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book		Broadway & Hollywood : costumes designed by Irene Sharaff / Irene Sharaff New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1976. Call No: 226.4 SHA Author: Sharaff, Irene Place: New York Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. PubDate: 1976 PhysDes: 136 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm Subject: COSTUMES; SHARAFF, IRENE; TAYLOR, ELIZABETH; ADRIAN, GILBERT; GREAT WHITE HOPE, THE (US, Martin Ritt, 1970); KING AND I, THE (US, Walter Lang, 1956); CAN-CAN (US, Walter Lang, 1960); JUSTINE (US, George Cukor, 1969); PORGY AND BESS (US, Otto Preminger, 1959); WEST SIDE STORY (US, Robert Wise, 1961); MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (US, Vincente Minnelli, 1944); AMERICAN IN PARIS, AN (US, Vincente Minnelli, 1951) Notes: Includes index ISBN: 0442275277 : $12.50 LON: 747228 More info
book		Burton / Hollis Alpert Markham, Ontario: Paperjacks, 1987. Call No: 81BUR ALP Author: Alpert, Hollis Source: CN Place: Markham, Ontario Publisher: Paperjacks PubDate: 1987 PhysDes: 270 p. ; 18 cm Subject: BURTON, RICHARD; TAYLOR, ELIZABETH ISBN: 0770105459 Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 More info
book		Five for Hollywood / John Parker London: Macmillan London, 1989. Call No: 802.27 PAR Author: Parker, John, 1938 (Aug. 5) Place: London Publisher: Macmillan London PubDate: 1989 PhysDes: [800]p, [16]p of plates : ports ; 24cm Subject: TAYLOR, ELIZABETH; WOOD, NATALIE; DEAN, JAMES; CLIFT, MONTGOMERY; HUDSON, ROCK Notes: Cinema films. Acting. Stars. - Biographies - Collections (BNB/PRECIS) ISBN: 0333480511 : ª12.95 : CIP confirmed LON: 6577564 6577564 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 color portraits / by John Kobal, Introduction by Carlos Clarens New York: Quill, c1981. Call No: 802.27(084.2) KOB Author: Kobal, John Edition: 1st Quill ed. Source: US Place: New York Publisher: Quill PubDate: c1981 PhysDes: 159 p. : col. ill. ; 30cm Subject: ACTORS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE CINEMA; HOLLYWOOD; FIELDS, W.C.; WEST, MAE; COLBERT, CLAUDETTE; DIETRICH, MARLENE; LAMOUR, DOROTHY; SWANSON, GLORIA; SOTHERN, ANN; MACDONALD, JEANETTE; Stewart, James; YOUNG, LORETTA; COOPER, GARY; LEIGH, VIVIEN; TURNER, LANA; GARLAND, JUDY; ROONEY, MICKEY; MONTEZ, MARIA; DE HAVILLAND, OLIVIA; FONTAINE, JOAN; FAIRBANKS, DOUGLAS; DAVIS, BETTE; BOGART, HUMPHREY; LAMARR, HEDY; SHERIDAN, ANN; TIERNEY, GENE; LAKE, VERONICA; LADD, ALAN; CAGNEY, JAMES; BERGMAN, INGRID; GODDARD, PAULETEE; WAYNE, JOHN; Grable, Betty; COOPER, GARY; TAYLOR, ROBERT; POWER, TYRONE; HUTTON, BETTY; ASTAIRE, FRED; DARNELL, LINDA; SINATRA, FRANK; ROGERS, ROY; TRIGGER (Horse); PAL (Canine actor); BACALL, LAUREN; LANCASTER, BURT; SCOTT, LIZABETH; DOUGLAS, KIRK; MIRANDA, CARMEN; JONES, JENNIFER; FORD, GLENN; BALL, LUCILLE; OBERON, MERLE; PECK, GREGORY; DIETRICH, MARLENE; GRAHAME, GLORIA; GRANT, CARY; HAYWORTH, RITA; VALLI, ALIDA; JOURDAN, LOUIS; TAYLOR, ELIZABETH; ROBERT, RYAN; MITCHUM, ROBERT; CHARISSE, CYD; BARKER, LEX; RUSSELL, JANE; GARBO, GRETA; CLIFT, MONTGOMERY; GARDNER, AVA; TURNER, LANA; MONROE, MARILYN; CRAWFORD, JOAN; DEAN, JAMES; NOVAK, KIM; MANSFIELD, JAYNE; PRESLEY, ELVIS; BRANDO, MARLON Summary: "John Kobal, the world's foremost film archivist, has amassed an unrivaled photographic treasure of Hollywood glamour portraits. As an author and noted film