Calling all classic movie fans! Check out these books this week during Amazon's Prime Day sale in July 2025 or if you need to top off your cart.
From Old Hollywood trivia to a beginner's guide for newbies, and from Harold Lloyd to "It's a Wonderful Life," Reel Old Movies has a range of books for classic film fans.
Here's a quick round-up of books from Reel Old Movies:
Beginner's Guide to Classic Movies
Katharine Hepburn vs. Audrey Hepburn. “Gilda,” “Laura” or “Harold and Maude”? John Wayne, John Ford and John Gilbert.
Tens of thousands of movies and hundreds of stars over several decades can be daunting. Where to even start?
This guide of 50 movies is a way to jumpstart your classic movie appreciation by providing a broad cross-section of films from a variety of movie genres, directors and stars. You’ll get a solid foundation of Old Hollywood, but even better – you’ll start to discover for yourself which styles and stars you like and pursue more of those movies.
📚📚"Beginner’s Guide to Classic Movies: 50 movies to start your discovery of Old Hollywood stars and directors" — order your paperback at Amazon or find out more
It’s a Wonderful Life: Quotes & Inspiration
The plot is almost indescribable. The film’s structure defies most movie-making conventions. And for a movie that is perennially described as “heartwarming,” it is incredibly dark. “It’s a Wonderful Life” doesn’t fit into neat buckets, but maybe that is why it resonates – and continues to do so – for millions of people for generations.
"It's a Wonderful Life: Quotes & Inspiration" collects some of the best quotes, excerpts, scenes from the movie, posters and other material from the James Stewart 1946 classic movie, perfect for the fan or a jump start on holiday gift-giving.
📚📚“It’s a Wonderful Life: Quotes & Inspiration” – order your paperback at Amazon or find out more
101 Classic Movie Trivia Questions
You may love classic movies, but how much do you really know?
This collection of 101 trivia questions (and answers!) puts your knowledge to the test.
Who dated who in Old Hollywood? What movies set records at awards shows and at the box office? Who made silver screen history?
📚📚"101 Classic Movie Trivia Questions" -- order your paperback at Amazon or find out more
Harold Lloyd's autobiography: A reissue of the 1928 edition
Perhaps no other comedian has ever been so of his time as Harold Lloyd.
The silent comedy star of such hits as “Safety Last!” “Why Worry?” “Grandma’s Boy” and “The Freshman” both reflected the 1920s youthful and optimistic spirit of the era as well as drove part of that pop culture himself.
The 1928 autobiography “An American Comedy” traces Harold Lloyd’s early childhood through his stardom and is an interesting snapshot of Lloyd's career and Hollywood in the historic time.
📚📚"An American Comedy — Harold Lloyd's Autobiography: A reissue of the original 1928 edition" — order your paperback copy at Amazon or find out more
Movie Posters from Silent Films
Browse through a feast for the eyes: This selection of iconic movie posters allows modern audiences to appreciate the art form and to gain insight into how some of the biggest silent movie-era hits and critical darlings were advertised to the public. The “coffee table ebook” is a perfect introduction for movie history novices, or for those well-versed in classic movies, a visual reminder of why silent movies capture our hearts.
Included are a range of genres and movies stars of the silent era, avant-garde productions and mass-marketed movies, films with Academy Award-winning design and posters with just plain interestingness. Movie posters from the silent works of Rudolph Valentino, Theda Bara, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Mary Pickford, Ramon Novarro, Lon Chaney and more are inside.
📚📚"Movie Posters from Silent Films: Pictorial highlights from early cinema and the silent movie era" — order your ebook at Amazon or find out more
Marie Dressler's 1924 autobiography: A reissue of 'The Life Story of an Ugly Duckling'
Marie Dressler today is remembered as an Academy Award-winning actress, singer and comedian who used improvisation and her physicality to make her audiences laugh, whether on stage or on screen. But in her 1924 autobiography “The Life Story of an Ugly Duckling,” Dressler is at a crossroads. Behind her was enormous success on Broadway and in a handful of popular silent movies. Ahead of her was a so-called “comeback” to critical and movie box office acclaim (“Min and Bill,” “Dinner at Eight,” “Tugboat Annie”).
The 100th anniversary memoir reissue showcases her good nature and pragmatic outlook that helped her navigate these career ebbs and flows.
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