Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia: Career Profiles of More Than 2.000Actors And Filmakers,Past And Present

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まず、その情報量に驚かされます！サイズはA５？ほどですが電話帳くらいの厚みがあり、細かい字でビッシリと書かれています。日本語で言うなら「映画人名事典」‥でしょうか。１９世紀後半から２０世紀前中半に生まれた映画人を中心にその生い立ちとキャリアを紹介しているようです。ぱらぱらと見た範囲で一番早く生まれた方は、女優のDressler, Marieさん（わからない‥）、１８６９年生まれでした。トーキー、B&Wの映画をよく知っていらっしゃる、知りたいという方にぴったりの本だと思います。所々、主観的な解説も載っているのが嬉しいです。例えば「雨に歌えば」で有名なDonald O'Connorの書き出しはこのようになっています。　　O'CONNOR, DONALD. Actor, dancer,(b.Aug.28,1925,Chicago.)　　A great all-around talent who seldom got movie vehicles 　　　　worthy of his abilities,…洋書ではありますが、易しい英語で書かれているので読みすすめが楽です。何分対象年代が古いため、その情報の一部は私にはブタにシンジュであるのが残念ですが、この本が手元にあるとなかなか重宝します！

Great (but somewhat dated) thumb-nail biographies of the people who were genuine "movie stars" when I was"alive". Johnny Depp and Brad Pitt are about the only two I recognize today. Great read if you are into the movie biz and the stories of the people you often see on the free (antenna) cable channels. I would recommend it for those over 60 and went to the movies. Definitely a "nostalgia" trigger and most enjoyable. I wish Mr. Maltin and one of his young associates would come up with an updated version, but maybe there just are too many one hit wonders today to fill up the book.

By far, the best of his books for Classic moviie lovers.

I love the movies and movie stars-these books are great if you needinfo on the movie or the stars in it.

Ordered with Leonard Maltin's movie guide. For my nephew. I figured this would be a good addition for big movie lovers.

An exceptional compendium, invaluable source of information and research, this work nonetheless needs an updating. Unless the reader is consulting entries prior to the early nineties, the book is useless.