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LOG IN Forgot Login? Register General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board Search Terms:  Search Within:  topics posts since 2019 2018 posts 2017 posts 2016 posts 2015 posts 2014 posts 2013 posts 2012 posts 2011 posts 2010 posts 2009 posts 2008 posts 2007 posts 2006 posts 2005 posts 2004 posts 2003 posts 2002 posts 2001 posts 2000 posts users  search tips  You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2      Non-Film Score Discussion: Anybody Remember The Film Studio History Books?     1 2    NEXT   LAST   Last Post   Posted:   Mar 13, 2017 - 7:19 PM     By:   filmusicnow   (Member) Does anybody out there remember the books about the film studios, which began with "The M.G.M. Story"? It led to a series of books about the other great film studios (e.g., "The Universal Story", "The Paramount Story", "The R.K.O. Radio Story", "The United Artists Story", "The Columbia Story"). It featured stills of every film produced and distributed at the studio.    Posted:   Mar 13, 2017 - 9:37 PM     By:   RoryR   (Member) Yeah, I have "The Films of 20th Century-Fox: A Pictorial History" by Tony Thomas & Aubrey Solomon.    Posted:   Mar 14, 2017 - 12:58 AM     By:   Preston Neal Jones   (Member) Yes. Next question?    Posted:   Mar 14, 2017 - 3:08 AM     By:   Bob DiMucci   (Member) Yes, I have them all. The only problem with them is that they are all now at least 30 years out of date. To bad someone doesn't come up with modern editions    Posted:   Mar 14, 2017 - 7:50 AM     By:   RoryR   (Member) Yes, I have them all. The only problem with them is that they are all now at least 30 years out of date. To bad someone doesn't come up with modern editions I'm only interested in the studios when they were studios. For the last thirty to fifty years, they're just distribution companies pretending to be what they were.    Posted:   Mar 14, 2017 - 9:13 AM     By:   Ron Pulliam   (Member) Yeah, I have "The Films of 20th Century-Fox: A Pictorial History" by Tony Thomas & Aubrey Solomon. This one followed after "The MGM Story". Other than being a reference for film titles produced in specific years, it was a HUGE disappointment. I wanted a book like "The MGM Story" -- filled with color photos and polish and class. It looked like a school project.    Posted:   Mar 14, 2017 - 9:25 AM     By:   RoryR   (Member) Yeah, I have "The Films of 20th Century-Fox: A Pictorial History" by Tony Thomas & Aubrey Solomon. This one followed after "The MGM Story". Other than being a reference for film titles produced in specific years, it was a HUGE disappointment. I wanted a book like "The MGM Story" -- filled with color photos and polish and class. It looked like a school project. A reference for the films produced in specific years was just what I was looking for, so I've always been quite happy with it. Sometimes "school projects" can be pretty good. By the way, I don't have the MGM book, as MGM is my least favorite of the studios, though many of their movies are among my favorites, but in general that "MGM gloss" is for me so phony and flaws a lot of what the studio produced. That so many of the stars that labored under contract to that studio for so many years had after they left so little good to say about MGM also taints the studio for me.    Posted:   Mar 14, 2017 - 11:45 AM     By:   Bob DiMucci   (Member) I would have liked to see similar books on the minor studios as well: Republic Monogram / Allied Artists American International Walt Disney (although Leonard Maltin's book, "The Disney Films," is a good substitute)    Posted:   Mar 14, 2017 - 11:48 AM     By:   Bob DiMucci   (Member) I'm only interested in the studios when they were studios. For the last thirty to fifty years, they're just distribution companies pretending to be what they were. You must have had little use for the book on United Artists, which was never much of a "studio." Even the RKO volume was littered with films that they merely distributed--Disney films, Samuel Goldwyn films, etc.    Posted:   Mar 14, 2017 - 12:14 PM     By:   Rameau   (Member) Yeah, I love those books. I remember years ago hunting them all down in various s/hand bookshops until I had them all. The 20th Century Fox book is the hardest to find, & I'm not sure that it's part of the series as it's a different lay-out to the other books, but in some ways it's the best, as the authors actually seem to actually like the movies. They're all great for a casual flick through, & I don't mind that they end around 1980, as I like the 40s, 50s, 60s & 70s. I also like two books by Robin Cross, 2000 Movies Of The 40s & 2000 Movies Of The 50s. Then there was that set of big thick books, The Aurum Film Encyclopedia. I have three, Horror, Science Fiction & Westerns, & there was a forth Gangsters which I don't have, the series was supposed to carry on with, Comedy, Romance, Epics, War & Musicals, but alas it got cancelled before that lot happened.    