Leonard Maltin
Author
Publisher
GoodKnight Books, an imprint of Paladin Communications
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Hollywood historian and film reviewer Leonard Maltin invites readers to pull up a chair and listen as he tells stories, many of them hilarious, of 50+ years interacting with legendary movie stars, writers, directors, producers, and cartoonists. Maltin grew up in the first decade of television, immersing himself in TV programs and accessing 1930s and '40s movies hitting the small screen. His fan letters to admired performers led to unexpected correspondences,...
Author
Publisher
HarperStudio
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
What 151 movies have you never seen-but should?
What French film could teach Hollywood how to make a smart, sexy romantic comedy? (page 233)
Where will you find a female-centric Western with a gender-bending protagonist? (page 10)
What film won a Special Jury Prize at Sundance and then fell off the radar? (page 261)
What farcical comedy includes such real-life characters as Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger? (page 50)
In what unsung comedy will...
Author
Publisher
GoodKnight Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"In Hooked on Hollywood, Maltin opens up his personal archive to take readers on a fascinating journey through film history. He first interviewed greats of Hollywood as a precocious teenager in 1960s New York City. Early Maltin interviews had literally been stored in his garage for more than 40 years until GoodKnight Books brought them to light for the first time in this volume to entertain readers and inform future film scholars. In addition, key...
Author
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Believing is ever thing. Fueled with determination and a passion for science, a bright young girl builds a rocket ship to the moon to prove the existence of a legendary Moon Goddess. There, she ends up on an unexpected quest, and discovers a whimsical land of fantastical creatures. Directed by animation legend Glen Keane, and produced by Gennie Rim and Peilin Chou, Over the Moon is an exhilarating musical adventure about moving forward, embracing...
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Donald Duck returns in 30 rarely seen shorts dating from 1947 to 1950. Included are three Academy Award-nominated shorts: Chip An' Dale (1947); Tea for Two Hundred (1948); and Toy Tinkers (1949), as well as a retrospective of Donald's movie career.
Language
English
Description
Thanks to Netflix and cable television, classic films are more accessible than ever. Now co-branded with Turner Classic Movies, Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide covers films from Hollywood and around the world, from the silent era through 1965, and from The Maltese Falcon to Singin' in the Rain and Godzilla, King of the Monsters! Thoroughly revised and updated, and featuring expanded indexes, a list of Maltin's personal recommendations, and three...
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
It brings Hollywood's elite composers together to give viewers a privileged look inside the musical challenges and creative secrecy of the world's most international music genre: the film score. A film composer is a musical scientist of sorts, and the influence they have to complement a film and garner powerful reactions from global audiences can be a daunting task to take on.