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New year, new books! 2024 is your year to read more film books and there are plenty of new ones coming out for you to enjoy. There is lots here for those of you who enjoy Oscar history, fashion, Westerns, film noir, etc. There are 80+ new titles featured so plenty options to consider!
Are you new to my list? Here are the details. The books include biographies, memoirs, scholarly texts, coffee table books and more from a variety of publishers. For any scholarly books I make sure the ones included are affordable. There are also some reissues and paperback editions added to the bunch. Publication dates range from January to July 2024 and these are subject to change. These are U.S. release dates. International release dates and availability may vary.
Warning: If you look on Amazon for new classic film titles, please note that there are a lot of AI generated ones for sale. Use your discretion!
Also, McFarland on sale dates change frequently and chances are the below on sale dates for those titles will not stick.
Links go to Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Powell’s (I will add Larry Edmund’s links as they become available). I receive a small commission if you shop through some (not all) of my buy links.
JANUARY
9780762486328
50 Oscar Nights
Iconic Stars & Filmmakers on Their Career-Defining Wins
Iconic Stars & Filmmakers on Their Career-Defining Wins
by Dave Karger
TCM and Running Press
272 pages — January 2024
9781982171674
**Paperback Edition**
The American Way
A True Story of Nazi Escape, Superman, and Marilyn Monroe
by Helene Stapinski and Bonnie Siegler
Simon & Schuster
384 pages — January 2024
9781419758416
Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras
A History of Blaxploitation Cinema
by Odie Henderson
Abrams Press
304 pages — January 2024
9781496848260
Dorothy Arzner
Interviews
edited by Martin F. Norden
University Press of Mississippi
272 pages — January 2024
9781493076062
**Updated On Sale Date**
Double Solitaire
The Films of Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder
by Donald Brackett
Applause
312 pages — September 2023
9781467160643
Legends of Westwood Village Cemetery
by E.J. Stephens, Kim Stephens and Phil Lantis
Arcadia Publishing
128 pages — January 2024
9780813197944
Mavericks
Interviews with the World’s Iconoclast Filmmakers
by Gerald Peary
9780063221741
Muse: Cicely Tyson and Me
A Relationship Forged in Fashion
by B Michael
Amistad
224 pages — January 2024
9798212642453
**Reissue**
Rosemary’s Baby
by Ira Levin
Introduction by Chuck Palahniuk
Blackstone Publishing
234 pages — January 2024
9780813197029
**Paperback Edition**
What Price Hollywood?
Gender and Sex in the Films of George Cukor
by Elyce Rae Helford
FEBRUARY
9780063135529
Audrey Hepburn in Paris
by Meghan Friedlander and Luca Dotti
Harvest
208 pages — January 2024
9781802796094
Audrey in Paris
Audrey in Paris
by Caroline Young
Welbeck Publishing
224 pages — January 2024
9781438496528
The Biggest Thing in Show Business
Living It Up with Martin & Lewis
by Murray Pomerance and Matthew Solomon
SUNY Press
342 pages — February 2024
(Note: wait for the paperback because this edition has a textbook price of $99)
9781531504809
Casablanca’s Conscience
by Robert Weldon Whalen
Fordham University Press
160 pages — February 2024
9781635579628
Cocktails with George and Martha
Movies, Marriage, and the Making of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
by Philip Gefter
Bloomsbury Publishing
368 pages — February 2024
9781476691954
A Cut Below
A Celebration of B Horror Movies, 1950s-1980s
by Scott Drebit
McFarland
230+ pages — February 2024
9780197625361
Describing Cinema
by Timothy Corrigan
Oxford University Press
176 pages — February 2024
9781493074396
The Greatest Westerns Ever Made and the People Who Made Them
by Henry C. Parke and True West Magazine
TwoDot
256 pages — February 2024
9781496849557
**Paperback Edition**
Hollywood Enigma
Dana Andrews
by Carl Rollyson
University Press of Mississippi
350 pages — February 2024
9781639366248
Kubrick
An Odyssey
by Robert P. Kolker and Nathan Abrams
Pegasus Books
656 pages — February 2024
9781728276502
A Murder in Hollywood