historian, he has also been a major force behind the tremendous revival of interest in the work of the great studio photographers such as George Hurrell, Ted Allan, Lazlo Willinger, and Clarence Sinclair Bull. The selection of photographs in this book extends from the mid-1930s to the 1950s, the period in which color photography became established in Hollywood, and contains 74 spectacular images of the major stars." -- BOOK JACKET Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 17); Book contains pictures of various Hollywood actors ISBN: 0688007538 More info
book		Lovers / Linda Sunshine Atlanta, Ga.: Turner Pub., c1992. Call No: 802.27 SUN Author: Sunshine, Linda Edition: 1st ed Place: Atlanta, Ga. Publisher: Turner Pub. PubDate: c1992 PhysDes: 204 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Subject: LOVE IN FILMS; GARBO, GRETA; GILBERT, JOHN; GABLE, CLARK; HARLOW, JEAN; Crawford, Joan; ASTAIRE, FRED; ROGERS, GINGER; LOY, MYRNA; MACDONALD, JEANETTE; EDDY, NELSON; FLYNN, ERROL; DE HAVILLAND, OLIVIA; POWELL, WILLIAM; PIDGEON, WALTER; GARLAND, JUDY; ROONEY, MICKEY; GARSON, GREER; BOGART, HUMPHREY; BACALL, LAUREN; LEIGH, VIVIEN; OLIVIER, LAURENCE; TAYLOR, ELIZABETH; BURTON, RICHARD; NEWMAN, PAUL; WOODWARD, JOANNE; TRACY, SPENCER; HEPBURN, KATHARINE; ALLEN, WOODY; Keaton, Diane; FARROW, MIA Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 201), filmographies, and index ISBN: 1878685031 : $29.95 LON: 8931051 More info
Interim book		Montgomery Clift : a biography / by Patricia Bosworth New York: Bantam Books, 1979, c1978. Call No: 81CLI BOS Author: Bosworth, Patricia Edition: Bantam ed. Source: US Place: New York Publisher: Bantam Books PubDate: 1979, c1978 PhysDes: xi, 433 p., [32] pages of plates : ill. ; 18 cm Subject: CLIFT, MONTGOMERY; BRANDO, MARLON; TAYLOR, ELIZABETH; PLACE IN THE SUN, A (US, George Stevens, 1951); RAINTREE COUNTRY (US, Edward Dmytryk, 1957); FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (US, Fred Zinneman, 1953); FREUD (US, John Huston, 1962) Summary: A biography about the actor Montgomery Clift. Includes a complete filmography and a list of his theatre performances. ISBN: 0553170023 More info
book		Movie star : a look at the women who made Hollywood / by Ethan Mordden New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983. Call No: 451-02 MOR Author: Mordden, Ethan, 1947 Place: New York Publisher: St. Martin's Press PubDate: 1983 PhysDes: xii, 296 p., [40] p. of plates : ports. ; 24 cm Subject: WOMEN IN FILMS; STAR SYSTEM; ACTORS; BOW, CLARA; SWANSON, GLORIA; PICKFORD, MARY; GISH, LILLIAN; GAYNOR, JANET; SHEARER, NORMA; GARBO, GRETA; Crawford, Joan; LOY, MYRNA; GARSON, GREER; DIETRICH, MARLENE; HARLOW, JEAN; WEST, MAE; Lombard, Carole; DAVIES, MARION; BALL, LUCILLE; HEPBURN, KATHARINE; RUSSELL, ROSALIND; FAYE, ALICE; Stanwyck, Barbara; DAVIS, BETTE; TEMPLE, SHIRLEY; GARLAND, JUDY; TAYLOR, ELIZABETH; HAYWORTH, RITA; Grable, Betty; GARDNER, AVA; MONROE, MARILYN; MANSFIELD, JAYNE; NOVAK, KIM; HOLLIDAY, JUDY; HEPBURN, AUDREY; DAY, DORIS; ANDREWS, JULIE; STREISAND, BARBRA; MINNELLI, LIZA; BERGMAN, INGRID; WELCH, RAQUEL; Keaton, Diane; FONDA, JANE; DRESSLER, MARIE; DUNNE, IRENE; LAWRENCE, FLORENCE; BARA, THEDA; MURRAY, MAE; MOORE, COLLEEN; ALLEN, GRACIE; BLONDELL, JOAN; TOMLIN, LILY Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. [285]-289 ISBN: 0312550502 (pbk.); 0312550499 LON: 83003024; 2457302 More info
