, Frank Capra, 1939); WHY WE FIGHT SERIES (US, 1942-44); YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU (US, Frank Capra, 1938) Summary: "FRANK CAPRA: THE CATASTROPHE OF SUCCESS is the first major biography of one of the greatest directors in Hollywood history, the man behind such classic films as IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT, MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN, YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU, MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON, and IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE [...] FRANK CAPRA: THE CATASTROPHE OF SUCCESS is the result of more than seven years of work. It is drawn from extensive archival research and interviews with 175 people who knew or worked with Capra, as well as many hours of interviews with Capra himself. In this biography, Joseph McBride gives us the definitive portrait of one of our greatest filmmakers." [Taken from book jacket] Notes: Filmography: p. [117]-731; Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN: 0671797883 (pbk.); 0671734946 : $27.50 LON: abn92038576; 8711584 More info
journal article		George Cukor wins highest French honor in The Australasian Cinema (5/3/1982) vol.11 iss.3 p.2 PhysDes: Article Subject: RICH AND FAMOUS (US, George Cukor, 1981); CUKOR, GEORGE; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; INDUSTRY, FILM. FRANCE Summary: Article on George Cukor receiving the Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, the highest honour the French governement can bestow a filmmaker. Cukor has been a director for over fifty years, and his latest film, 'Rich and Famous', was shown at the ceremony. More info
Interim book		Going to the pictures : Scottish memories of cinema : with bonnie Scotland: on the big screen / Andrew Martin Edinburgh: NMS Publishing Limited, Royal Museum, 2000. Call No: 71(411) MAR Author: Martin, Andrew CorpAuthor: NMS Publishing Limited; Royal Museum Source: UK Place: Edinburgh Publisher: NMS Publishing Limited; Royal Museum PubDate: 2000 PhysDes: viii, 134 p. : ill. ; 20 cm Series: Scotland's Past in Action Subject: SCOTLAND; HISTORY OF CINEMA. SCOTLAND; HISTORY OF CINEMA. SILENT PERIOD; HISTORY OF CINEMA. SOUND PERIOD; HISTORY OF CINEMA. TRANSITION SILENT-SOUND; HISTORY OF EXHIBITION. SCOTLAND; ORAL HISTORIES; CHILDREN AND THE CINEMA. SCOTLAND; CINEMAS. SCOTLAND; EXHIBITION. SCOTLAND; EXHIBITION OF SILENT FILMS. SCOTLAND; MEMORABILIA; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; EALING STUDIOS; BRIGADOON (US, Vincente Minnelli, 1954) Summary: "Take your seat ... sit back and relax ... as we whisk you back to the days of art deco palaces and local fleapits. To celebrate the 20th century's most popular art form, we feature the voices of cinema-goers from all over Scotland as they recollect the Silent days, the novelty of Talkies, secretive courting in the balconies, noisy children at matinees - and through it all, the sheer glamour of the Stars. We take you from Holyrood to Hollywood, starring Claudette Colbert, Gary Cooper and Betty Grable, and Odeons and Regals the length and breadth of Scotland." (Taken from back cover) Notes: Includes filmography, further reading ISBN: 1901663442 More info
book		Goldwyn : a biography / by A. Scott Berg London: Sphere Books, 1990. Call No: 81GOL BER Author: Berg, A. Scott Source: UK Place: London Publisher: Sphere Books PubDate: 1990 PhysDes: 580 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., facsim., ports. ; 20 cm. Subject: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; PARAMOUNT STUDIOS; GOLDWYN, SAMUEL Summary: A biography of Paramount and MGM studios co-founder and executive Samuel Goldwyn. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN: 074740593 Donation: Donated by Simon Wincer Contents: Part one: Exodus -- New York -- Synapsis -- Dramatis personae -- Musical chairs -- A name for himself -- The business of America -- Elba -- Leading Ladies -- Canaan -- Part two: Making whoopee -- Coming of age -- "That little something extra" -- "the Goldwyn touch" -- Best years -- The plague -- Dinosaurs -- A slow fade to black -- Acknowledgements -- Notes and sources -- Index More info
book		Heyday / Dore Schary Boston: Little, Brown and Company, Call No: 81 SCH SCH Author: Schary, Dore Edition: 1979 Place: Boston Publisher: Little, Brown and Company PhysDes: x, 388 pages : illustrated ; 25 cm Subject: SCHARY, DORE; BLACKLISTING. USA; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ISBN: 0316772704 More info
book		The Hollywood cage / Charles Hamblett New York: Hart Publishing Company, 1969. Call No: 46(794) HAM Author: Hamblett, Charles Source: US Place: New York Publisher: Hart Publishing Company PubDate: 1969 PhysDes: 435 p. : ill., ports ; 24 cm Series: Includes index Subject: HOLLYWOOD; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; TYPE CHARACTERS IN FILMS; TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX; WARNER BROS.; ANDERSON, ERNIE; ARMSTRONG, LOUIS; BACALL, LAUREN; BARRYMORE, JOHN; BOGART, HUMPHREY; BRANDO, MARLON; BURTON, RICHARD; CLIFT, MONTGOMERY; DAVIS, SAMMY, Jr.; DEAN, JAMES; FLYNN, ERROL; GABLE, CLARK; HATHAWAY, HENRY; HUSTON, JOHN; LOREN, SOPHIA; MONROE, MARILYN; MILLER, ARTHUR; NOVAK, KIM; PECK, GREGORY; PONTI, CARLO; SENNETT, MACK; SINATRA, FRANK; TAYLOR, ELIZABETH; THALBERG, IRVING; WARNER, JACK L.; WAYNE, JOHN; WOOD, NATALIE; WOODWARD, JOANNE Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 More info
