Selected Bibliography
Compiled by John W. Cones
Your Suggestions Welcome



Articles, Films, Media Reports and Papers:

Abode, P.J., "Pick-Ups, Pre-Sales and Co-Ventures", Montage (IFP/West publication), Winter 1991/1992.

Achbar, Mark and Wintonick, Peter, Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, (a documentary film), 1992.

Adams, Walter and Brock, James W., "Power, and Antitrust Policy: A Case Study of Video Entertainment", The Wayne Law Review, Fall, 1989.

Ainbender, David, "Coming to America Case Settles", Suit Talk Case Closet, Hollywood Law Cybercenter, http://screenwriters.com/Law/suittalk/closet2.html#buchwald, December 10, 1996.

Auf der Maur, Rolf, Enforcement of Antitrust Law and the Motion Picture Industry, student paper presented to UCLA Extension class "The Feature Film Distribution Deal" (instructor--John W. Cones), 1991.

Barsky, Hertz, Ros, and Vinnick, Legal Aspects of Film Financing, April, 1990.

Berry, Jennifer, Female Studio Executives, (a research paper for "Film Finance and Distribution", UCLA Producer's Program, Fall, 1994.]

Bertz, Michael A., "Pattern of Racketeering Activity-A Jury Issue", Beverly Hills Bar Journal, Vo. 26, No. 1, Winter, 1992.

Bertz, Michael A., "Pursuing a Business Fraud RICO Claim", California Western Law Review, Vol. 21, No. 2, 1985.

Bibicoff, Hillary, "Net Profit Participations in the Motion Picture Industry", Loyola Entertainment Law Journal, Vol. 11, 1991.

Bowser, Kathryn, "Opportunities Knock (Co-Production Possibilities with Japan and Britain)", The Independent, November, 1991.

Brett, Barry J., and Friedman, Michael D., "A Fresh Look At The Paramount Decrees", The Entertainment and Sports Lawyer, Volume 9, Number 3, Fall 1991, 1.

Brooks, David, "A Fantasy at the Speed of Sound", Insight, May 26, 1986.

Cash William, "Too Many Hoorays for Hollywood", The Spectator, October, 1992.

Chrystie, Stephen, Gould, David and Spoto, Lou, "Insolvency and the Production and Distribution of Entertainment Products", The Entertainment and Sports Lawyer, Vol. 6, No. 4, Spring 1988.

Cohen, Roger, "Steve Ross Defends His Paychecks", The New York Times Magazine, March 22, 1992.

Cohodas, Nadine, "Reagan Seeks Relaxation of Antitrust Laws", Congressional Quarterly, February 1, 1986.

Collins, G. "Film Ratings: Guidance or Censorship?" New York Times , April 9, 1990, B1 & B4.

Colton, Edward E., "How to Negotiate Contracts, Deals in the Movie Industry", Edward E. Colton, New York Law Journal, September 23, 1988.

Colton, Edward E., "What to Include in Pacts Between Author & Film Co.", New York Law Journal, October 7, 1988.

Colton, Edward E., "Defining Net Profits, Shares for a Motion Picture Deal", New York Law Journal, September 30, 1988.

Cones, John W., "Feature Film Limited Partnerships: A Practical Guide Focusing on Securities and Marketing for Independent Producers and Their Attorneys", Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Journal, 1992.

Cones, John W., "Three Hundred Thirty-Seven Reported Business Practices of the Major Studio/Distributors", (self-published compilation, 1991).

Cones, John W., "Maximizing Producers' Negative Pick-Up Profits", Entertainment Law & Finance, Vol. VIII, No. 3, June, 1992.

Continuing Education of the Bar, California, Tax Literacy for the Business Lawyer, (seminar handout, September 1991).

Corliss, Richard, "The Magistrate of Morals", Richard Corliss, Time, October 12, 1992.

Fleming, Karl, "Who Is Ted Ashley?" New York, June 24, 1974.

The Hollywood Reporter, "Antitrust Suit By Theater to Proceed", January 14, 1992, 6.

"JFK and Costello", New York Times, July 27, 1973.

Custolito, Karen and Parisi, Paula, "Power Surge--Women in Entertainment", The Hollywood Reporter, December 6, 1994.

Dekom, Peter J., "The Net Effect: Making Net Profit Mean Something", American Premiere, May-June, 1992.

Dellaverson, John J., "The Director's Right of Final Cut--How Final Is Final?", The Entertainment and Sports Lawyer, Vo. 7, No. 1, Summer/Fall 1988.

Denby, David, "Can the Movies be Saved?", New York, July 21, 1986.