Old collection book		Movies / Manny Farber New York: Hillstone, Call No: 67(04) FAR Author: Farber, Manny Place: New York Publisher: Hillstone PhysDes: viii, 288 p., [18] of plates : ill. ; 21 cm. Subject: ACTORS; EXPERIMENTAL FILMS; FESTIVALS. NEW YORK; UNDERGROUND FILMS; AGEE, JAMES; ALDRICH, ROBERT; ANTONIONI, MICHELANGELO; BERGMAN, INGMAR; BOGARDE, DIRK; BOGART, HUMPHREY; BRESSON, ROBERT; BUNUEL, LUIS; BURTON, RICHARD; DENEUVE, CATHERINE; FONDA, HENRY; FORD, JOHN; FULLER, SAMUEL; GODARD, JEAN-LUC; HAWKS, HOWARD; HITCHCOCK, ALFRED; HUSTON, JOHN; KAZAN, ELIA; MANN, ANTHONY; MOREAU, JEANNE; SIEGEL, DON; SNOW, MICHAEL; STEVENS, GEORGE; STURGES, PRESTON; TAYLOR, ELIZABETH; ASPHALT JUNGLE, THE (US, John Huston, 1950); BELLE DE JOUR (FR/IT, Luis Bunuel, 1967); BIG CLOCK, THE (US, John Farrow, 1947); BIG SLEEP, THE (US, Howard Hawkes, 1946); BODY SNATCHER, THE (US, Robert Wise, 1945); CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE, THE (US, Gunther von Fritsch & Robert Wise, 1944); DETECTIVE STORY (US, William Wyler, 1951); FLAMING STAR (US, Don Siegel, 1960); HIGH SIERRA (US, Raoul Walsh, 1941); HIS KIND OF WOMAN (US, John Farrow, 1951); HIS GIRL FRIDAY (US, Howard Hawks, 1940); KILLERS, THE (US, Robert Siodmak, 1946); ODD MAN OUT (UK, Carol Reed, 1947); LADY FROM SHANGHAI, THE (US, Orson Welles, 1948); PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET (US, Samuel Fuller, 1953); PROWLER, THE (US, Joseph Losey, 1950); RED RIVER (US, Howard Hawks, 1948); ROARING TWENTIES, THE (US, Raoul Walsh, 1939); SCAR OF SHAME, THE (US, Frank Peregini, 1927); SET-UP (US, Kathryn Bigelow, 1978); SKAMMEN (SW, Ingmar Bergman, 1968); SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS (US, Preston Sturges, 1942); SUNSET BOULEVARD (US, Billy Wilder, 1950); THIRD MAN, THE (UK, Carol Reed, 1949) Notes: Includes index.; Orginally published as: Negative space More info
book		My life with Cleopatra / by Walter Wanger and Joe Hyams London [England]: Transworld Publishers, [1963]. Call No: 79CLE WAN Author: Wanger, Walter; Hyams, Joe Place: London [England] Publisher: Transworld Publishers PubDate: [1963] PhysDes: 182 p. ; 18 cm Subject: TAYLOR, ELIZABETH; CLEOPATRA (US, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1963) LON: abn83063086; 1941902 More info
book		Richard & Elizabeth / Lester David & Jhan Robbins New York: Funk & Wagnalls, c1977. Call No: 802.27 DAV Author: David, Lester; Robbins, Jhan, joint author Place: New York Publisher: Funk & Wagnalls PubDate: c1977 PhysDes: 242 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Subject: BURTON, RICHARD; TAYLOR, ELIZABETH Notes: Includes index ISBN: 0308102940 LON: 776942 More info
book		Scratch an actor : confessions of a Hollywood columnist London: W. H. Allen, 1970 [1969]. Call No: 802.27 GRA Author: Graham, Sheilah Place: London Publisher: W. H. Allen PubDate: 1970 [1969] PhysDes: 295 p., 24 plates. ports. 23 cm Subject: STREISAND, BARBRA; GRANT, CARY; TRACY, SPENCER; HEPBURN, KATHARINE; SINATRA, FRANK; BRANDO, MARLON; ANDREWS, JULIE; HAMILTON, GEORGE; SELLERS, PETER; TAYLOR, ELIZABETH; MONROE, MARILYN; BEATTY, WARREN; LOREN, SOPHIA; LANCASTER, BURT; DOUGLAS, KIRK; FONDA, HENRY; FONDA, JANE; FONDA, PETER; Reagan, Ronald; CAINE, MICHAEL; CONNERY, SEAN; COOPER, GARY; GARBO, GRETA; BOGART, HUMPHREY Notes: Originally published under title: Confessions of a Hollywood columnist ISBN: 0491004227 LON: 96708 More info
