American Film

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    • The Triumph of the American Imagination
    • By: Neal Gabler
    • Narrated by: Arthur Morey
    • Length: 33 hrs and 20 mins
    • Release date: 11-16-06
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,414 ratings
    • Walt Disney was a true visionary whose desire for escape, iron determination, and obsessive perfectionism transformed animation from a novelty to an art form, first with Mickey Mouse and then with his feature films–most notably Snow White, Fantasia, and Bambi.

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    • Sex, Deviance, and Drama from the Golden Age of American Cinema
    • By: Anne Helen Peterson
    • Narrated by: Romy Nordlinger
    • Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 09-30-14
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 179 ratings
    • Based on Anne Helen Petersen's popular column on the Hairpin, Scandals of Classic Hollywood is sensationalism made smart....

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    • A Journey from Self to Service
    • By: Gary Sinise, Marcus Brotherton
    • Narrated by: Gary Sinise
    • Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 02-12-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2,944 ratings
    • Theater icon, award-winning film and television star, and American patriot Gary Sinise shares the never-before-told story of his journey from trouble-making Chicago kid to world-famous actor and tireless advocate for America’s veterans and first responders....

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    • Joan Didion and the American Dream Machine
    • By: Alissa Wilkinson
    • Narrated by: Alissa Wilkinson
    • Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 05-27-25
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • New York Times film critic Alissa Wilkinson examines Joan Didion's influence through the lens of American mythmaking.

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    • A Novel
    • By: Nina Revoyr
    • Narrated by: Brian Nishii
    • Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 11-30-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
    • In 1960s LA, a Japanese American former silent-film star investigates a mystery from his dark past in this novel by the author of Southland....

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    • Race, Class and Sex at the Movies
    • By: Bell Hooks
    • Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo
    • Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 06-07-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • Movies matter—that is the message of Reel to Real, bell hooks' classic collection of essays on film. They matter on a personal level, providing us with unforgettable moments, even life-changing experiences, and they can confront us, too, with the most profound social issues....

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    • An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic
    • By: Daniel De Visé
    • Narrated by: Johnny Heller
    • Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 03-19-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 111 ratings
    • Based on original research and dozens of interviews probing the memories of principals from director John Landis and producer Bob Weiss to Aykroyd himself, The Blues Brothers illuminates an American masterpiece while vividly portraying the creative geniuses behind modern comedy....

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    • The Life and Times of the Musical Chicago
    • By: Ethan Mordden
    • Narrated by: Joel Froomkin
    • Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 08-28-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 15 ratings
    • As author Ethan Mordden looks back at Chicago's various moving parts, we learn how the American theater serves as a kind of alternative news medium, a town crier warning the public about the racy, devious interior contradictions of American society....

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    • The Triumph of the American Imagination
    • By: Neal Gabler
    • Narrated by: Leonardo Leoncavallo
    • Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 10-26-06
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 309 ratings
    • Seven years in the making and meticulously researched, this is the full story of a man whose work left an ineradicable brand on our culture but whose life has largely been enshrouded in myth....

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    • The Story of Popular Standards
    • By: John Cousins
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 01-17-24
    • Language: English
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    • We have entered an age where we now have instant, unlimited, free access to the history of recorded music. We have the ability to listen across ...

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    • The Life of Clint Eastwood
    • By: Marc Eliot
    • Narrated by: Marc Eliot
    • Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 09-29-09
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 120 ratings
    • The definitive biography of one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful actors, producers, and directors in the history of American motion pictures....

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    • A Critical History of Witches in American Film and Television
    • By: Heather Greene
    • Narrated by: Eva Wilhelm
    • Length: 17 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 10-08-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • No industry has been as influential at shaping the popular notion of what it means to be a witch quite as much as Hollywood. This book traces the fascinating history of witchcraft and witches in American film and television....

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    • Edna Ferber, Her Best-Selling Novel of Texas, and the Making of a Classic American Film
    • By: Julie Gilbert
    • Narrated by: Maggi-Meg Reed
    • Length: 14 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 12-03-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • A book that explores the great American novelist and playwright Edna Ferber, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Ficton, whose work was made into many Academy Award-winning movies.

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    • The Stars, the Films, the Filmmakers
    • By: Donald Bogle, John Singleton - foreword, Turner Classic Movies
    • Narrated by: Donald Bogle
    • Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 08-10-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 11 ratings
    • The films, the stars, the filmmakers - all get their due in Hollywood Black, a sweeping overview of Blacks in film from the silent era through Black Panther, with striking photos and an engrossing history by award-winning author Donald Bogle....

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    • The Making of an American Legend
    • By: Glenn Frankel
    • Narrated by: John McLain
    • Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 10-18-13
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 102 ratings
    • 1836 in East Texas, nine-year-old Cynthia Ann Parker was kidnapped by Comanches. She was raised by the tribe and eventually became the wife of a warrior....

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