Disner, Eliot G., "Is There Antitrust After 'Syufy'?--Recent Ninth Court Cases Create Barriers to Enforcement", California Lawyer, March 1991, 63.

Eshman, Jill Mazirow, "Bank Financing of a Motion Picture Production", Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Journal, 1992.

Farrell, L.M., "Financial Guidelines for Investing in Motion Picture Limited Partnerships", Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Journal, 1992.

Faulkner, Robert R. and Anderson, Andy B., "Short-Term Projects and Emergent Careers: Evidence from Hollywood", American Journal of Sociology, Volume 92, Number 4, January 1987.

Feller, Richard L., "Unreported Decisions and Other Developments (RICO and Entertainment Litigation)", The Entertainment and Sports Lawyer, Vol. 3, No. 2, Fall 1984.

Freshman, Elena R., "Commissions to Non-Broker/Dealers Under California Law", Beverly Hills

Bar Journal, Volume 22, Number 2.

Gaydos, Steven, "Piercing Indictment, Steven Gaydos", Los Angeles Reader, December, 1992.

Glasser, Theodore L., "Competition and Diversity Among Radio Formats: Legal and Structural Issues", Journal of Broadcasting, Vol. 28:2, Spring 1984.

Goldman Sachs, "Movie Industry Update--1991", (Investment Research Report), 1991.

Gomery, Douglas, Failed Opportunities: "The Integration of the U.S. Motion Picture and Television Industries", Quarterly Review of Film Studies, Volume 9, Number 3, Summer 1984.

Goodell, Jeffrey, "Hollywood's Hard Times", Premiere, January, 1992.

Granger, Rod and Toumarkine, Doris, "The Un-Stoppables", Spy, November, 1988.

Greenberg, B.S., Siemicki, M. Dorfman, S., Heeter, C., Soderman, A., and Linsangan, R., "Sex Content in R-Rated Films Viewed by Adolescents", Project CAST Report No. 3, Michigan State University, Department of Telecommunication, 1986.

Greenspan, David, "Miramax Films Corp. V. Motion Picture Ass'n of Amer., Inc. The Ratings Systems Survives, for Now", The Entertainment and Sports Lawyer, Vol. 9, No. 2, Summer 1991.

Greenwald, John, "The Man With the Iron Grasp", Time, September 27, 1993.

Gregory, Keith M., "Blind Bidding: A Need For Change", Beverly Hills Bar Journal, Winter 1982-1983.

Hammond, Robert A. and Melamed, Douglas A., "Antitrust in the Entertainment Industry: Reviewing the Classic Texts in The Image Factory", Gannet Center Journal, Summer 1989.

Hanson, Wes, "Restraint, Responsibility & the Entertainment Media", Wes Hanson, Ethics Magazine, Josephson Institute, 1993.

Harris, Kathryn, "Movie Companies, TV Networks and Publishers Have Been Forced to Audition the Same Act: Cost Cutting", Forbes, January 6, 1992.

Honeycutt, Kirk, "Film Producer Mark Rosenberg Dies at Age 44", The Hollywood Reporter, November 9, 1992.

Independent Feature Project/West, "Feature Development: From Concept to Production", (seminar), November, 1991.

Jacobson, Marc, "Film Directors Agreements", The Entertainment & Sports Lawyer, Vol. 8, No. 1, Spring 1990.

Jacobson, Marc, "Structuring Film Development Deals", Entertainment Law & Finance, September, 1990.

Kagan, Paul, and Associates, Motion Picture Investor (newsletter), June and December issues, 1990.

Kagan, Paul, and Associates, Motion Picture Finance, (seminar), November, 1991.

Kasindorf, Martin, "Cant' Pay? Won't Pay!", Empire, June 1990.

Kopelson, Arnold, "One Producer's Inside View of Foreign and Domestic Pre-Sales in the Independent Financing of Motion Pictures", Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Journal, 1992.

Layne, Barry and Tourmarkine, Doris, "Court Vacates Consent Decree Against Loews", The Hollywood Reporter, February 20, 1992, 3.

Lazarus, Paul N, III, "Ensuring a Fair Cut of a Hit Film's Profits", Entertainment Law & Finance, Leader Publications, November, 1989.

Leedy, David J., "Projecting Profits from a Motion Picture" (excerpts from an unpublished work), presented Fall 1991, for UCLA Extension class: "Contractual Aspects of Producing, Financing and Distributing Film".

Levine, Michael and Zitzerman, David B., "Foreign Productions and Foreign Financing--The Canadian Perspective", The Entertainment and Sports Lawyer, Vol. 5, No. 4, Spring 1987.