book		Hollywood in Havana : US cnema and revolutionary nationalism in Cuba before 1959 / Megan Feeney Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2019. Call No: 302(73:729.1) Author: Feeney, Megan Source: US Place: Chicago Publisher: The University of Chicago Press PubDate: 2019 PhysDes: viii, 320 pages: black and white illustrations; 23 cm. Subject: HOLLYWOOD; CUBA; CHAPLIN, CHARLES; CAPRA, FRANK; DISTRIBUTION; EXHIBITION; FILM NOIR; KAZAN, ELIA; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; PARAMOUNT STUDIOS; WARNER BROS.; GREAT DICTATOR, THE (US, Charles Chaplin, 1940); VIVA ZAPATA (US, Elia Kazan, 1952); TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE, THE (US, John Huston, 1948); MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (US, Frank Capra, 1939); FACE IN THE CROWD, A (US, Elia Kazan, 1957) Summary: "From the turn of the twentieth century through the late 1950s, Havana was a locus for American movie stars, with glamorous visitors including Errol Flynn, John Wayne, and Marlon Brando. In fact, Hollywood was seemingly everywhere in pre-Castro Havana, with movie theaters three to a block in places, widely circulated silver screen fanzines, and terms like “cowboy” and “gangster” entering Cuban vernacular speech. Hollywood in Havana uses this historical backdrop as the catalyst for a startling question: Did exposure to half a century of Hollywood pave the way for the Cuban Revolution of 1959? Megan Feeney argues that the freedom fighting extolled in American World War II dramas and the rebellious values and behaviors seen in postwar film noir helped condition Cuban audiences to expect and even demand purer forms of Cuban democracy and national sovereignty. At the same time, influential Cuban intellectuals worked to translate Hollywood ethics into revolutionary rhetoric—which, ironically, led to pointed critiques and subversions of the US presence in Cuba. Hollywood in Havana not only expands our notions of how American cinema was internalized around the world—it also broadens our view of the ongoing history of US-Cuban interactions, both cultural and political." -- Back cover. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN: 9780226593692 Contents: Introduction. Looking up: Hollywood and revolutionary Cuban nationalism -- The film business that unites: early US cinema in Havana, 1897-1928 -- Teaching eyes to see: the advent of Cuban film criticism, 1928-1934 -- Our men in Havana: Hollywood and good neighborly bonds, 1934-1941 -- You are men! fight for liberty! Hollywood heroes and the pan-American bonds of World War II -- Breaking the chains: Hollywood noir in postwar Havana, 1946-1952 -- Rebel idealism: Hollywood in Havana during the Batistato, 1952-1958 -- Epilogue: the show goes on: Hollywood in Havana after 1958. More info
journal article		The Hollywood Reporter. Hollywood 100 Years in The Hollywood Reporter (03/03/1987) vol.296 iss.10 p.S1-S140 PhysDes: Focus Issue Subject: HOLLYWOOD; INDUSTRY, FILM. USA; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1920's; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1930's; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1940's; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1950's; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1960's; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1970's; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1980's; HISTORY OF CINEMA. SILENT PERIOD; HISTORY OF CINEMA. TRANSITION SILENT-SOUND; HISTORY OF CINEMA. USA; ACTORS. USA; COSTUMES; MUSIC, FILM; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; UNITED ARTISTS; PARAMOUNT STUDIOS; TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX; COLUMBIA PICTURES Summary: A special edition of The Hollywood Reporter dedicated to Hollywood's centenary. Magazine looks at the formation of Hollywood, silent cinema, the Studio system, noted personalities, and the current industry. Articles focus on changing attitudes, costumes, actors, the coming of sound and musical scores and industry modernisation. More info
