Encyclopedia of Film

By James Monaco

Book Overview

The final word on movies and the motion picture industry includes full biographies and film credits of stars, producers, directors, writers and more, plus an encyclopedic dictionary of all the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399516042
• ISBN13: 9780399516047
• Release Date: May 1991
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 596 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.0" x 1.0" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Need Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide?

This film encyclopedia, by James Monaco, is great for looking up people. I keep it next to the TV. When "The Deadly Mantis" (1957) came on, I looked up William Alland. I knew he also produced "It Came from Outer Space" (1953). What I did not know was that he was a stage manager for Orson Welles's Mercury Theater. This book is like "Connections." You can follow the producers and actors. What you cannot do is follow the films. The title of this book is misleading. It should be "The Actor and Producer Encyclopedia." You still need Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide to find the person to look up in this book. Sorry for the few stars, but there is not even an index.

We need a new edition of this book!

This book evaluates the work of a great many film artists (actors, directors, editors, etc.) and lists their every movie chronologically. I refer to my 1991 edition constantly, but we need a new edition. What are chances we'll see one?

Excellent - when can we get a new revision?

This is the best movie guide we've found (and we're on our 3rd).You can look up information by actor. It puts Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide to shame (which is weak on information by actor). I wish the author would come out with an updated version. We'd be first in line to buy it.