{"product_id":"9781605011455","title":"Encyclopedia of American Cinema : Biographies of the best American directors and actors, reviews of the best American movies, and lists of awards","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis illustrated Encyclopedia includes biographies of the best American directors and actors, reviews of the best American movies, and lists of awards. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeatures\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cul\u003e   \u003cli\u003eFully illustrated. \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eSearch for words or phrases. \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eNavigate from Table of Contents or read page by page. \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eAdd Bookmarks. \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eText annotation and mark-up. \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eAccess the guide anytime, anywhere--at home, on the train, in the subway. \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eUse your down time to prepare for an exam. \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eAlways have the guide available for a quick reference. \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cul\u003e   \u003cli\u003eI. Cinema of the United States \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eII. Famous American Directors \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eIII. Famous American Actors \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eIV. Awards \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eV. 100 Best American Movies of All Times    \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eI. Cinema of the United States:\u003c\/b\u003e About | History | Notable figures in U.S. film\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eII. Famous American Directors:\u003c\/b\u003e A-Z List | Woody Allen | Robert Altman | Hal Ashby | Busby Berkeley | Peter Bogdanovich | Frank Borzage | James L. Brooks | Mel Brooks | Tod Browning | Tim Burton | John Cassavetes | William Castle | Joel and Ethan Coen | Francis Ford Coppola | Roger Corman | Cameron Crowe | George Cukor | Cecil B. DeMille | Brian De Palma | Clint Eastwood | Victor Fleming | John Ford | Bob Fosse | Samuel Fuller | D.W. Griffith | Alice Guy-Blaché | Howard Hawks | George Roy Hill | Alfred Hitchcock | John Huston | Jim Jarmusch | Spike Jonze | Stanley Kubrick | Fritz Lang | Spike Lee | Ernst Lubitsch | George Lucas | Sidney Lumet | David Lynch | Terrence Malick | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Michael Mann | Russ Meyer | Vincente Minnelli | Leo McCarey | Alan J. Pakula | Alexander Payne | Sam Peckinpah | Arthur Penn | Sydney Pollack | Bob Rafelson | Sam Raimi | Nicholas Ray | Jean Renoir | Kevin Smith | Martin Scorsese | Steven Soderbergh | Todd Solondz | Steven Spielberg | Oliver Stone | Quentin Tarantino | Gus Van Sant | King Vidor | Raoul Walsh | John Waters | Robert Wise\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cb\u003eIII. Famous American Actors: \u003c\/b\u003eA-Z List |Fred Astaire | Lauren Bacall | John Barrymore | Humphrey Bogart | Charles Boyer | Marlon Brando | Louise Brooks | James Cagney | Montgomery Clift | Ronald Colman | Gary Cooper | Joseph Cotten | Joan Crawford | Tom Cruise | Bette Davis | James Dean | Robert De Niro | Johnny Depp | Leonardo DiCaprio | Marlene Dietrich | Kirk Douglas | Melvyn Douglas | Michael Douglas | Irene Dunne | Henry Fonda | Jane Fonda | Harrison Ford | Clark Gable | Ava Gardner | Judy Garland | Richard Gere | Mel Gibson | Tom Hanks | Oliver Hardy | Jean Harlow | Rita Hayworth | Katharine Hepburn | Charlton Heston | Dustin Hoffman | William Holden | Rock Hudson | Angelina Jolie | Buster Keaton | Gene Kelly | Grace Kelly | Nicole Kidman | Alan Ladd | Veronica Lake | Burt Lancaster | Carole Lombard | Fredric March | Joel McCrea | Steve McQueen | Robert Mitchum | Marilyn Monroe | Paul Newman | Jack Nicholson | Al Pacino | Gregory Peck | Brad Pitt | Sidney Poitier | William Powell | Tyrone Power | Robert Redford | Ginger Rogers | Rosalind Russell | Will Smith | Barbara Stanwyck | James Stewart | Meryl Streep | Barbra Streisand | Gloria Swanson | Shirley Temple | Spencer Tracy | Lana Turner | Rudolph Valentino | Denzel Washington | John Wayne | Orson Welles | Mae West    \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIV. Academy Awards: \u003c\/b\u003eAcademy Award | Current Awards | Retired Awards | Special Awards | Lists of Academy Awards\u003cbr\u003e      \u003cb\u003eEmmy Award: \u003c\/b\u003eAbout | List of Daytime Emmy winners | List of Primetime Emmy Award winners | List of International Emmy winners\u003cbr\u003e     \u003cb\u003eGolden Globe Award:\u003c\/b\u003e About | List of Award Categories | List of Golden Globe Awards\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eV. 100 Best American Movies of All Times:\u003c\/b\u003e By Alphabet Order | By Year\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e      \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e                        ","brand":"MobileReference","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47170402320624,"sku":"9781605011455","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781605011455_p0.jpg?v=1763829992","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781605011455","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}