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Twentieth Century Fox: Inside the Photo Archive

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I have already a few photograph books on movies and movie stars and this is one of the best. Contains photos I had never seen before, in large format and the best quality. This book is perfect for all those who believe they don't make movies like they used to in the classic days anymore, I'm one of them! Nor do we have now stars like those...

The pictures in _Twentieth Century Fox: Inside the Photo Archive_ are breathtaking, a mix of color and black-and-white images, all in full-page format and spanning the entire illustrious history of the studio. However, to my own mind there's a serious shortcoming; there is no real context for the photos. The captions simply describe the subjects of the pictures and the films they were appearing in at the time, with no explanations as to what was going on at the time the photographs were taken and no anecdotes about the actors and their movies. I liked this book, but I do think it could have been a lot better if those who'd assembled it had taken a little more time to provide the stories behind the pictures.

This volume contains some really great photographs of times passed in the Classic era of motion pictures and movie history. Any buff would want to add this to their collection.