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Clever repartee, double entendres, punch lines and many other variations of humor have been a staple of movie dialogue since the advent of talkies. Collected here are over 4, 000 of the best comedic lines from the movies. The compilers of this book have tried to bring together some of the funniest, wittiest and most outrageous snatches of dialogue on film over a sixty year time period. For each entry the authors set the quotation in context, p...

This text examines more than 1000 American silent films in light of contemporary social, political and national trends during the silent years. The period is divided into the early years (1900-1919), and the later silent period (1920-1929), the Golden Age of the Silents.

Lists the screen credits and provides synopses of more than 5, 400 silent Western features, documentaries, shorts and serials released from the 1890s to 1930. Numerous one-, two- and three-reelers are included in this guide. The films came from the major and lesser known American film studios.

This guide presents a single volume reference covering the crime genre of silent films, including shorts and serials. It supplies over 2000 entries, complete with names of directors, screenwriters and players, and supported with plot evaluations and commentaries.

Recent crime films such as "Scarface" owe a large debt to the early crime talkies such as "The Public Enemy", Paul Muni's "Scarface" and "Little Caesar". This work provides a comprehensive treatment of the genre listing the names of directors, screen writers, major players and plot evaluations.

Over 600 American films, released between 1908 and the present, are arranged in chronological order in this work. A must for the film buff, each entry lists the title, year of release, the releasing company or distributor, the director, screenwriter and major cast credits.

A guide to the crime films of the 40s and 50s, this volume focuses on the major events that shaped and moulded the genre: war, alienation, drugs and organised crime. The body of the work offers over 1200 entries that feature concise summaries, analyses and credits.

Cynical news hounds, grumbling editors, snooping television newscasters, inquisitive foreign correspondents, probing newsreel cameramen, and a host of others -- all can be found in this reference work to Hollywood's version of journalism: from the early one-reelers to modern fare, over a thousand silent and sound films can be found. Each entry includes title, date of release, distributor, director, screenwriter, and major cast members. These c...