The Untold Story of Tinseltown’s Most Shocking Crime
by Casey Sherman
Sourcebooks
304 pages — February 2024
9781350451452
New Perspectives on Early Cinema History
Concepts, Approaches, Audiences
by Mario Slugan
edited by Daniël Biltereyst
Bloomsbury Academic
304 pages — February 2024
9780062859020
**Paperback Edition**
Oscar Wars
A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears
by Michael Schulman
HarperCollins
608 pages — February 2024
9783775756853
Ruth Orkin: Women
by Ruth Orkin
Hatje Cantz/D.A.P. Artbook
144 pages — February 2024
MARCH
9781909526938
**Updated On Sale Date**
1001 Movie Posters
The Essential Collection
edited by Tony Nourmand
introduction by Christopher Frayling
Reel Art Press
552 pages — March 2024
9780764367960
The Art of the Classic Western Movie Poster
by Ed Hulse
Schiffer
320 pages — March 2024
9781978840720
**Paperback Edition**
Cinema ’62
The Greatest Year at the Movies
by Stephen Farber and Michael McClellan
foreword by Bill Condon
Rutgers University Press
274 pages — March 2024
9781476685335
Deanna Durbin in Hollywood
Her Life, Films and Music
by Barry Lowe
McFarland
120 pages — March 2024
9780231213295
Death by Laughter
Female Hysteria and Early Cinema
by Maggie Hennefeld
Columbia University Press
368 pages — March 2024
9780520396722
Directed by Yasujiro Ozu
by Shiguéhiko Hasumi
introduction by Aaron Gerow
translated by Ryan Cook
University of California Press
392 pages — March 2024
9780762484935
From the Moment They Met It Was Murder
Double Indemnity and the Rise of Film Noir
by Alain Silver and James Ursini
TCM and Running Press
352 pages — March 2024
9781985900387
**Paperback Edition**
A Front Row Seat
An Intimate Look at Broadway, Hollywood, and the Age of Glamour
by Nancy Olson Livingston
9780228105039
Hollywood Fashion
100 Years of Hollywood Icons
by Nancy J. Hajeski
Firefly Books
240 pages — March 2024
9781476693538
Hollywood Sex Comedies, 1953-1964
A Critical Analysis of 25 Films
by Hal Erickson
McFarland
228 pages — March 2024
9781324094463
**Paperback Edition**
Inventing the It Girl
How Elinor Glyn Created the Modern Romance and Conquered Early Hollywood
by Hilary A. Hallett
Liveright
464 pages — March 2024
9781496850263
Jean Peters
Hollywood’s Mystery Girl
by Michelangelo Capua
University Press of Mississippi
240 pages — March 2024
9781429030304
John Wayne: A Little Duke Book
John Wayne: A Little Duke Book
America, Why I Love Her
Applewood Books
32 pages — March 2024
9781429030328
John Wayne: A Little Duke Book
An American Boy Grows Up
Applewood Books
32 pages — March 2024
9781429030311
John Wayne: A Little Duke Book
The People
Applewood Books
32 pages — March 2024
9781978829770
Making History Move
Five Principles of the Historical Film
by Kim Nelson
Rutgers University Press
234 pages — March 2024
9780826366085
Ride the High Country
Reel West
by Robert Nott
University of New Mexico Press
152 pages — March 2024
9781423665809
**Centennial Edition**
When Hollywood Came to Utah
by James V. D’Arc
Gibbs Smith
360 pages — March 2024
APRIL
9780750999991
1971
100 Films from Cinema’s Greatest Year
by Robert Sellers
The History Press
320 pages — April 2024
9781803990187
Cleopatra and the Undoing of Hollywood
How One Film Almost Sunk the Studios
by Patrick Humphries
The History Press
240 pages — April 2024
9781788842518
Fabulous Faces of Classic Hollywood
by Robert Dance and Simon Crocker
Acc Art Books
240 pages — April 2024
9781538751428
The Fixer
Moguls, Mobsters, Movie Stars, and Marilyn
by Josh Young and Manfred Westphal
Grand Central Publishing
336 pages — April 2024
9780520375772
Hollywood Remaking
How Film Remakes, Sequels, and Franchises Shape Industry and Culture
by Kathleen Loock
University of California Press
305 pages — April 2024
9781538720363
Honey, Baby, Mine
A Mother and Daughter Talk Life, Death, Love (and Banana Pudding)
by Laura Dern and Diane Ladd
foreword by Reese Witherspoon
Grand Central Publishing
272 pages — April 2024
9781905662876
In My Own Process
by the Bruce Lee Family
Introductions by Shannon Lee, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,
Tony Hawk and Jackie Chan
Genesis Publications
272 pages — April 2024
9781438497358
Is Harpo Free?
