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The Complete Films of Cecil B. Demille, By Gene Ringgold


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Wikipedia Description of Cecil:

Cecil Blount DeMille (August 12, 1881 – January 21, 1959) was an American film director and Academy Award-winning film producer in both silent and sound films. He was renowned for the flamboyance and showmanship of his movies. Among his best-known films are Cleopatra; Samson and Delilah; The Greatest Show on Earth, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture; and The Ten Commandments, which was his last and most successful film.

A Pictorial History of Horror Movies, by Denis Gifford


Michael’s gift to one of the make up artists on the set of The Wiz:









Julien’s auction notes:

Michael Jackson inscribed copy of “A Pictorial History of Horror Movies by Denis Gifford published in October 1977, given to make-up artist and horror-film aficionado Michael Thomas.

Inscription reads, “To Mike, I think the greatest preasent [sic] in the world is a book that is fitting to the desire. So freak yourself out! Love Michael Jackson 77 Wiz.”

MGM's Greatest Musicals, by Hugh Fordin





Amazon Description:

M-G-M’s Greatest Musicals (originally published as The World of Entertainment! Hollywood’s Greatest Musicals) is not a biography of Arthur Freed (1894–1973), producer of the most outstanding series of musicals in motion picture history, but a turbulent, behind-the-scenes, film-by-film account of the making of his movies (which, to the exclusion of all else, were his life). From 1940 to 1970, under the auspices of M-G-M’s celebrated Freed Unit, Hollywood’s master actors, writers, directors, choreographers, composers, and set designers created The Wizard of Oz, Girl Crazy, Meet Me in St. Louis, Annie Get Your Gun, An American in Paris, Show Boat, Singin’ in the Rain, Gigi, and nearly forty others. The author brings to vivid life the unexpected crises and everyday magic of the Freed Unit. Richly detailed, profusely illustrated with hundreds of rare photos, this book describes the lives and careers Freed touched and often shaped—Judy Garland, Vincente Minnelli, Gene Kelly, Ginger Rogers, and others like Saroyan, Berlin, Kern, Gershwin—and in the process reveals how a romantic, sentimental man became the uncontested master of the movie musical.

70 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards by Robert A. Osborne





Amazon Description:

The only book officially sanctioned by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, this hefty tome presents the history of the movies through the lens of the industry’s central organizing body. On May 4, 1927, AMPAS came into formal existence, and since then it has served as the primary forum for addressing industry-wide issues and honoring the achievements of those involved in motion picture making.