Box-office Champs: The Most Popular Movies of the Last 50 Years"Throughout the book are more than 350 unforgettable film stills and posters, wonderful images in color and black and white, drawn from the files of the renowned Kobal Collection. Included are photographs of such luminaries as Tyrone Power as Jesse James; Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn in The Philadelphia Story (and Frank Sinatra and Grace Kelly in the musical remake, High Society); Ingrid Bergman and Gary Cooper in for Whom the Bell Tolls; John Wayne in Red River; James Dean and Elizabeth Taylor in Giant; Dustin Hoffman as The Graduate; Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry; Sylvester Stallone as Rocky; Goldie Hawn as Private Benjamin; and Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future. This then is truly a book for fans of all ages, offering insights into movie history, the art of film-making, and the changing state of popular culture." -- |
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