book		The Hollywood social problem film : madness, despair, and politics from the Depression to the fifties / Peter Roffman and Jim Purdy Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1981. Call No: 744 ROF Author: Roffman, Peter, 1950; Purdy, Jim, Place: Bloomington Publisher: Indiana University Press PubDate: 1981 PhysDes: x, 364 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm Subject: SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN FILMS. USA; DEPRESSION IN FILMS; DRUGS IN FILMS; MADNESS IN FILMS; BAD GUYS; FASCISM AND THE CINEMA; FALLEN WOMEN IN FILMS; DELINQUENTS IN FILMS; JEWS IN FILMS; BLACKS IN FILMS. USA; COMMUNISM AND THE CINEMA. USA; BLACKLISTING. USA; JOURNALISTS IN FILMS; POLITICAL PERSONALITIES IN FILMS; POPULISM AND THE CINEMA. USA; RACIAL PROBLEMS IN FILMS; RURAL LIFE IN FILMS; WARNER BROS.; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; LANG, FRITZ; BORZAGE, FRANK; CHAPLIN, CHARLES; GARFIELD, JOHN; CAPRA, FRANK; VIDOR, KING; BLACK LEGION (US, Archie L. Mayo, 1936); CABIN IN THE COTTON, THE (US, Michael Curtiz, 1932); DEAD END (US, William Wyler, 1937); FORCE OF EVIL (US, Abraham Polonsky, 1948); GABRIEL OVER THE WHITE HOUSE (US, Gregory La Cava, 1933); STATE'S ATTORNEY (US, George Archainbaud, 1932); SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS (US, Preston Sturges, 1942); THEY WON'T FORGET (US, Mervyn LeRoy, 1937); THREE COMRADES (US, Frank Borzage, 1938); GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT (US, Elia Kazan, 1947); I WAS A COMMUNIST FOR THE F.B.I. (US, Gordon Douglas, 1951); LAWLESS, THE (US, Joseph Losey, 1950); LAWYER MAN (US, Wilhelm Dieterle, 1932); LITTLE MAN, WHAT NOW? (US, Frank Borzage, 1934); MASSACRE (US, Alan Crosland, 1933); MEET JOHN DOE (US, Frank Capra, 1941); MOUTHPIECE, THE (US, James Flood & Elliott Nugent, 1932); OUR DAILY BREAD (US, King Vidor, 1934); PINKY (US, Elia Kazan, 1949); PRESIDENT VANISHES, THE (US, William Wellman, 1934); RIFFRAFF (US, J. Walter Ruben, 1936); [MISTER] MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (US, Frank Capra, 1936); [MISTER] MR SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (US, Frank Capra, 1939); MODERN TIMES (US, Charles Chaplin, 1936); MONSIEUR VERDOUX (US, Charles Chaplin, 1947); MORTAL STORM, THE (US, Frank Borzage, 1940); MY MAN GODFREY (US, Gregory La Cava, 1936); ON THE WATERFRONT (US, Elia Kazan, 1954); BODY AND SOUL (US, Robert Rossen, 1947); GRAPES OF WRATH, THE (US, John Ford, 1940); GREAT DICTATOR, THE (US, Charles Chaplin, 1940); HEROES FOR SALE (US, William A. Wellman, 1933); I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG (US, Mervyn LeRoy, 1932); IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (US, Frank Capra, 1946); SALT OF THE EARTH (US, Herbert J. Biberman, 1954); YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE (US, Fritz Lang, 1937) Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. 319-329; Filmography: p. 331-351 ISBN: 0253127076; 0253202612 (pbk.) LON: 1763505 More info
Interim book		The Hollywood story / Roy Pickard London: Viscount Books, 1986. Call No: 210.31 PIC Author: Pickard, Roy Source: UK Place: London Publisher: Viscount Books PubDate: 1986 PhysDes: 256 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32cm. Subject: HOLLYWOOD; BLOCKBUSTERS; WARNER BROS.; UNIVERSAL PICTURES; PARAMOUNT STUDIOS; RKO; COLUMBIA PICTURES; UNITED ARTISTS; WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX; ZANUCK, DARRYL F. Summary: A book about Hollywood; through the superstars, films, scandals and stories of the great studios that made Hollywood what it is. It is the story of Hollywood in its golden years, covering the period from sound cinema in the 1920s, up to the 1980s. ISBN: 0603038077 More info
book		The Hollywood studio system / Douglas Gomery Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1986. Call No: 210.31(73) GOM Author: Gomery, Douglas Place: Basingstoke Publisher: Macmillan PubDate: 1986 PhysDes: 213 p. : ill Series: British Film Institute cinema series Subject: HOLLYWOOD; STUDIO SYSTEM; PARAMOUNT STUDIOS; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; WARNER BROS.; RKO; UNIVERSAL PICTURES; COLUMBIA PICTURES; UNITED ARTISTS; MONOGRAM; REPUBLIC PICTURES Notes: Includes index ISBN: 0333325486 (pbk); 0333325478 (cased) LON: 3893007 More info
book		The Hollywood studio system : a history London: British Film Institute, 2005. Call No: 210.31(73) GOM Author: Douglas Gomery CorpAuthor: British Film Institute Place: London Publisher: British Film Institute PubDate: 2005 PhysDes: 333 p. ; 23 cm Subject: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; WARNER BROS.; COLUMBIA PICTURES; UNITED ARTISTS; RKO; HOLLYWOOD; STUDIOS, FILM. USA; PRODUCTION COMPANIES & STUDIOS. USA; PARAMOUNT STUDIOS; UNIVERSAL PICTURES; ZUKOR, ADOLPH; WASSERMAN, LEW; HISTORY OF CINEMA Summary: Despite being one of the most influential industries in the United States, indeed the world, the internal workings of the “dream factory” that is Hollywood is little understood outside the business. The Hollywood Studio System: A History is the first book to describe and analyse the complete development, classic operation, and reinvention of the global corporate entities which produce and distribute most of the films we watch…Gomery’s history tells the story of a “tale of two systems” using primary materials from a score of archives using primary materials from a score of archives across the United States as well as a close reading of both the business and trade press of the time, together with a range of photographs never before published. [Taken from back cover.] ISBN: 1844570649 More info
book		The Hollywood studios / Roy Pickard London: F. Muller, 1978. Call No: 71(73) PIC Author: Pickard, Roy Place: London Publisher: F. Muller PubDate: 1978 PhysDes: 530 p., [25] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm Subject: UNIVERSAL PICTURES; PARAMOUNT STUDIOS; UNITED ARTISTS; WARNER BROS.; WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS; COLUMBIA PICTURES; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; RKO; TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. [487]-491 ISBN: 0584104456 : ª14.95 LON: 1473681 More info
book		The Hollywood studios : house style in the golden age of the movies / Ethan Mordden New York: A.A. Knopf Distributed by Random House, 1988. Call No: 71(73) MOR Author: Mordden, Ethan, 1947 Edition: 1st ed Place: New York Publisher: A.A. Knopf Distributed by Random House PubDate: 1988 PhysDes: 387 p. : ill. ; 25 cm Subject: UNIVERSAL PICTURES; PARAMOUNT STUDIOS; WARNER BROS.; COLUMBIA PICTURES; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; RKO; TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX Notes: Includes index ISBN: 0394554043 LON: 5686733 5686733 More info
journal article		Int'l marketing meeting in London for United International Pictures in Australasian Cinema (29/10/1982) vol.11 iss.19 p.23 PhysDes: Article Subject: UNITED INTERNATIONAL PICTURES; ADVERTISING FOR FILMS; DARK CRYSTAL, THE (US, Jim Henson and Frank Oz, 1982); E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL (US, Steven Spielberg, 1982); UNIVERSAL PICTURES; PARAMOUNT STUDIOS; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; UNITED ARTISTS Summary: Article on the United International Pictures conference where they discussed films they will be distributing for Universal, Paramount, and MGM/UA in the upcoming months. More info
journal article		Jack Gordon appointed president int'l. motion picture distribution for MGM/UA Entertainment Co. in Australasian Cinema (5-18/8/1983) vol.12 iss.14 p.2 PhysDes: Article Subject: MGM/UA USE: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Summary: Announcement of Jack Gordon to president of international montion picture distribution for MGM/UA More info
book		John Huston / by Axel Madsen London: Robson, 1979. Call No: 81HUS MAD Author: Madsen, Axel Source: UK Place: London Publisher: Robson PubDate: 1979 PhysDes: vii,280p,[24]p of plates : ill, ports ; 23cm Subject: DIRECTORS; LOCATION SHOOTING; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; HUSTON, JOHN; AFRICAN QUEEN, THE (US, John Huston, 1952); BEAT THE DEVIL (UK, John Huston, 1953); FREUD (US, John Huston, 1962); MISFITS, THE (US, John Huston, 1961); MOBY DICK (UK, John Huston, 1956); MOULIN ROUGE (US, John Huston, 1952); NIGHT OF THE IGUANA, THE (US, John Huston, 1964); TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE, THE (US, John Huston, 1948) Summary: "JOHN HUSTON is a colourful biography of one of Hollywood's most celebrated and prolific film-makers. An epic tale of a man whose own life has been as vivid and dramatic as any of his films, it takes the reader from the family vaudeville tours of his youth, through his five marriages and world-wide travels up to the present day." [Taken from book jacket] Notes: Originally published: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1978; Bibl.: p.266-267. - List of films: p.258-265. - Index ISBN: 0860510743 LON: isb86051074; 2613950 More info
book		Kiss Hollywood goodbye / Anita Loos Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1979, c1974. Call No: 81LOO LOO Author: Loos, Anita Source: UK Place: Harmondsworth Publisher: Penguin Books PubDate: 1979, c1974 PhysDes: 217 p. ; 18 cm Subject: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; SCRIPTWRITERS. USA; HOLLYWOOD; LOOS, ANITA Summary: An autobiographical account of Anita Loos' career in scriptwriting and her recollections of Hollywood from the 1920's onwards. Notes: Filmography: p. 205-216 ISBN: 014004602X More info
book		The Lion's share : the story of an entertainment empire / by Bosley Crowther New York: Dutton, 1957. Call No: 19MET CRO Author: Crowther, Bosley Place: New York Publisher: Dutton PubDate: 1957 PhysDes: 320 p. : ill. ; 21 cm Subject: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; BEN HUR (US, Fred Niblo, 1925); GARBO, GRETA; THALBERG, IRVING; MAYER, LOUIS B.; GONE WITH THE WIND (US, Victor Fleming, 1939) Notes: Includes index LON: 1759649 More info
journal article		Lippincott named VP, MGM/UA Distributors in The Australasian Cinema (5/3/1982) vol.11 iss.3 p.2 PhysDes: Article Subject: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; UNITED ARTISTS; DISTRIBUTION Summary: Announcement of Charles M. Lippincott to vice-president, Motion Picture Acquisitions for MGM/UA distributors. More info
book		The magic factory : how MGM made An American in Paris / Foreword by Andrew Sarris New York: Praeger, 1973]. Call No: 79AME KNO Author: Knox, Donald, 1936 Place: New York Publisher: Praeger PubDate: 1973] PhysDes: xix, 217 p. ; 24 cm Subject: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; AMERICAN IN PARIS, AN (US, Vincente Minnelli, 1951) LON: 72089638; 592870 More info
