One of the most comprehensive and lavish books on the history of motion pictures,The Classics explores the history of many of Hollywood's greatest films in the 20th century. Showcasing over 600 photographs of much-loved films,actors and directors, th...

In 1917 the Bolsheviks proclaimed a world remade. The task of the new regime, and of the media that served it, was to reshape the old world in revolutionary form, to transform the vast, "ungraspable" space of the Russian Empire into the mapped territ...

This bountiful book is a comprehensive guide to the thousands of films, DVDs, and videocassettes featuring operas and opera singers from 1896 to the present. From ABC Television to Franco Zeffirelli, the encyclopedia is a storehouse of fascinating in...

During World War I, the Catholic church blocked the distribution of government-sponsored V. D. prevention films, initiating an era of attempts by the church to censor the movie industry. This book is an entertaining and engrossing account of those ef...