The Children's Book of the Movies : : Explore the Magical, Behind-The-Scenes World of the Movies

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"This book was created in partnership with FILMCLUB (now part of FILM NATION UK)"--Title page verso.
Includes index.
A journey through film: the story of the movies -- Moving pictures -- From silence to sound -- Charlie Chaplin -- Stranger than fiction -- Going to the movies -- Heroes and villains -- Walt Disney -- Glorious Technicolor -- The Wizard of Oz -- The Golden Age of the movies -- Stars of the Golden Age -- Moving to the modern age -- Behind the scenes: from green light to opening night -- Who's who -- Great producers -- Writing a movie -- Attention to detail -- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets -- Make believe -- The world of effects -- Weta -- Animation -- Getting the shot -- Great directors -- Steven Spielberg -- Bright young screen stars -- The Red Balloon -- Animal actors -- The Cave of the Yellow Dog -- Music on film -- Spreading the word -- The red carpet -- Stories on screen: telling stories -- Animated films -- Spirited Away -- Science fiction -- Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back -- Scary movies -- King Kong -- Martial arts -- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon -- Choreography -- Musicals -- Bollywood superstars -- Amitabh Bachchan -- Documentaries -- Actors in action -- Stunts on set -- Fairy tale and fantasy -- Alice in Wonderland -- superheroes -- Western -- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid -- Drama -- Jodie Foster -- Comedy -- Jacques Tati -- Detectives and spies -- James Bond -- Playing with film -- So you want to make a movie!
Provides information about movies, chronicling their history from the early moving pictures to today; detailing how stunts and screen writing are done; and profiling famous actors, producers, and directors.

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