Linz, D. Donnerstein, E., and Penrod, S. "The Effects of Multiple Exposures to Filmed Vilence Against Women", Journal of Communication 34:3, 1984, pages 103-147.

Litwak, Mark, "Lessons In Self Defense--Distribution Contracts and Arbitration Clauses", Mark Litwak, The Independent, 1993.

Litwak, Mark, Successful Producing in the Entertainment Industry (seminar), UCLA Extension, 1990.

Logan, Michael, "He'll Never Eat Lunch In This Town Again!", Los Angeles Magazine, September 1992.

Los Angeles Times, "Film Studios Threaten Retaliation Against States Banning Blind Bids", June 1, 1981.

Marcus, Adam J., "Buchwald v. Paramount Pictures Corp. and the Future of Net Profit", Cardoza Arts & Entertainment Law Journal, Vol. 9, 1991.

Mathews, Jack, "Rules of the Game", American Film, March, 1990.

Mathews, J. "Change in Film Ratings Favored: Parents Want More Details; Producers Want Status Quo", Los Angeles Times, June 1, 1987, page 9.

McCoy, Charles W. "Tim", Jr., "The Paramount Cases: Golden Anniversary in a Rapidly Changing Marketplace", Antitrust, Summer 1988, 32.

McDougal, Dennis, "A Blockbuster Deficit", Dennis McDougal, Los Angeles Times, March 21, 1991.

Medved, Michael, "Researching the Truth About Hollywood's Impact--Consensus and Denial", Ethics Magazine, Josephson Institute, 1993.

Moore, Schuyler M., "Entertainment Financing for the '90s: Super Pre-Sales", Stroock & Stroock & Lavan Corporate Entertainment Newsletter, Vol. 1, Q1 1992.

Morris, Chris, "Roger Corman: The Schlemiel as Outlaw", in Todd McCarthy and Charles Flynn, eds., King of the Bs, New York: Dutton, 1975.

Nochimson, David and Brachman, Leon, "Contingent Compensation for Theatrical Motion

Pictures", The Entertainment and Sports Lawyer, Vol. 5, No. 1, Summer 1986.

O'Donnell, Pierce, "Killing the Golden Goose: Hollywood's Death Wish", Beverly Hills Bar Journal, Summer, 1992.

Olswang, Simon M., "The Last Emperor and Co-Producing in China: The Impossible Made Easy, and the Easy Made Impossible", The Entertainment and Sports Lawyer, Vol. 6, No. 2, Fall 1987.

Phillips, Mark, C., "Role of Completion Bonding Companies in Independent Productions", Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Journal, 1992.

Phillips, Gerald F., "Block Booking--Perhaps Forgotten, Perhaps Misunderstood, But Still Illegal", The Entertainment and Sports Lawyer, Vo. 6, No. 1, Summer 1987.

Phillips, Gerald F., "The Recent Acquisition of Theatre Circuits by Major Distributors", The Entertainment and Sports Lawyer, Vol. 5, No. 3, Winter 1987, 1.

Powers, Stephen P., Rothman, David J., and Rothman, Stanley, "Hollywood Movies, Society, and Political Criticism", The World & I, April 1991.

Pristin, Terry, "Hollywood's Family Ways", Los Angeles Times Calendar Section, January 31, 1993.

Richardson, John H., "Hollywood's Actress-Hookers--When Glamour Turns Grim", John H. Richardson, Premiere, 1992.

Robb, David, "Police Net is Arrested by Boxoffice Drop", The Hollywood Reporter, September 8, 1992.

Robb, David, "Net Profits: One Man's View from Both Sides", The Hollywood Reporter, August, 31, 1992.

Robb, David, "Net Profits, No Myth, But Hard to Get Hands On", The Hollywood Reporter, August 17, 1992.

Robb, David, "Net Profits: Breaking Even is Hard to Do", The Hollywood Reporter, September, 14, 1992.

Robb, David, "Net Profits, 'Endangered' by Big Budgets", The Hollywood Reporter, August 24, 1992.

Robertus, P., and Simon, R.J., "The Movie Code" A View from Parents and Teenagers", Journalism Quarterly 47, 1970, pages 568-569 and 629.

Rodman, Howard, "Unequal Access, Unequal Pay: Hollywood's Gentleman's Agreement", Montage, October 1989.

Royal, David, "Making Millions and Going Broke, How Production Companies Make Fortunes and Bankrupt Themselves", American Premiere, November/December 1991.

Sarna, Jonathan, D., "The Jewish Way of Crime", Commentary, August, 1984.

Schiff, Gunther, H., "The Profit Participation Conundrum: A Glossary of Common Terms and Suggestions for Negotiation", Gunther H. Schiff, