Filmmakers have often encouraged us to regard people with physical disabilities in terms of pity, awe, humor, or fear - as "Others" who somehow deserve to be isolated from the ...

This fully revised and updated edition of an award-winning classic traces the history of Hollywood from the silent era to the present day. The Hollywood Storycomprehensively ...

Looks at how silent films dealt with social issues, including drug abuse, alcoholism, crime, racism, abortion, prostitution, disease, and poverty

"This authoritative `What's What' of the film companies, processes, and organizations that have enabled stars and directors to populate the `Who's Who' books, belongs beside ...

A master craftsman with a powerful sense of moral realism and psychological detail, Wyler's movies--Jezebel, The Little Foxes, Mrs. Miniver, Roman Holiday and The Best Years of ...