Posted:   Mar 14, 2017 - 2:21 PM     By:   'Lenny Bruce' Marshall   (Member) how about the "Focus On..." books.?. I remember owning he BLOW UP edition    Posted:   Mar 15, 2017 - 8:46 AM     By:   eriknelson   (Member) I have several of them. A more recent book about MGM isn't so much about the films. The book concentrates on the MGM lot and soundstages. The title is "MGM — Hollywood's Greatest Backlot." Lots of vintage pictures showing the exteriors, sound stage interiors, costume department and even the cafeteria, etc. I found it fascinating. https://www.amazon.com/MGM-Hollywoods-Greatest-Steven-Bingen/dp/1595800557    Posted:   Mar 15, 2017 - 9:24 AM     By:   RoryR   (Member) I'd own more of these kinds of books if they weren't so damn pricey. It often comes down to a choice between buying a book about movies, or just buying the movies -- and buying the movies usually wins.    Posted:   Mar 15, 2017 - 7:41 PM     By:   filmusicnow   (Member) What would be even more interesting are books on the four television networks, in which they would group the series by season, and separate sections on daytime programs, sports, et al.    Posted:   Mar 15, 2017 - 7:51 PM     By:   Howard L   (Member)    Posted:   Mar 16, 2017 - 12:53 AM     By:   Bob DiMucci   (Member) What would be even more interesting are books on the four television networks, in which they would group the series by season, and separate sections on daytime programs, sports, et al. That WOULD be nice. I remember back in the 1960s and 1970s there were occasional books that were devoted to all of the shows in a single television season.    Posted:   Mar 16, 2017 - 5:39 AM     By:   Rameau   (Member) I used to have so many film books, whenever I was in a s/hand bookshop I'd check out the film section (& there were thousands of s/hand bookshops in London back in the day), but now I can actually own & see the films (DVD & Blu-ray) I didn't really need all these books, so in the last ten years I've got rid of a lot of them. How about those John Wills Screen World books, all the American films released that year, I think they've been going since the early fifties (maybe before that), & I think they're still being published, I have 23 of them (50's 60s 70s), all bought s/hand over the last twenty years. I have three BIG books, the most lavish is, David O. Selznick's Hollywood, it's such a beautifully produced book, I couldn't get rid of it, plus there's, Great Hollywood Westerns & Epic! History On The Big Screen. I also have 23 bound years of the great English film magazine Films & Filming (& another 50 or so loose issues), they're nearly all from the 50s 60s & 70s, & I love looking through them.    Posted:   Mar 16, 2017 - 4:35 PM     By:   Bob DiMucci   (Member) Then there was that set of big thick books, The Aurum Film Encyclopedia. I have three, Horror, Science Fiction & Westerns, & there was a forth Gangsters which I don't have, the series was supposed to carry on with, Comedy, Romance, Epics, War & Musicals, but alas it got cancelled before that lot happened.    Posted:   Mar 16, 2017 - 4:39 PM     By:   Bob DiMucci   (Member) Yeah, I have "The Films of 20th Century-Fox: A Pictorial History" by Tony Thomas & Aubrey Solomon. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This one followed after "The MGM Story". Other than being a reference for film titles produced in specific years, it was a HUGE disappointment. I wanted a book like "The MGM Story" -- filled with color photos and polish and class. It looked like a school project.    Posted:   Mar 16, 2017 - 5:27 PM     By:   Rameau   (Member) Yeah, I have "The Films of 20th Century-Fox: A Pictorial History" by Tony Thomas & Aubrey Solomon. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yes, that's the one I have, I also had the copy with a black cover, but it wasn't in very good condition, & I believe 50th Anniversary White cover is the more recent & the one to have...if you can find it.     Non-Film Score Discussion: Anybody Remember The Film Studio History Books?    < 1 2  > >>  Go to page:  1 2   First Post    General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2

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