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Hollywood Biographies, Commentaries and Gossip

These books are a small sampling of the reading that is possible concerning Hollywood and movie making. A true representation of the readings needed for film literacy with be staggering. So enjoy this list and rad the question carefully. It's not how many you have read, but how many you want to read.
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Orson Welles: The Road to Xanadu (Simon Callow)
Orson Welles: The Road to Xanadu (Simon Callow)
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Orson Welles: Hello Americans (Simon Callow)
Orson Welles: Hello Americans (Simon Callow)
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Orson Welles Volume 3: One-Man Brand (Simon Callow)
Orson Welles Volume 3: One-Man Brand (Simon Callow)
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The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre (Stephen D. Youngkin)
The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre (Stephen D. Youngkin)
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Kurosawa (Cowie)
Kurosawa (Cowie)
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Joan Blondell: A Life Between Takes (Matthew Kennedy)
Joan Blondell: A Life Between Takes (Matthew Kennedy)
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John Huston: A Biography (Alex Madsen)
John Huston: A Biography (Alex Madsen)
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Hattie Mcdaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood (Jill Watts)
Hattie Mcdaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood (Jill Watts)
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Me Stories of My Life Katherine Hepburn
Me Stories of My Life Katherine Hepburn
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A Biography of Cary Grant (Marc Eliot)
A Biography of Cary Grant (Marc Eliot)
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Me and My Shadows: A Family Memoir (Lorna Luft)
Me and My Shadows: A Family Memoir (Lorna Luft)
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Dark City Dames (Eddie Muller)
Dark City Dames (Eddie Muller)
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Spencer Tracy (James Curtis)
Spencer Tracy (James Curtis)
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Dangerous Rhythm - Why Musicals Matter (Richard Barrios)
Dangerous Rhythm - Why Musicals Matter (Richard Barrios)
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Film Posters of the 60's (Tony Nourmand)
Film Posters of the 60's (Tony Nourmand)
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Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne (James Gavin)
Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne (James Gavin)
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Judy Holliday: An Intimate Life Story (Gary Carey)
Judy Holliday: An Intimate Life Story (Gary Carey)
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Hello Gorgeous: Becoming Barbra Streisand (William J. Mann)
Hello Gorgeous: Becoming Barbra Streisand (William J. Mann)
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Hitchcock (Truffaut)
Hitchcock (Truffaut)
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Hollywood Babylon
Hollywood Babylon
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Screwball: Hollywood's Madcap Romantic Comedies (Ed Sikov)
Screwball: Hollywood's Madcap Romantic Comedies (Ed Sikov)
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Screwball: the Life of Carole Lombard (Larry Swindell)
Screwball: the Life of Carole Lombard (Larry Swindell)
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You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again (Julia Phillips)
You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again (Julia Phillips)
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Hank & Jim: The Fifty-Year Friendship of Henry Fonda and James Stewart (Scott Eyman)
Hank & Jim: The Fifty-Year Friendship of Henry Fonda and James Stewart (Scott Eyman)
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Lauren Bacall (Lauren Bacall)
Lauren Bacall (Lauren Bacall)
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Film Noir Reader (Alain Silver)
Film Noir Reader (Alain Silver)
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Edith Head (Jay Jorgensen)
Edith Head (Jay Jorgensen)
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James Wong Howe: The Camera Eye (Alain Silver, James Wong Howe)
James Wong Howe: The Camera Eye (Alain Silver, James Wong Howe)
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Marilyn Monroe Metamorphosis (N/A)
Marilyn Monroe Metamorphosis (N/A)
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Goldwyn: A Biography (A. Scott Berg)
Goldwyn: A Biography (A. Scott Berg)
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Bright Boulevards Bold Dreams: The Story of Black Hollywood (Donald Bogle)
Bright Boulevards Bold Dreams: The Story of Black Hollywood (Donald Bogle)
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Farley Granger: Include Me Out (Farley Granger & Robert Calhoun)
Farley Granger: Include Me Out (Farley Granger & Robert Calhoun)
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Film Noir: Movie Posters (Paul Duncan)
Film Noir: Movie Posters (Paul Duncan)
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Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland (Gerald Clarke)
Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland (Gerald Clarke)
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Have You Seen? (David Thomson)
Have You Seen? (David Thomson)
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What Time's the Next Swan (Walter Slezak)
What Time's the Next Swan (Walter Slezak)
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Audrey Hepburn Portraits of an Icon (Terence Pepper)
Audrey Hepburn Portraits of an Icon (Terence Pepper)
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Mother Goddam (Whitney Stine With Bette Davis)
Mother Goddam (Whitney Stine With Bette Davis)
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Conversas Com Woody Allen (Eric Lax)
Conversas Com Woody Allen (Eric Lax)
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My Wicked Wicked Ways (Errol Flynn)
My Wicked Wicked Ways (Errol Flynn)
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