Bibliography

This picture pretty much says all there is to say about life, movies,

and life in the movies: endless sides to every story

and no sole kernel of "truth."

God Bless Orson Welles.

Dear friends and cinpatriots,

     Here is a working bibliography of all of the materials I use for my blog. Since many of you ask where I get my information, I thought it was about time that I supplied a thorough answer. Bear in mind that I also watch a lot of DVD bonus features and documentaries, etc. so sometimes I catch a thing here or there  on the small screen as well. Below I have highlighted the materials in yellow that I can confidently recommend to you. Those in red are more questionable-- either I learned after reading them that the author was not a trustworthy source of information, or the book is so old that it has long since been contradicted by more recent investigation. I hope it points you in a helpful direction in terms of your own research, and if you need any recommendations, I would be happy to oblige. Happy reading!

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Angers, Kenneth. Hollywood Babylon. New York, NY: Dell Publishing, 1975.

Baker, Carroll. Baby Doll: An Autobiography. New York, NY: Arbor House, 1983.

Barham, Patte B. and Peter Harry Brown. Marilyn: The Last Take. New York, NY:

     Penguin Books Ltd, 1992.

Bartlett, Donald L. and James B. Steele. Howard Hughes: His Life and Madness. New
     York, NY: W. W. Norton and Co, 2004.

Basinger, Jeanine. Silent Stars. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan, 2000.

Basinger, Jeanine. The Star Machine. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.

Bentley, Eric, ed. Thirty Years of Treason: Excerpts from Hearings Before the House
     Committee on Un-American Activities 1938-1968.  New York, NY: Thunder's Mouth
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Bernstein, Matthew, ed. Controlling Hollywood: Censorship and Regulation in the 
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Blake, Michael F. A Thousand Faces: Lon Chaney's Unique Artistry in Motion Pictures.

     Vestal, NY: Vestal Press Ltd, 1995.

Blake, Michael F. Lon Chaney: The Man Behind the Thousand Faces. Lanham, MD:
     Vestal Press, 1993.

Blake, Michael F. The Films of Lon Chaney. Lanham, MD: Vestal Press, 2001.

Bogdanovich, Peter. The Killing of the Unicorn. New York, NY: William Morrow and
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Brown, Kelly R. Florence Lawrence: The Biograph Girl- America's First Movie Star.

     Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Co, Inc, 1999.

Bosworth, Patricia. Montgomery Clift. New York, NY: Harcourt Brace Janovich, Inc,
     2007.

Bret, David. Errol Flynn: Satan's Angel. London: Anova Books, 2000.

Buchthal, Stanley and Bernard Comment, eds. Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, 
     Letters by Marilyn Monroe. New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010.

Callahan, Dan. Barbara Stanwyck: The Miracle Woman. Jackson, MS: The
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Callow, Simon. The Night of the Hunter. London: British Film Institute, 2000.

Callow, Simon. Orson Welles: Volume 2- Hello Americans. New York, NY: The Penguin
     Group, 2006.

Callow, Simon. Orson Welles: Volume 1- The Road to Xanadu. New York, NY:
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Carter, Graydon, ed. Vanity Fair. May 2010.

Carter, Graydon, ed. Vanity Fair. July 2010.

Carter, Graydon, ed. Vanity Fair. June 2012.

Carter, Graydon, ed. Vanity Fair's Tales of Hollywood. New York, NY. Penguin Books,
     2008.

Chandler, Charlotte. Hello, I Must Be Going: Groucho and His Friends. New

     York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 1978.

Chandler, Charlotte. Marlene: Marlene Dietrich, A Personal Biography. New York, NY:
     Simon and Schuster, 2011.

Chandler, Charlotte. Not the Girl Next Door: Joan Crawford- A Personal Biography. New

     York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 2008.

Chandler, Charlotte. She Always Knew How: Mae West- A Personal Biography. New 

     York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 2009.

Clarke, Gerald. Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland.  New York, NY: Dell Publishing,
     2000.

Clayton, Marie. Marilyn Monroe: Unseen Archives. Bath, UK: Paragon Publishing, 

    2004.

Corrigan, Timothy and Patricia White. The Film Experience: An Introduction. Boston, 

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Curtis, James. Spencer Tracy: A Biography. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. 

Curtis, Tony w/ Mark A. Vieira. The Making of Some Like It Hot: My Memories of 

     Marilyn Monroe and the Classic American Movie. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and 

     Sons, Inc, 2009.

Curtis, Tony w/ Peter Goldenbock. American Prince: A Memoir. New York, NY: Crown
     Publishing Group, 2008.

Davies, Marion. Life with William Randolph Hearst: The Times We Had. New York, NY:
     Ballantine Books, 1975.

Davis, Ronald L. Hollywood Beauty: Linda Darnell and the American Dream. Norman,
     OK: The University of Oklahoma Press, 1991.

David, Ronald L. William S. Hart: Projecting the American West. Norman, OK: The
     University of Oklahoma Press, 2003.