book		Mayer and Thalberg : the make-believe saints / by Samuel Marx New York: Random House, [1975]. Call No: 19MET MAR Author: Marx, Samuel, 1902 Edition: 1st ed Place: New York Publisher: Random House PubDate: [1975] PhysDes: xiv, 273 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm Subject: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; MAYER, LOUIS B.; THALBERG, IRVING; BERN, PAUL Notes: Includes index ISBN: 0394488423 LON: 456366 456366 More info
Online resource digital clippings file		Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Digital clippings file available Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; DIGITAL CLIPPINGS FILE PhysDes: Clippings Subject: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer URL status: URL: 'http://file://Q:/S/MGM.zip' Checked: 31/08/2021 12:44:19 PM Status: Error Details: Failed to send HTTP request (WinHttpSendRequest) More info
journal article		MGM moves over to Fox in Movie Trader (Jul 1999) p.1 PhysDes: Article Subject: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; UNITED INTERNATIONAL PICTURES; DISTRIBUTION Summary: MGM have signed a distribution agreement with 20th Century Fox. This deal could impact on future operations of UIP. More info
journal article		MGM's "Cannery Row" for 700 theatres in Australasian Cinema (16/4/1982) vol.11 iss.6 p.2 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. More info
journal article		MGM's old staff reunion shows great company spirit in Australasian Cinema (Friday, 16/8/1985) vol.14 iss.13 p.8 Subject: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Summary: Article on the success of the annual MGM reunion More info
book		The MGM stock company : the golden era / [by] James Robert Parish and Ronald L. Bowers ; editor: T. Allan Taylor ; Research associates: John Robert Cocchi [and] Florence Solomon; photo associate: Gene Andrewski New Rochelle, N.Y.: Arlington House, [1973]. Call No: 19MET PAR Author: Parish, James Robert; Bowers, Ronald L, joint author Place: New Rochelle, N.Y. Publisher: Arlington House PubDate: [1973] PhysDes: 862 p. illus. 24 cm Subject: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ISBN: 0870001280 LON: 721496 More info
book		The MGM story : the complete history of fifty roaring years / by John Douglas Eames New York: Crown Publishers, c1975. Call No: 19MET EAM; FOLIO Author: Eames, John Douglas, 1915 Place: New York Publisher: Crown Publishers PubDate: c1975 PhysDes: 400 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 33 cm Subject: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Notes: Includes index ISBN: 0517523892 : $25.00 LON: 280621 280621 More info
journal article		MGM studios to go ending an era in Australasian Cinema (Friday, 8/8/1986) vol.14 iss.14 p.20 Subject: MGM USE: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Summary: Article on how T.B.S, having acquired MGM for $1.5 billion, has decided to unload MGM's assets, except the film library More info
journal article		MGM/UA ups income 3% in Australasian Cinema (Friday, 30/11/1984) vol.13 iss.20 p.2 Subject: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; UNITED ARTISTS; INDUSTRY, FILM. USA Summary: Article on the 3 per cent income risefor MGM/UA compared to 1983 More info
book		The Moguls / Norman Zierold New York: Coward-McCann, 1969. Call No: 802.091.11 ZIE Author: Zierold, Norman Edition: 1969 Place: New York Publisher: Coward-McCann PubDate: 1969 PhysDes: 22 cm ; 354 pages Subject: HOLLYWOOD; SELZNICK, DAVID O.; LAEMMLE, CARL; GOLDWYN, SAMUEL; PARAMOUNT STUDIOS; WARNER BROS.; TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; MAYER, LOUIS B.; DEMILLE, CECIL B.; COHN, HARRY; SCHULBERG, BUDD AFIRC Location: Stacks More info
book		Motion Picture Empire / Gertrude Jobes Hamden, Connecticut: Archon Books, 1966. Call No: 210.31(73) JOB Author: Jobes, Gertrude Edition: 1966 Source: US Place: Hamden, Connecticut Publisher: Archon Books PubDate: 1966 PhysDes: 398 p., [28] p. of plates : ill., facism. ports. ; 24 cm. Subject: INDUSTRY, FILM. USA; WARNER BROS.; PARAMOUNT STUDIOS; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX; FINANCING; STUDIOS, FILM Notes: Includes index.; Bibliography: p. 378-381. More info
book		The movie moguls : an informal history of Hollywood tycoons / Philip French Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin, 1971. Call No: 802.091.11 FRE Author: French, Philip Source: UK Place: Harmondsworth, Middlesex Publisher: Penguin PubDate: 1971 PhysDes: 208 p., [16] p. of plates ; 18 cm Subject: HISTORY AND THE CINEMA. USA; HOLLYWOOD; INDUSTRY, FILM; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; MOTION PICTURE PRODUCERS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF AMERICA; STUDIO SYSTEM; PARAMOUNT STUDIOS; TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX; UNIVERSAL PICTURES; UNITED ARTISTS; WARNER BROS.; COHN, HARRY; DEMILLE, CECIL B.; DISNEY, WALT; KATZ, SAM; KENNEDY JOSEPH P.; LAEMMLE, CARL; LASKY, JESSE; SCHARY, DORE; SCHULBERG, BUDD; SCHENCK, JOSEPH M; SELZNICK, DAVID O.; SHEARER, NORMA; SKOURAS, SPYROS; SINCLAIR, UPTON; THALBERG, IRVING; WANGER, WALTER; STROHEIN, ERICH VON; ZANUCK, DARRYL F.; ZANUCK, RICHARD; ZUKOR, ADOLPH Notes: includes bibliographical references and index ISBN: 297762664 Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 More info
