An Encyclopedia of Careers, Technologies, and Practices
- A selection of the Fireside Theater Book Club
“The TV & Movie Business is a concise and well organized guide to the inner workings of the entertainment world. I wish I would have had access to a book such as this one when I began my acting career. It provides some wonderful short cuts!”
–Barbara Eden
“[This] book gives me an informative overview of the entertainment business. I learned a lot!”
–Estelle Getty
“No matter how much we know about this business there are many areas we don’t know about, and this book fills in those voids.”
–Samuel Z. Arkoff, producer of I Was a Teenage Werewolf, How to Stuff a Wild Bikini, The Island of Dr. Moreau, and Dressed to Kill
“An extensive survey of careers, technologies and practices.”
—Back Stage
“This encyclopedia covers every aspect from the concept of a project to the technologies of the celluloid world to finished products and distribution.”
—Booklist
“Packed full of fascinating tidbits and trivia.”
—VOYA
“The detailed entries offer insights into all areas of the movie and TV business.”
—Journalism Quarterly
“Superb!”
—The Dorchester Argus-Citizen
Published in hardcover by Harmony/Crown Books in 1991 (ISBN 517-575787), 343 pages