book		Sex, art and American culture : essays / Camille Paglia London: Penguin Books, 1993. Call No: 45:176 PAG Author: Paglia, Camille Source: US Place: London Publisher: Penguin Books PubDate: 1993 PhysDes: xiii, 337 p. : ill. ; 22 cm Subject: ENTERTAINMENT; POPULAR CULTURE AND THE CINEMA; SEX AND THE CINEMA; SEX IN FILMS; USA; BRANDO, MARLON; MADONNA; TAYLOR, ELIZABETH Summary: " In sexual Personae Camille Paglia transformed our understanding of Western culture. Now, in this sensational new collection of essay, full of fresh insights into familiar themes, she brings together her view on everything from Rousseau to the rolling Stones, from Protestants to prostitution. " BOOK BLURB Notes: Originally published: New York: Vintage, 1992; Bibliography: p. [315]-325; Includes index ISBN: 0140172092 Donation: donated by Senses of Cinema, 2010 Contents: -- Introduction -- Madonna 1: animality and artifice -- Madonna 2: venus of the radio waves -- Elizabeth Taylor: Hollywood's pagan queen -- rock as art -- homosexuality at the fin de siecle -- the joy of presbyterian sex -- the beautiful decadence of Robert Mapplethorpe: a response to Rochelle Gurstein -- the strange case of Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill -- rape and modern sex war -- the rape debate, continued -- Cleopatra sold down the river: Lucy Hughes-Hallett's Cleopatra -- Alice in muscle land: Samuel Wilson Fussell's: Muscle: confessions of an unlikely bodybuilder -- the critic at grateful ease: Wendy Lesser's His other half: Men looking at Women through art -- The big udder: Suzanne Gordon's Prisoners of Men's dreams -- Brando flashing: Richard Schickel's: Brando: A life in our times -- What a drag Marjorie Garber's: Vested: Cross-dressing and cultural anxiety -- Sexual personae: the cancelled preface -- Milton kessler: a memoir -- East and West: an experiment in multiculturism -- Junk bonds and corporate raiders: academe in the hour of the wolf -- the M.I.T lecture: crisis in the American universities -- appendices-- a media history -- cartoon personae -- profiles, interviews, debates, exotica -- index -- More info
book		Shakespeare, the movie : popularizing the plays on film, TV, and video / edited by Lynda E. Boose, Richard Burt London New York: Routledge, 1997. Call No: 753SHA SHA Author: Boose, Lynda E., 1943; Burt, Richard, 1954 Place: London New York Publisher: Routledge PubDate: 1997 PhysDes: x, 277 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Subject: ADAPTATIONS. SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM; ZEFFIRELLI, FRANCO; WILLIAMS, ROBIN; TAYLOR, ELIZABETH; VAN SANT, GUS; HENRY V (UK, Kenneth Branagh, 1989); KING LEAR (UK, Peter Brook, 1953); DEAD POETS SOCIETY (US, Peter Weir, 1989); PROSPERO'S BOOKS (UK/FR, Peter Greenaway, 1991); RICHARD III (US, Richard Loncraine, 1995); SHAKESPEARE : THE ANIMATED TALES (UK, 1992); TAMING OF THE SHREW, THE (US/IT, Franco Zeffirelli, 1967); HAMLET (US, Franco Zeffirelli, 1990); MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO (US, Gus Van Sant, 1991) Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN: 0415165849 (alk. paper); 0415165857 (pbk. : alk. paper) LON: 97000312; 13037724 More info