journal article		New video deal set up by Video Classics in Australasian Cinema (11/3/1983) vol.12 iss.4 p.1 PhysDes: Article Subject: VIDEO CLASSICS; DISTRIBUTION. AUSTRALIA; VIDEO, FILMS ON. AUSTRALIA; UNITED INTERNATIONAL PICTURES; PARAMOUNT STUDIOS; UNIVERSAL PICTURES; UNITED ARTISTS; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; ROCKY III (US, Sylvester Stallone, 1982); STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN (US, Nicholas Meyer, 1982); THING, THE (US, John Carpenter, 1982); SHOGUN ASSASSIN (US, Robert Huston, 1980); GREASE 2 (US, Patricia Birch, 1982); POLTERGEIST (US, Tobe Hooper, 1982); URBAN COWBOY (US, James Bridges, 1980) Summary: Article on deal struck between Video Classics and United International Pictures wherein Video Classics has exclusive rights to distributing numerous blockbusters on video in Australia through their VidAustralia outlet. More info
book		Of mice and magic : a history of American animated cartoons / Leonard Maltin / Jerry Beck New York: New American Library, c1980. Call No: 772(73) MAL Author: Maltin, Leonard Place: New York Publisher: New American Library PubDate: c1980 PhysDes: ix, 470 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm Subject: CARTOONS. USA; COLUMBIA PICTURES; WARNER BROS.; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; PARAMOUNT STUDIOS; UPA; WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS; DISNEY, WALT; VAN BEUREN STUDIOS; FLEISCHER, MAX; TERRY, PAUL; IWERKS, UB; LANTZ, WALTER Notes: Includes filmographies and index LON: 1721928 More info
journal article		Oscar, BAFTA nods spark overseas business for 'The French Lieutenant's Woman' in Australasian Cinema (16/4/1982) vol.11 iss.6 p.4 PhysDes: Article Subject: FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN, THE (UK, Karel Reisz, 1981); ACADEMY AWARDS; BRITISH ACADEMY OF FILM AND TELEVISION ARTS; REISZ, KAREL; BOX OFFICE; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; UNITED ARTISTS Summary: Article on the critical and commercial success of 'the French Lieutenant's Woman'. More info
journal article		Paul Williams to write "NIMH" songs in Australasian Cinema (18/6/1982) vol.11 iss.10 p.7 PhysDes: Article Subject: MUSIC, FILM; ANIMATION; WILLIAMS, PAUL; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; UNITED ARTISTS Summary: Article on Paul Williams' career and future musical score for 'The Secrets of NIMH'. More info
book		Peter Lawford : the man who kept the secrets / James Spada New York: Bantam Books, 1992. Call No: 81LAW SPA Author: Spada, James Source: US Place: New York Publisher: Bantam Books PubDate: 1992 PhysDes: 564 p. ; 21 cm Subject: RAT PACK, THE; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; LAWFORD, PETER; SINATRA, FRANK; ASHER, WILLIAM; DAVIS, SAMMY, Jr. ISBN: 0553297147 Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006; donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 More info
book		Pictures will talk : the life and films of Joseph L. Mankiewicz / by Kenneth L. Geist New York: Scribner, 1978. Call No: 81MAN GEI Author: Geist, Kenneth L Place: New York Publisher: Scribner PubDate: 1978 PhysDes: xiii, 443 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Subject: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX; UNITED ARTISTS; WANGER, WALTER; WARNER BROS.; BENTON, ROBERT; CAINE, MICHAEL; Crawford, Joan; MANKIEWICZ, JOSEPH L.; HEPBURN, KATHARINE; ALL ABOUT EVE (US, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1950); BAREFOOT CONTESSA, THE (US, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1954); CLEOPATRA (US, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1963) Notes: "The films of Joseph L. Mankiewicz": p. [401]-429; Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN: 0684155001 : $12.95 LON: 78001104; 1121216 More info
journal article		Piracy on the High Screens cost trio $1.3m in Australasian Cinema (14/5/1982) vol.11 iss.8 p.1 PhysDes: Article Subject: CHARIOTS OF FIRE (UK, Hugh Hudson, 1981); PIRACY; DISTRIBUTION; COPYRIGHT; THORN EMI; WARNER BROS.; TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Summary: London piracy case where pirates had to pay $1.3m to studios. More info
journal article		Promotion for 'Beast' in Australasian Cinema (16/4/1982) vol.11 iss.6 p.4 PhysDes: Article Subject: BEAST WITHIN, THE (US, Philippe Mora, 1982); MORA, PHILIPPE; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; UNITED ARTISTS; ADVERTISING FOR FILMS Summary: Article on the preview screening of 'The Beast Within' which included give-aways and a dress-up competition. More info
journal article		The real Ed Ricketts finally on film in Australasian Cinema (16/07/1982) vol.11 iss.12 p.8a PhysDes: Article Subject: CANNERY ROW (US, David S. Ward, 1982); WARD, DAVID S.; WINGER, DEBRA; NOLTE, NICK; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Summary: Synopsis of 'Cannery Row', including a history of John Steinbeck writing the novel. More info
