Inside Warner Bros. (1935-1951)

New York: Simon & Schuster (A Fireside Book). Fine. 1987 (c.1985). 1st printing thus. Softcover. [nice, as-new copy, with no discernible wear]. Trade PB (B&W photographs) A fascinating compilation of memos and other correspondence from the Warner Bros. files -- primary documents that "recapture the conception, the second thoughts, the inspirations, doubts, conflicts, and triumphs that produced some of the most popular films ever made," including CASABLANCA, THE MALTESE FALCON, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, MILDRED PIERCE, THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD, THE BIG SLEEP, THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE, etc. Intelligently edited and annotated by one of our pre-eminent film historians, who had a special affection for the Warner Bros. pictures of that era. (xx) .