And Other Questions of the Metaphysical Screen
by Matthew Cipa
SUNY Press
256 pages — April 2024
(Note: wait for the paperback because this edition has a textbook price of $99+)
9781493079766
James Bond and the Sixties Spy Craze
by Thom Shubilla
Applause
288 pages — April 2024
9781476691473
Joan Crawford in Film Noir
The Actress as Auteur
by David Meuel
McFarland
160+ pages — April 2024
9781526173812
John Ford’s America
by Jeffrey Richards
Manchester University Press
408 pages — April 2024
(Note: wait for the paperback because this edition has a textbook price of $160+)
9781839026157
The Leopard (Il Gattopardo)
by David Weir
9781493072507
Marlon Brando
Hollywood Rebel
by Burt Kearns
Applause
280 pages — April 2024
272 pages — April 2024
9780999306970
Wicked Becomes Her
Bette Davis and the Story Behind Wicked September
by John William Law
Aplomb Books
316 pages — April 2024
9780228020332
Queer Film Classics: Winter Kept Us Warm
by Chris Dupuis
McGill-Queen’s University Press
144 pages — April 2024
MAY
9781476694184
Ann Sheridan
The Life and Career of Hollywood’s Oomph Girl
by Michael D. Rinella
McFarland
158 pages — May 2024
9780813199382
**Paperback Edition**
Colorization
One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World
by Wil Haygood
University Press of Kentucky
464 pages — May 2024
9780762485208
Forbidden Cocktails
Libations Inspired by the World of Pre-Code Hollywood
by André Darlington
foreword by Mark A. Vieira
TCM and Running Press
248 pages — May 2024
9781978836808
Global Film Color
The Monopack Revolution at Midcentury
edited by Sarah Street and Joshua Yumibe
Rutgers University Press
320 pages — May 2024
9781399066501
History vs Hollywood
How the Past is Filmed
by MJ Trow
Pen and Sword History
224 pages — May 2024
9781493078554
Hollywood Behind the Lens
Treasures from the Bison Archives
by Marc Wanamaker and Steven Bingen
Lyons Press
256 pages — May 2024
9780762485895
Hollywood Pride
A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Representation and Perseverance in Film
by Alonso Duralde
TCM and Running Press
336 pages — May 2024
9781460763834
Icons of Style: Audrey Hepburn
Harper by Design
96 pages —May 2024
9781460763841
Icons of Style: Marilyn Monroe
Harper by Design
96 pages —May 2024
9781839025648
Kes
by David Forrest
BFI
112 pages — May 2024
9781469678986
Looking for Andy Griffith
A Father’s Journey
by Evan Dalton Smith
The University of North Carolina Press
224 pages — May 2024
9780813199399
Lucas
His Hollywood Legacy
edited by Richard Ravalli
University Press of Kentucky
Mädchen in Uniform
by Barbara Mennel
BFI
112 pages — May 2024
9780228021209
Queer Film Classics: The Children’s Hour
by Julia Erhart
McGill-Queen’s University Press
144 pages — May 2024
9781497104358
The Story of John Wayne
The Ultimate Collector’s Guide
by Various
Fox Chapel Publishing
128 pages — May 2024
9781839025983
Xala
by James S. Williams
BFI
112 pages — May 2024
JUNE
9781538173428
The 12-Hour Film Expert
Everything You Need to Know about Movies
by Noah and James Charney
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
248 pages — June 2024
[COVER NOT AVAILABLE YET]
9781335007933
Daughter of Daring
The Trick-Riding, Train-Leaping, Road-Racing Life of Helen Gibson, Hollywood’s First Stuntwoman
by Mallory O’Meara
Hanover Square Press
320 pages — June 2024
9781250328212
Desperately Seeking Something
A Memoir About Movies, Mothers, and Material Girls
by Susan Seidelman
St. Martin’s Press
352 pages — June 2024
9781789148626
Dirty Real
Exile on Hollywood and Vine with the Gin Mill Cowboys
by Peter Stanfield
Reaktion Books
344 pages — June 2024
9781787743236
Don Coppola
by Amazing Ameziane
Titan Comics
228 pages — June 2024
9781501389610
Ingmar Bergman at the Crossroads
Between Theory and Practice
edited by Maaret Koskinen and Louise Wallenberg
Bloomsbury Academic
272 pages — June 2024
9781250279224
Miss May Does Not Exist
The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius
by Carrie Courogen
St. Martin’s Press
400 pages — June 2024
9780805243673
Only in America
Al Jolson and The Jazz Singer
Richard Bernstein
Schocken
272 pages — June 2024
9781493074457
Starring Joan Crawford
The Films, the Fantasy, and the Modern Relevance of a Silver Screen Icon
by Samuel Garza Bernstein
Applause
312 pages — June 2024
9780231215640
Through a Noir Lens
Adapting Film Noir Visual Style
by Sheri Chinen Biesen
Columbia University Press
256 pages — June 2024
Coming in December
9780762484461
Falling in Love at the Movies
Rom Coms from the Screwball Era to Today
by Esther Zuckerman
TCM and Running Press
224 pages — December 2024
I would love to hear what you think? Which books are you putting on your wishlist?