book		Romantic comedy in Hollywood : from Lubitsch to Sturges / James Harvey New York: Knopf, 1987. Call No: 732(73) HAR Author: Harvey, James, 1929 Edition: 1st ed Source: US Place: New York Publisher: Knopf PubDate: 1987 PhysDes: xii, 716 p. : ill. ; 25 cm Subject: ACTORS; COMEDIES; DIRECTORS; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1930's; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1940's; HOLLYWOOD; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; ROMANTIC COMEDY; ROMANTIC FILMS. USA; PARAMOUNT STUDIOS; STAR SYSTEM; ARTHUR, JEAN; ASTAIRE, FRED; BRACKEN, EDDIE; CAGNEY, JAMES; CAPRA, FRANK; COLBERT, CLAUDETTE; COOPER, GARY; DUNNE, IRENE; GABLE, CLARK; GRANT, CARY; HARLOW, JEAN; HAWKS, HOWARD; LA CAVA, GREGORY; Lombard, Carole; LOY, MYRNA; LUBITSCH, ERNST; MCCAREY, LEO; MCCREA, JOEL; POWELL, WILLIAM; ROGERS, GINGER; Stanwyck, Barbara; STEVENS, GEORGE; STURGES, PRESTON; AWFUL TRUTH, THE (US, Leo McCarey, 1937); BRINGING UP BABY (US, Howard Hawks, 1938); FIFTH AVENUE GIRL (US, Gregory La Cava, 1939); HIS GIRL FRIDAY (US, Howard Hawks, 1940); IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (US, Frank Capra, 1934); LADY EVE, THE (US, Preston Sturges, 1941); LOVE PARADE, THE (US, Ernst Lubitsch, 1929); NINOTCHKA (US, Ernst Lubitsch, 1939); PALM BEACH STORY, THE (US, Preston Sturgess, 1942); SHOP AROUND THE CORNER, THE (US, Ernst Lubitsch, 1940); TROUBLE IN PARADISE (US, Ernst Lubitsch, 1932); UNFAITHFULLY YOURS (US, Preston Sturges, 1948) Summary: "Reading ROMANTIC COMEDY is like going to the movies. It recreates for us movies we've come to love: movies the way they were when, in 1934, four in particular - IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT, TWENTIETH CENTURE, THE THIN MAN, and THE GAY DIVORCEE - heralded the arrival of the golden age of Hollywood romantic ("screwball") comedy. Over the next ten years, some of Hollywood's brightest directors and stars turned out some of America's most enduring and beloved films. The screwballs - slangy, irreverent, playful, skeptical, and "powerfully, glamorously in love with love" - constitute a genre of American film unique in its combination of the innocent and the worldly, of swank and slapstick. Now critic James Harvey - writing with brilliance and humor - gives us the first truly comprehensive book about these movies and the people who made them." [Taken from book jacket] Notes: Includes index ISBN: 0394503392 LON: 5273661 More info
book		The saga of special effects / Ron Fry and Pamela Fourzon London: Robert Hale & Company, 1978. Call No: 236 FRY Author: Fry, Ron; Fourzon, Pamela Source: UK Place: London Publisher: Robert Hale & Company PubDate: 1978 PhysDes: 212 p. ; 29 cm Subject: ANIMATION; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; MINIATURE WORK; MODEL WORK; MONSTERS IN FILMS; ROBOTS IN FILMS; SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS; SPECIAL EFFECTS; SPECIAL EFFECTS DESIGNERS; STOP-MOTION TECHNIQUE; STORMS IN FILMS; WORLD WAR II AND THE CINEMA; COOPER, MERIAN C.; FULTON, JOHN P.; DEMILLE, CECIL B.; DISNEY, WALT; DUNN, LINWOOD; GILLESPIE, A. ARNOLD; O'BRIEN, WILLIS; PAL, GEORGE; EARTHQUAKE (US, Mark Robson, 1974); KING KONG (US, Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack, 1933); 20, 000 [TWENTY THOUSAND] LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (US, Richard Fleischer, 1954) ISBN: 0709170738 Contents: 1. A definition of "special effects" -- 2. The birth of an industry: Edison, Melies, Urban, Paul, and Porter -- 3. Epics without soundtracks: Griffith, Sennett, Keaton, and Lang -- 4. The entertainment decade: Warner's sound, Dunn's optical printer, and O'Brien's King Kong -- 5. Re-creating a world at war: Gillespie, Jennings, Edouart, Hitchcock, and Disney -- 6. The creature-ridden fifties: Pal, Corman, Howard, Japan's Toho studios, Harryhausen and De Mille -- 7. The spectacular sixties, from The time machine to 2001: Vogel, Cruickshank, Danforth, Lee, and Knoth -- 8. The "disastrous" seventies: Allen, Trumbull, Abbott, Mattey, Robinson, Whitlock, and Von Buelow -- Epilogue: De Laurentis' King Kong - the present (and future) of special effects More info
book		The search for Sam Goldwyn : a biography / Carol Easton New York: William Morrow & Co., Inc, 1976. Call No: 81GOL EAS Author: Easton, Carol Source: US Place: New York Publisher: William Morrow & Co., Inc PubDate: 1976 PhysDes: 304 p. ; 26 cm Subject: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; GOLDWYN, SAMUEL; COOPER, GARY; COLMAN, RONALD; OLIVIER, LAURENCE; WYLER, WILLIAM; HELLMAN, LILLIAN; HAWKS, HOWARD; FORD, JOHN; CANTOR, EDDIE; BERKELEY, BUSBY; KAYE, DANNY; SQUAW MAN, THE (US, Oscar C. Apfel & Cecil B. DeMille, 1914); WUTHERING HEIGHTS (US, William Wyler, 1939); ARROWSMITH (US, John Ford, 1931); DODSWORTH (US, William Wyler, 1936); LITTLE FOXES, THE (US, William Wyler, 1941); PRIDE OF THE YANKEES, THE (US, Sam Wood, 1942); BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, THE (US, William Wyler, 1946) ISBN: 0688030076 Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 More info
