Hollywood Movie Stills The Golden Age Author:Joel W. Finler This book is devoted solely to the subject of movie-stills and photography. It traces the early growth of stills photography from the first development of the star system and the increase in feature-length films, through to the rise of the giant studios and their subsequent decline in the 1940s and 1950s. It focuses on the photographers and the ... more »stars they photographed - from Theda Bara, Greta Garbo and Dietrich up to Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn - as well as many of the key films - "Intolerance" (1916), "Greed" (1924), "King Kong" (1933), "Psycho" (1960), "My Fair Lady" (1964) - and the film-makers themselves - Stroheim, D.W. Griffith, C.B. De Mille and Hitchcock. Illustrations include: portrait and scene shots, production shots, behind-the-scenes photographs, poster art, calendar art, leg shots, photograph collages, trick shots, and photographs showing the stars' private lives and special events in Hollywood.« less
ISBN-13: 9780713472653 ISBN-10: 0713472650 Pages:160 Edition:First American Editi Rating: