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The essentials : 52 must-see movies and why they matter

Arnold, Jeremy2016
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Showcasing 52 Essential films from the golden age to the present, Turner Classic Movies invites you into a world filled with stirring performances, dazzling musical numbers, and bold directorial visions that mark the greatest moments in film history. These are movies that define what it means to be a classic. Readers can enjoy one film per week, for a year of stellar viewing, or indulge in their own classic movie festival.
Main title:
The essentials : 52 must-see movies and why they matter / Jeremy Arnold ; foreword by Robert Osborne.
Imprint:
Philadelphia, PA : Running Press, 2016.
Collation:
288 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Includes bibliographies and index.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Metropolis (1927) -- All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) -- City Lights (1931) -- Grand Hotel (1932) -- King Kong (1933) -- Duck Soup (1933) -- It Happened One Night (1934) -- The Thin Man (1934) -- Bride of Frankenstein (1935) -- Swing Time (1936) -- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) -- Gone With the Wind (1939) -- The Lady Eve (1941) -- Citizen Kane (1941) -- Now, Voyager (1942) -- Casablanca (1942) -- Double Indemnity (1944) -- Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) -- Leave Her to Heaven (1945) -- The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) -- Out of the Past (1947) -- The Red Shoes (1948) -- The Bicycle Thief (1948) -- The Third Man (1949) -- White Heat (1949) -- Adam's Rib (1949) -- Winchester '73 (1950) -- Sunset Boulevard (1950) -- Gun Crazy (1950) -- All About Eve (1950) -- Singin' in the Rain (1952) -- Roman Holiday (1953) -- Seven Samurai (1954) -- On the Waterfront (1954) -- Rear Window (1954) -- Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) --Contents note continued: The Searchers (1956) -- Some Like it Hot (1959) -- North By Northwest (1959) -- Ben-Hur (1959) -- Breathless (1960) -- Lawrence of Arabia (1962) -- To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) -- Dr. Strangelove (1964) -- Bonnie and Clyde (1967) -- In the Heat of the Night (1967) -- The Graduate (1967) -- Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) -- Jaws (1975) -- Rocky (1976) -- Annie Hall (1977) -- This Is Spinal Tap (1984).
ISBN:
9780762459469
Dewey class:
791.43?75791.4375
Language:
English
BRN:
272328
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
Brighton LibraryAdult Non Fiction - Leisure791.4375 ARNOnloan - Due: 14 Oct 2024
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