book		Star mothers : the moms behind the celebrities / Georgia Holt and Phyllis Quinn with Sue Russell New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988. Call No: 465.1 HOL Author: Holt, Georgia; Quinn, Phyllis; Russell, Sue Source: US Place: New York Publisher: Simon and Schuster PubDate: 1988 PhysDes: 417 p. : ill. ; 25 cm Subject: ACTORS; STARS; CHER; WILLIAMS, ROBIN; STREISAND, BARBRA; COSBY, BILL; TAYLOR, ELIZABETH; BRIDGES, JEFF; DOUGLAS, MICHAEL; HAWN, GOLDIE; SHEEDY, ALLY; SHEPHERD, CYBILL; WOOD, NATALIE ISBN: 0671645102 Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 More info
personality microfilm collection		TAYLOR, ELIZABETH Call No: PERSONALITY CLIPPINGS COLLECTION; PERSONALITY MICROFILM COLLECTION PhysDes: Clippings Subject: TAYLOR, ELIZABETH More info
Book book		Valentines & Vitriol / Rex Reed New York: Dell Publishing, 1977. Call No: 81REE REE Author: Reed, Rex Source: US Place: New York Publisher: Dell Publishing PubDate: 1977 PhysDes: 271 p. : ill. ; 18 cm Subject: STARS; REED, REX; TAYLOR, ELIZABETH; LOREN, SOPHIA; HEPBURN, AUDREY; SYMS, SYLVIA; KNEF, HILDEGARD; FLETCHER, LOUISE; BAILEY, PEARL; BURNS, GEORGE; MERCOURI, MELINA; RITT, MARTIN; HELLMAN, LILLIAN; SUSANN, JACQUELINE; DAVIS, BETTE; MERCER, MABEL; CHANNING, CAROL; ROGERS, GINGER; GOODMAN, DODY; BAKER, CARROLL; FITZGERALD, GERALDINE; MATTHAU, WALTER; SMITH, ALEXIS; HOLDEN, WILLIAM; EVANS, ROBERT; PERRINE, VALERIE; JACKSON, GLENDA; BRIDGES, JEFF; LADD, DIANE; HAMLISCH, MARVIN; SCHEIDER, ROY; BURSTYN, ELLEN; ROSS, KATHARINE; KAHN, MADELINE; BUJOLD, GENEVIEVE; GIANNINI, GIANCARLO; BOWIE, DAVID; REDFORD, ROBERT ISBN: 0440193591 More info
book		A valuable property : the life story of Michael Todd / Michael Todd, Jr. and Susan McCarthy Todd Ontario: Paperjacks, 1984. Call No: 81TOD TOD Author: Todd, Michael Source: CA Place: Ontario Publisher: Paperjacks PubDate: 1984 PhysDes: 369 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 18 cm Subject: TODD, MICHAEL; AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS (US, Michael Anderson, 1956); TAYLOR, ELIZABETH ISBN: 0770102999 More info
book		Who's afraid of Elizabeth Taylor? : a myth of our time London: Hart-Davis Macgibbon, 1977. Call No: 81TAY MAD Author: Maddox, Brenda Place: London Publisher: Hart-Davis Macgibbon PubDate: 1977 PhysDes: 256p. : illus., ports Subject: TAYLOR, ELIZABETH; BURTON, RICHARD ISBN: 0246109165 LON: isb24610916; 6325946 More info
book		Woman and film : a bibliography / Rosemary Ribich Kowalski Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1979. Call No: NEW HOLDINGS SHELVES; 722-02KOW Author: Kowalski, Rosemary Ribich Source: US Place: Metuchen, NJ Publisher: Scarecrow Press PubDate: 1979 PhysDes: ix, 278 p. ; 23 cm Subject: WOMEN AND THE CINEMA; ARZNER, DOROTHY; BOW, CLARA; BROOKS, LOUISE; CLARKE, SHIRLEY; DAVIS, ANDREW; DEREN, MAYA; FONDA, JANE; GARBO, GRETA; GARLAND, JUDY; GISH, LILLIAN; HAYES, HELEN; HARLOW, JEAN; HEPBURN, KATHARINE; HORNE, LENA; KAEL, PAULINE; KAPLAN, NELLY; KELLY, GRACE; LEIGH, VIVIEN; LITTLEWOOD, JOAN; LODEN, BARBARA; LOOS, ANITA; LOREN, SOPHIA; LOVE, BESSIE; Lupino, Ida; MCDANIEL, HATTIE; MANSFIELD, JAYNE; MEYER, RUSS; MICHELSON, ANNETTE; MINNELLI, LIZA; MONROE, MARILYN; MOORE, COLLEEN; MOOREHEAD, AGNES; MOREAU, JEANNE; NEGRI, POLA; NELSON, GUNVOR; PERRY, ELEANOR; PICKFORD, MARY; REICHERT, JULIA; RIEFENSTAHL, LENI; ROGERS, GINGER; ROTHSCHILD, AMALIE R.; SCHLONDORFF, VOLKER; SONTAG, SUSAN; SWANSON, GLORIA; TAYLOR, ELIZABETH; VARDA, AGNES; WEBER, LOIS; WEILL, CLAUDIA; WEST, MAE Notes: Includes index ISBN: 0810809745 More info

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