motion pictures

A collection of photographs which have appeared in "Life" magazine that profiles the stars of Hollywood from the so-called Golden Era to the end of the twentieth century.

A pictorial history of American motion pictures from their beginnings through the 1970's.

Relates the life of the master of animation and founder of Disneyland including both personal and professional endeavors.

After being expelled from Octavian Country Day, Massie Block and friends travel to Hollywood where they audition for a movie and learn about celebrity lifestyles, while Dylan and Kristen stay in Westchester dieting and flirting with the Briarwood boys.

Feeling alienated from everyone around her, high school senior and cinephile Victoria Denton hides behind the identity of a favorite movie character until an interesting new boy arrives at school and helps her realize that there is more to life than just the movies.

In 1955 California, as "Invasion of the body snatchers" is filmed in their hometown, thirteen-year-old Arnie discovers a real enemy when he and three friends go against a young government agent determined to find communists at a nearby university or on the movie set.

After the whole village of Bishop's Lacey descends on Flavia de Luce's family's estate during a raging blizzard to watch the filming of a movie, a person ends up dead, strangled by a length of film, and the eleven-year-old budding chemist must find the killer.

Explores the physics of various movie scenes, from a spacecraft blowing up to shrinking children, and discusses if they could really happen.

Describes the experiences of a young boy and his mother when they go to a theater to see a movie.

Text and illustrations trace the history of silent film comedy focusing on such stars as Charlie Chaplin and Ben Turpin.