{"product_id":"the-movies-griffith-mayer-1957","title":"The Movies by Richard Griffith \u0026 Arthur Mayer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Movies (Illustrated Hollywood History in Dust Jacket)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Sixty-Year Story of Hollywood and Its Effect on America, Richly Illustrated with Some 1,000 Photographs\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliographic Specifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Movies: The sixty-year story of the world of Hollywood and its effect on America, from pre-nickelodeon days to the present\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthors:\u003c\/strong\u003e Richard Griffith \u0026amp; Arthur Mayer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bonanza Books, New York\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1957\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e None Issued (Pre-ISBN Era)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bonanza Books edition, published by arrangement with Simon and Schuster, Inc.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's red cloth boards with black cloth spine strip, with illustrated dust jacket.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Large illustrated quarto-style volume with approximately 1,000 black-and-white photographs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial Condition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Book:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very Good (VG)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExterior \/ Boards:\u003c\/strong\u003e The red cloth boards are clean, with light bumping at the corners, a small dent near the top of the front board and slight rubbing along the lower edge. The black cloth spine strip carries a few faint specks. The text block edges are toned.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The cream pages are clean and bright, with plentiful black-and-white photographs. The binding feels tight, with slight toning at the page edges and no foxing, tears or markings seen.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Present, and protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover. The illustrated jacket is worn: there is chipping and creasing at the spine head and tail, creases and small tears along the front edges and corners, rubbing and creasing to the spine, and toning and soiling to the back panel. Grade: Good (G).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis \u0026amp; Historical Value\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1957, The Movies traces the history of Hollywood and American film from the days before the nickelodeon to the late 1950s. Richly illustrated with about 1,000 photographs, it follows chapters such as The Birth of the Movies, The Formative Years, The Golden Twenties, The Grim Thirties, The New Deal and The Postwar Decade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe narrative is popular rather than scholarly, and the picture-led approach is much of its charm. It moves through idols and showmen, scandals and publicity stunts, technical innovation and commercial fortune, and considers what the cinema did to American life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe back of the jacket carries an extract from the authors' preface, in which they describe their differing backgrounds, their shared love of the movies and the influence of film on modern life. It is a pleasing, visual reference for collectors of cinema history and vintage illustrated books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Profile: Richard Griffith \u0026amp; Arthur Mayer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRichard Griffith (1912–1969) was an art critic and film historian who worked at The Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1940–42 and again from 1949 to 1965. He succeeded Iris Barry as curator of the museum's Film Library in 1951 and founded the Film Preservation Fund.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArthur Mayer (1886–1981) was a film publicist, exhibitor, distributor and lecturer. He worked for Goldwyn Pictures and Paramount, ran the Rialto Theater in New York and served as film consultant to the Secretary of War. 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