At 248 large-format pages, plus beautiful, full-color, front and back photos, this book is a real bargain for $13.06! Over now, to my guest reviewer, Ross Adams, who has written a fine editorial around this book in "Dress Circle" magazine for August 2008: "Those who can recall the 1930s and 1940s, will delight in this book that features all the details you'd want to know about many movies starring such great actors as Rita Hayworth, Gene Tierney, Bette Davis, Edward G. Robinson, Hedy Lamarr, Jeanette MacDonald, Dorothy McGuire, Buster Crabbe, and many more."

all those who love to read about and watch the movies made by the real giants of acting, not today's storyless films with actors who have never had speech lessons."

John's expert coverage of serial and series films like Flash Gordon, Charlie Chan, Ma and Pa Kettle, and the Wolf Man."

grateful for writers like John Howard Reid, who have recorded the great and no-so-great movies of the past for all time."

has documented thousands of movies in dozens of books like this one. His skill as a researcher is well-known in the movie world."

it is such great value and offers a most varied selection of films, covering probably every genre, from 1934's "Anne of Green Gables" through to 1965's "Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet".

Editor, Ross Adams, sums up his previous comments in the November 2008 issue of "Dress Circle" magazine: With its attractive, glossy, full-color covers, this is an impressive presentation of 248 large-format pages. Written in John Howard Reid's inimitable, captivating style, "Hollywood’s Miracles of Entertainment" details 132 films, illustrated with original American and European cinema poster reproductions. There are also two special bonus articles, one on the motion pictures of director Charles Vidor (acclaimed for his collaboration with Rita Hayworth on films such as "Gilda"), the other on Universal's famous "Wolf Man" series, starring the one and only Lon Chaney, Jr. The book contains a most varied selection of films, arranged alphabetically for easy reference from "Anne of Green Gables" (1934) through to "Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet" (1965). John covers every genre, including serials like "Flash Gordon", series characters like Charlie Chan and Ma and Pa Kettle, and westerns like the Roy Rogers film, "Heldorado", shot on location at the mighty Hoover Dam. John Howard Reid's books are essential reference avenues for both the serious and not-so-serious cineaste. Over the years, John has documented thousands of movies in books such as this and his skill as a researcher is well-known in the movie world. John not only covers the "big pictures" but draws attention to movies that other film writers miss. With more and more productions, large and small, becoming available on DVD, a book such as this becomes a valuable aid in choosing, buying and collecting the movies you are most likely to enjoy.

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