Douglas, Kirk. I Am Spartacus: Making a Film, Breaking the Blacklist. New York, NY:
     Open Road, 2012

Drew, William M. D.W. Griffith's Intolerance: Its Genesis and Its Vision. Jefferson, NC:
     McFarland and Co, Inc, 1986.

Edmonds, Andy. Frame Up! The Untold Story of Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. New York,

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Edmonds, Andy. Hot Toddy: The True Story of Hollywood's Most Shocking Crime- The 
     Murder of Thelma Todd. New York, NY: Avon Books, 1989.

Ellenberger, Allan R. Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory. Jefferson,
     NC: McFarland and Co, Inc, 2001.

Elsasser, Thomas and Michael Wedel eds. The BFI Companion to German Cinema.
     London: British Film Institute, 1999.

Emery, Robert J. The Directors: Take Four. New York, NY: Allworth Press, 2003.

Eyman, Scott. Empire of Dreams: The Epic Life of Cecil B. DeMille. New York, NY:
     Simon and Schuster, 2010.

Fagen, Herb. Duke, We're Glad We Knew You: John Wayne's Friends and Colleagues
     Remember His Remarkable Life. New York, NY: Citadel Press, 2009.

Farmer, Frances. Will There Really Be a Morning?. New York, NY: Dell Publishing,
     1972.

Farnham, Joseph and Waldemar Young. London After Midnight. Based on "The

     Hypnotist" by Tod Browning. 2nd Draft. Hollywood, CA: 1927.

Fleming, E.J. Carole Landis: A Tragic Life in Hollywood. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and
    Co, Inc, 2005.

Fleming, E.J. The Fixers: Eddie Mannix, Howard Strickling and the MGM Publicity 
     Machine. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Co, Inc. 2005.

Fleming, E.J. Paul Bern: The Life and Famous Death of the MGM Director and Husband
     of Harlow. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Co, Inc, 2009.

Fleming, E. J. Wallace Reid: The Life and Death of a Hollywood Idol. Jefferson, NC:

     McFarland and Co, Inc, 2007.

Fountain, Leatrice Gilbert. Dark Star: The Untold Story of the Meteoric Rise and Fall
     of Legendary Silent Screen Star John Gilbert.  New York, NY: St. Martin's Press,
     1985.

Fussell, Betty Harper. Mabel: Hollywood's First I-Don't-Care-Girl- The Life of Mabel 
     Normand. New York, NY: Proscenium Publishers, 1992.

Giannetti, Louis. Understanding Movies: Ninth Edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ:
     Prentice Hall, 2002.

Gilmore, John. Severed: The True Story of the Black Dahlia Murder. Los Angeles, CA:
     Amok Books, 1994.

Gomery, Douglas. The Hollywood Studio System: A History. London: The British Film
     Institute, 2005.

Gwinn, Alison, ed. Entertainment Weekly: The 100 Greatest Stars of All Time. New

     York, NY: Entertainment Week'y Books, 1997.

Hake, Sabine. German National Cinema. London: Routledge, 2002.

Hart, William S. My Life East and West. North Stratford, NH: Ayer Company Publishers,
     Inc, 2008.

Hayes, Steve. Googies: Coffeeshop to the Stars, Volume I. Albany, GA: BearManor
     Media, 2008.

Hepburn, Katharine. Me: Stories of My Life. New York, NY: Ballantine Books, 1991.

Higham, Charles. Sisters: The Story of Olivia De Havilland and Joan Fontaine. Toronto:

     General Publishing Co, 1984.

Hodel, Steve. Black Dahlia Avenger: The True Story. New York, NY: Harper
     Publishing, 2004.

Hodges, Graham Russell Gao. Anna May Wong: From Laundryman's Daughter to 

     Hollywood Legend. New York, NY: Palgrave MacMillan, 2004.

Jacobson, Laurie and Marc Wanamaker. Hollywood Haunted: A Ghostly Tour of 
     Filmland. Santa Monica, CA: Angel City Press, 1999.

Kanfer, Stefan. Ball of Fire: The Tumultuous Life and Comic Art of Lucille Ball. New York,
     NY: Vintage Books, 2003.

Kazanjian, Howard and Chris Enss. The Young Duke: The Early Life of John Wayne.
     Guilford, CT: The Globe Pequot Press, 2009.

Kinn, Gail and Jim Piazza. Four-Star Movies: The 101 Greatest Films of All Time. New

     York, NY: Black Dog and Leventhal Publishers, Inc, 2003.

Kirkpatrick, Sidney. A Cast of Killers: The Twentieth Anniversary Edition. North
     Charleston, SC: BookSurge Publishing, 2007.

Kobal, John, ed. Movie Star Portraits of the Forties: 163 Glamor Photos. New York, NY:
     Dover Publications, Inc, 1977.

Lake, Veronica w/ Donald Bain. Veronica: The Autobiography of Veronica Lake. New

     York, NY: Bantam Books, 1972.

