05/11/2023
CHARLES LEE JACKSON, II’s BRILLIANT INTRODUCTION TO THE FILMS AND ERA OF THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE MOVIES!
“Well-researched,” – David Gerrold
How they were made, why they were made, the people who made them, the way they were sold, the audiences who thrilled to them.
Another “great book by the knowledgeable Charles Lee Jackson. Of tremendous value to the fan and film historian is the massive amount of background information Jackson provides. Authoritative and well written.” – Amazon Verified 5-Star review
If you’re a movie fan with friends or relatives who just don’t get the attraction of the motion pictures of Hollywood’s “Golden” era, here’s a book for you to share with them.
If you’re young and have just discovered classic Hollywood for yourself but can’t get your love across to your fellow cinephiles who are interested only in new movies, this is the must-have gift for them.
If you grew up on “The Million Dollar Movie” and all-night Golden Age classics , this nostalgia-filled book will bring back your memories and fill in the background with fabulous facts you never knew.
While most film books focus on a single film, person, or category (westerns, musicals, comedy, and the rest), YOUR BEST ENTERTAINMENT is an introduction to the wide range of motion pictures – major and minor – in ten categories: Drama, Comedy, Musicals, Adventure, Westerns, War, Mystery, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Serials, Documentaries, and the Short Subjects that constituted the theater programs of yesteryear – with background on the star system, the studios and studio moguls, film promotion, and the lavish big-time movie premieres.
In its pages the novice and the longtime fan will find many examples of pictures big and small, the blockbusters and the second features, and all the other elements that entertained and enriched the lives of three generations of kids and adults.
Call it a sort of "Motion Pictures' of the Golden Age 101".
Lavishly illustrated
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CHARLES LEE JACKSON, II’s BRILLIANT INTRODUCTION TO THE FILMS AND ERA OF THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE MOVIES! “Well-researched,” – David Gerrold Another “great book by the knowledgeable Charles Lee Jackson. Of tremendous value to the fan and film historian is the massive amount of background info...