“Greta Garbo: A Cinematic Legacy,” by Mark A. Vieira
Harry N. Abrams, 256 pages, hardcover, $50
A beautiful treatment by art book publisher Harry N. Abrams, “Greta Garbo” is a tribute to this most enigmatic, reclusive, magnetic and elusive movie star. In this centenary of her birth, what better way to honor her mysterious career than this luminous collection of behind-the-scenes photographs, fascinating anecdotes, and never-before-published text?
— John Evans
“Tunes for Toons: Music and the Hollywood Cartoon,” by Daniel Goldmark
University of California Press, 263 pages, hardcover, $24.95
“Tunes for Toons” is an in-depth examination of the music of the classic era of Hollywood animation. One of the characteristic American art forms, so influential at home and abroad, cartoons of the thirties, forties and fifties reworked European cultural forms into distinctly American shapes. The creative genius behind much of the music set the standard for film, television and advertising. This is a brilliant and inspirational study.
— John Evans
“The Stewardess is Flying the Plane!: American Films of the 1970s,” by Ron Hogan
Little, Brown & Company, 272 pages, hardcover, $27.95
Film historian Ron Hogan offers up this overview of seventies film, a pop-culture history, richly illustrated and filled with new interviews and original artwork. It includes a conversation with Academy Award-nominated director Peter Bogdonavich. This second Golden Age of Hollywood is only becoming more significant, experiencing a profound resurgent influence on contemporary filmmaking.
— John Evans
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