Landis, Carole. Four Jills in a Jeep. Cleveland, OH: The World Publishing Company,
    1944.

LaSalle, Mick. Complicated Women: Sex and Power in Pre-Code Hollywood. New
     York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 2000.

LaSalle, Mick. Dangerous Men: Pre-Code Hollywood and the Birth of the Modern Man.

     New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 2002.

Lawrence, Barry C. In Search of River Phoenix: The Truth Behind the Myth. Santa
     Rosa, CA: Wordsworth Publishing, 2004.

Leaming, Barbara. Bette Davis. New York, NY: Cooper Square Press, 2003.

Leaming, Barbara. If This Was Happiness: A Biography of Rita Hayworth. New York,
     NY: Viking Penguin, 1989.

Leider, Emily W. Dark Lover: The Life and Death of Rudolph Valentino. New York, NY:

     Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2003.

Lenburg, Jeff. Peekaboo: The Story of Veronica Lake. Lincoln, NE: iUniverse, Inc,
     1983.

Lynch, David. Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity. 

     London: Penguin Books, Ltd, 2006.

Lynn, Kenneth S. Charlie Chaplin and His Times. New York, NY: Cooper Square
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McCabe, John. Cagney. New York, NY: Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc. 1999.

McLean, Adrienne. Being Rita Hayworth: Labor, Identity, and Hollywood Stardom.
     Piscataway, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2005.

McPherson, Edward. Buster Keaton: Tempest in a Flat Hat. New York, NY: Newmarket

     Press, 2004.

Maltin, Leonard, ed. Leonard Maltin's 2010 Movie Guide. New York, NY: The Penguin
     Group, 2009.

Mank, Gregory William with Charles Heard and Bill Nelson. Hollywood's Hellfire Club:
      The Misadventures of John Barrymore, W.C. Fields, Errol Flynn and 'The Bundy 
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Mann, William J. Wisecracker: The Life and Times of William Haines, Hollywood's
     First Openly Gay Star. New York, NY: The Penguin Group, 1998.

Martin, Steve. Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life. New York, NY: 40 Share

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Martinelli, Ronald. The James Dean Story: A Myth-Shattering Biography of an Icon.
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Marx, Samuel and Joyce Vanderveen. Deadly Illusions: Jean Harlow and the Murder

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Matzen, Robert and Michael Mazzone. Errol Flynn Slept Here: The Flynns, the
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Meyers, Jeffrey. Gary Cooper: American Hero. New York, NY: Cooper Square Press,
     Inc, 2001.

Milano, Roy. Monsters: A Celebration of the Classics from Universal Studios. New York,
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Miller, Frank. Leading Couples: The Most Unforgettable Screen Romances of the 

     Studio Era. San Francisco,CA: Chronical Books, 2008.

Miller, Frank. Leading Ladies: The Most Unforgettable Actresses of the Studio Era.
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Miller, Frank. Leading Men: The 50 Most Unforgettable Actors of the Studio Era.  San
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Musser, Charles. The Emergence of Cinema: The American Screen to 1907. Los
     Angeles, CA: University of California Press, 1990.

Nollen, Scott Allen. Boris Karloff: A Gentleman's Life. Arlington, VA: Midnight Marquee
     Press, 1999.

Ogden, Tom. Haunted Hollywood: Tinseltown Terrors, Filmdom Phantoms, and 
     Movieland Mayhem. Guilford, CT: The Globe Pequot Press, 2009.

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     Publishers, 1997.

Pacios, Mary. Childhood Shadows: The Hidden Story of the Black Dahlia Murder. 
     Bloomington, IN: Author House, 2007.

Paris, Barry. Audrey Hepbun. New York, NY: The Berkley Publishing Group, 1996.

Paris, Barry. Garbo. Minneapolis, MN: The University of Minnesota Press, 2002.

Paris, Barry. Louise Brooks: A Biography. Minneapolis, MN: The University of
     Minnesota Press, 2000.

Prats, Armando Jose. Invisible Natives: Myth and Identity in the American Western.
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Roberts, Randy and James S. Olson. John Wayne: American. New York, NY: Simon
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Robinson, David. Chaplin: His Life and Art. New York, NY: De Capo Press, 1994.

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Schultz, Margie. Ann Sheridan: A Bio-Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press,
     1997.

Selsman, Michael. All Is Vanity: Memoirs of a Hollywood Operative. Los Angeles, CA:
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Server, Lee. Ava Gardner: Love is Nothing. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 2006.

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     2001.

Spoto, Donald. Spellbound by Beauty: Alfred Hitchcock and His Leading Ladies. New

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Stenn, David. Bombshell: The Life and Death of Jean Harlow. New York, NY:
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Stenn, David. Clara Bow: Runnin' Wild. New York, NY: Cooper Square Press, 2000.

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Whitfield, Eileen. Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood. Lexington, KY:
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