Classic Film Books
101. 
The Price of Fear: The Film Career of Vincent Price, In His Own Words
by:
Joel Eisner
4.04 avg rating — 56 ratings 
106. 
1939: The Making of Six Great Films from Hollywood's Greatest Year
by:
Charles F. Adams
3.94 avg rating — 32 ratings 
112. 
In the Picture: Production Stills from the TCM Archives
by:
Robert Osborne
4.21 avg rating — 24 ratings 
118. 
How to Be a Movie Star: Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood
by:
William J. Mann
3.79 avg rating — 899 ratings 
122. 
Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and The Dawn of the Modern Woman
by:
Sam Wasson
3.70 avg rating — 7,489 ratings 
124. 
Young Man with a Horn (New York Review Books Classics)
by:
Dorothy Baker
3.88 avg rating — 580 ratings 124. 
The Golden Girls of MGM: Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Lana Turner, Judy Garland, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly and Others
by:
Jane Ellen Wayne
3.54 avg rating — 279 ratings 
128. 
Tough Without a Gun: The Life and Extraordinary Afterlife of Humphrey Bogart
by:
Stefan Kanfer
3.60 avg rating — 782 ratings 129. 
A Cast of Killers: The True Story of Hollywood's Most Scandalous Murder 3.98 avg rating — 993 ratings
130. 
Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide: From the Silent Era Through 1965, Second Edition
by:
Leonard Maltin
4.45 avg rating — 244 ratings 131. 
What Ever Happened to Baby Peggy: The Autobiography of Hollywood's Pioneer Child Star
by:
Diana Serra Cary
4.27 avg rating — 115 ratings 
139. 
Lew Ayres: Hollywood's Conscientious Objector (Hollywood Legends Series)
by:
Lesley L. Coffin
3.56 avg rating — 16 ratings 139. 
141. 
The Hollywood Canteen: Where the Greatest Generation Danced With the Most Beautiful Girls in the World
by:
Lisa Mitchell
4.21 avg rating — 61 ratings 
144. 
Hollywood's Censor: Joseph I. Breen and the Production Code Administration
by:
Thomas Doherty
3.54 avg rating — 57 ratings 145. 
Vixens, Floozies and Molls: 28 Actresses of Late 1920s and 1930s Hollywood 3.87 avg rating — 15 ratings
147. 
"You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet": The American Talking Film: History and Memory 1927-1949
by:
Andrew Sarris
3.99 avg rating — 74 ratings 
155. 
158. 
Leading Ladies: The 50 Most Unforgettable Actresses of the Studio Era 4.28 avg rating — 321 ratings
161. 
D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation: A History of the Most Controversial Motion Picture of All Time
by:
Melvyn Stokes
3.82 avg rating — 62 ratings 
164. 
Monsters: A Celebration of the Classics from Universal Studios
by:
Roy Milano
4.12 avg rating — 116 ratings 
169. 
The Glamorous Years: The Stars & Films Of The 1930's
by:
Alfred Brockman
3.76 avg rating — 17 ratings 169. 
169. 
The Making of The African Queen Or How I went to Africa with Bogart, Bacall and Huston and almost lost my mind 3.95 avg rating — 2,472 ratings
172. 
Rat Pack Confidential: Frank, Dean, Sammy, Peter, Joey and the Last Great Show Biz Party
by:
Shawn Levy
3.78 avg rating — 1,813 ratings 
173. 
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)
by:
Jules Verne
3.89 avg rating — 270,605 ratings 
176. 
Conversations with the Great Moviemakers of Hollywood's Golden Age at the American Film Institute 4.38 avg rating — 106 ratings
176. 
Daughters of the Dust: The Making of an African American Woman's Film
by:
Julie Dash
4.37 avg rating — 213 ratings 
184. 
Drive-in Dream Girls: A Galaxy of B-Movie Starlets of the Sixties
by:
Tom Lisanti
3.40 avg rating — 15 ratings 185. 
The Genius of the System: Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era
by:
Thomas Schatz
4.28 avg rating — 661 ratings 
186. 
Lion of Hollywood: The Life and Legend of Louis B. Mayer
by:
Scott Eyman
4.13 avg rating — 458 ratings 
195. 
Dangerous Curves Atop Hollywood Heels: The Lives, Careers, and Misfortunes of 14 Hard-Luck Girls of the Silent Screen 3.87 avg rating — 193 ratings
197. 
Singing in the Saddle: The History of the Singing Cowboy
by:
Douglas B. Green
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 25 ratings 
