An edition of The children's book of the movies (2014)

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explore the magical, behind-the-scenes world of the movies

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An edition of The children's book of the movies (2014)

The children's book of the movies

explore the magical, behind-the-scenes world of the movies

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Provides information about movies, chronicling their history from the early moving pictures to today; detailing how stunts and screen writing are done; and profiling famous actors, producers, and directors.

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English
Pages
141

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The children's book of the movies: explore the magical, behind-the-scenes world of the movies
2014, DK Publishing, DK Children
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Table of Contents

A journey through film: the story of the movies
Moving pictures
From silence to sound
Charlie Chaplin
Stranger than fiction
Going to the movies
Heroes and villains
Walt Disney
Glorious Technicolor
The Wizard of Oz
The Golden Age of the movies
Stars of the Golden Age
Moving to the modern age
Behind the scenes: from green light to opening night
Who's who
Great producers
Writing a movie
Attention to detail
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Make believe
The world of effects
Weta
Animation
Getting the shot
Great directors
Steven Spielberg
Bright young screen stars
The Red Balloon
Animal actors
The Cave of the Yellow Dog
Music on film
Spreading the word
The red carpet
Stories on screen: telling stories
Animated films
Spirited Away
Science fiction
Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
Scary movies
King Kong
Martial arts
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Choreography
Musicals
Bollywood superstars
Amitabh Bachchan
Documentaries
Actors in action
Stunts on set
Fairy tale and fantasy
Alice in Wonderland
superheroes
Western
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Drama
Jodie Foster
Comedy
Jacques Tati
Detectives and spies
James Bond
Playing with film
So you want to make a movie!

Edition Notes

"This book was created in partnership with FILMCLUB (now part of FILM NATION UK)"--Title page verso.

Includes index.

"The theme or content of some movies listed in Children's book of the movies may not be suitable for all children. Please check the film's rating and consider its suitability before letting your child view it"--Title page verso.

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London, New York
Other Titles
Book of the movies

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
791.43015
Library of Congress
PN1994.5 .C39 2014

The Physical Object

Pagination
141 pages
Number of pages
141

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL31003283M
Internet Archive
childrensbookofm0000unse
ISBN 10
1465416625
ISBN 13
9781465416629
LCCN
2013498724
OCLC/WorldCat
852831268
Amazon ID (ASIN)

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