book		Showboat : the story of a classic American musical / Miles Kreuger New York: Oxford University Press, 1977. Call No: 751.1 KRE Author: Kreuger, Miles Source: US Place: New York Publisher: Oxford University Press PubDate: 1977 PhysDes: x, 246 p. : ill. ; 29 cm Subject: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; MUSIC AND THE CINEMA; MUSICALS. USA; THEATRE AND THE CINEMA; BALLARD, LUCIEN; BROWN, JOE E.; DUNNE, IRENE; FERBER, ENDA; GARDNER, AVA; HAMMERSTEIN, OSCAR, II; KERN, JEROME; LA PLANTE, LAURA; ROBESON, PAUL; RODGERS, RICHARD; ZIEGFELD, FLORENZ; TILL THE CLOUDS ROLL BY (US, Richard Whorf, 1946); SHOWBOAT (US, Harry A. Pollard, 1929); SHOWBOAT (US, George Sidney, 1951) Notes: Discography: p. 236-239 Includes index ISBN: 0195022750 Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 More info
journal article		"The House Where Evil Dwells" wins sciene fict. award in Australasian Cinema (2/4/1982) vol.11 iss.5 p.2 PhysDes: Article Subject: HOUSE WHERE EVIL DWELLS, THE (US, Kevin Connor, 1982); Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; UNITED ARTISTS; SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS Summary: Article on 'The House Where Evil Dwells' receiving a science-fiction award. More info
journal article		"The Hunger" now lensing in Australasian Cinema (16/4/1982) vol.11 iss.6 p.4 Call No: PERSONALITY CLIPPINGS FILE PhysDes: Article Subject: HUNGER, THE (US, Tony Scott, 1983); SCOTT, TONY; DENEUVE, CATHERINE; BOWIE, DAVID; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Summary: Synopsis of 'The Hunger' More info
journal article		"The Volunteer" a production for MGM in Australasian Cinema (30/4/1982) vol.11 iss.7 p.3 PhysDes: Article Subject: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Summary: Announcement of 'the Volunteer' becoming a film, produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer and directed by Carl Gottlieb.It appears the film was never made. More info
journal article		"The Year of Living Dangerously" begins lensing in Australasian Cinema (2/4/1982) vol.11 iss.5 p.2 PhysDes: Article Subject: YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY, THE (AT, Peter Weir, 1982); WEIR, PETER; Gibson, Mel; WEAVER, SIGOURNEY; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; INDUSTRY, FILM. AUSTRALIA; FINANCING; ADVERTISING FOR FILMS; DISTRIBUTION Summary: article on the commencement of 'The Year of Living Dangerously' which is the first Australian film to be wholly financed by an American studio. More info
journal article		'The Year of Living Dangerously' in '83 Cannes Festival competition in Australasian Cinema (11/3/1983) vol.12 iss.4 p.2 PhysDes: Article Subject: YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY, THE (AT, Peter Weir, 1982); Gibson, Mel; WEAVER, SIGOURNEY; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; CANNES FILM FESTIVAL Summary: Report on 'The Year of Living Dangerously' screening at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival. More info
journal article		Two new 'Pink Panther' films underway in The Australasian Cinema (19/3/1982) vol.11 iss.4 p.18 PhysDes: Article Subject: TRAIL OF THE PINK PANTHER (UK, Blake Edwards, 1982); CURSE OF THE PINK PANTHER (US, Blake Edwards, 1983); EDWARDS, BLAKE; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; UNITED ARTISTS; SELLERS, PETER Summary: Article on two new Pink Panther films to be directed by Blake Edwards: 'Trail of the Pink Panther' and 'Curse of the Pink Panther'. More info
journal article		United International Pictures Formed in Australasian Cinema (16/4/1982) vol.11 iss.6 p.1 PhysDes: Article Subject: UNITED INTERNATIONAL PICTURES; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; UNITED ARTISTS; PARAMOUNT STUDIOS; UNIVERSAL PICTURES; DISTRIBUTION; ADVERTISING FOR FILMS; FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN, THE (UK, Karel Reisz, 1981); RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (US, Steven Spielberg, 1981); STARSTRUCK (AT, Gillian Armstrong, 1982) Summary: Article on the formation of United International Pictures which will handle the distribution and marketing for MGM, Paramount, Universal, and U.A. throughout Australian Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu. More info
journal article		Year of Living Dangerously in Australasian Cinema (14/5/1982) vol.11 iss.8 p.3 PhysDes: Article Subject: YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY, THE (AT, Peter Weir, 1982); WEIR, PETER; Gibson, Mel; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; DISTRIBUTION; MCELROY, JIM Summary: Article on Freddie Fields'- of MGM- visit to the set of 'The Year of Living Dangerously', the first Australian film to be produced and distributed by a Hollywood Studio. More info
journal article		'Yentl' now lensing in Australasian Cinema (14/5/1982) vol.11 iss.8 p.7 PhysDes: Article Subject: YENTL (US, Barbara Streisand, 1983); STREISAND, BARBRA; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; UNITED ARTISTS Summary: Article on the commencement of filming for 'Yentl', as well a a brief synopsis and history of the film. More info

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