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A History of American Movies
A Film-by-Film Look at the Art, Craft, and Business of Cinema
Paul Monaco
A History of American Movies provides a survey of the narrative feature film from the 1920s to the present. The book focuses on 170 of the most highly regarded and recognized feature films selected by the Hollywood establishment: each Oscar winner for Best Picture, as well as those voted the greatest by members of the American Film Institute. Monaco examines some of the most memorable works in cinematic history, including The General, Gone with the Wind, Citizen Kane, Casablanca, The Searchers, Psycho, The Godfather, Raging Bull, and Toy Story. Paul Monaco is professor of Cinema/Video at Montana State University.
The Scarecrow Press, Inc. 978-0-8108-7434-3 • 2010 • 368 pp. • $45.00 • paper 978-0-8108-7433-6 • 2010 • 368 pp. • $75.00 • cloth book

A Research Guide to Film and Television Music in the United States
Jeannie Gayle Pool and H. Stephen Wright
This volume addresses the difficulties scholars encounter when conducting research on film and television music, providing a detailed taxonomy of film music primary sources and explaining how to find and interpret them. The authors tackle the problems of determining film score authorship and working with recordings of film music. A bibliographic essay summarizes the major works and trends in film music research and provides clear pointers to the most important resources in the field. Jeannie Gayle Pool is a consultant for Paramount Pictures Motion Picture Music Department. H. Stephen Wright is a librarian at Northern Illinois University.
The Scarecrow Press, Inc. 978-0-8108-7688-0 • September 2010 • 192 pp. • $50.00 • cloth book

A Year of Hitchcock
52 Weeks with the Master of Suspense
Jim McDevitt and Eric San Juan
“Recommended.” —LIBRARY JOURNAL This book analyzes 68 works directed by Hitchcock—including notable silents, all of his films from the early 1930s on, the two French propaganda shorts from WWII, and episodes of his television program—assessing his development as an artist. Each analysis is supplemented by key film facts, trivia, awards, a guide to his cameos, and a listing of available DVD releases. Jim McDevitt is a freelance writer who has written numerous articles and stories for a variety of paper and Internet publications. Eric San Juan is an editor for a family of six weekly newspapers.
The Scarecrow Press, Inc. 978-0-8108-6388-0 • 2009 • 432 pp. • $49.95 • cloth

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Film and Television Music
A Guide to Books, Articles, and Composer Interviews
Compiled by and edited by Warren M. Sherk
This book compiles over 100 years of writings devoted to the subject of film and television music and its practitioners. It includes bibliographic citations and supplementary information on books, academic dissertations, composer and songwriter biographies, music for the accompaniment of silent films, and a wide range of film, music, and general interest periodicals. Providing context, background, accuracy, and breadth of coverage, the entries in this book assist researchers with thoughtful and succinct synopses of the contents of books and articles from the silent era to the digital age. Warren M. Sherk is the Special Collections Database Archivist and Music Specialist at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Margaret Herrick Library.
The Scarecrow Press, Inc. 978-0-8108-7686-6 • July 2010 • 632 pp. • $75.00 • cloth book

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