A beautiful romance story written under the circumstances of an act, a movie, the cinematic world. How love can be written in the stars you will find out in this book.

A unique and entertaining memoir of training and working with animal actors. Lights, Camera, Lions tells the remarkable story of Hungarian Hubert Geza Wells, who defects to America during the communist era and goes on to make a name for himself as one of the most sought-after animal trainers in Hollywood. With tales from his long career, which included filming on five continents and working on over a hundred films including Out of Africa and Born Free, his hair-raising memoir (pun intended) also provides insight into training animals that has never been revealed before.

Break Out the Popcorn . . . It’s Showtime! Grab a seat and join Garfield as he takes a madcap look at movies—including his own—in this big, fat, hairy homage to films. This festival of fun features spoofs, reviews, trivia, and a blockbuster assortment of quips, tips, and comic strips!

Order of authors' names reversed on title page.

"Tall, handsome with steely blue eyes, Ian McGregor looked more like a leading man actor than a playwright in 1929 Hollywood. Ian is the golden boy scenarist for Universal Studios. The banter in Hollywood was that soon motion pictures would have sound, and Ian would be the writer everyone would demand to write their screenplays".

Lights Camera WAR! looks at 50 Indian war films from 1950 to 2020 across various Indian languages and examines their balance between entertainment and history. It looks at factors such as the real history behind the plots; the equipment and uniforms depicted; the use of music in the context and setting or, as often in Indian films, as a narrative device in the nautanki tradition, or for temporary relief; and the use of “filmy” coincidences, and other plot devices. The author’s sometimes surprising view is that some Indian war films classified as “flops” deserved more respect, at least in that they have been authentic in the depiction of history while some “hits” leave much to be desired. There are also comparisons with Hollywood and the West, where war films form a distinct genre. Some Indian war films, including major hits, are clearly “inspired” by such Hollywood films, and what they lose (or gain) in transplanting to the Indian screen is also discussed. The book also includes small historical capsules for comparison with the on-screen action, to illustrate how far the Indian war film accurately presents the history, serves as ‘masala’ entertainment, or manages a balance between them.

For fifteen years, Lewis Lapham has written a monthly column in Harper's Magazine, for which he won a 1995 National Magazine Award for his "exhilarating point of view in an age of conformity." This major collection of Lapham's essays defines his distinct view of the way the world really works, through vivid analysis of media, language, culture, and education. Lapham brings an acute eye to the ways of Washington, the manners of the money class, and the stirrings of the global economy. With originality and breadth, he illuminates the quirks and essential truths of the American character.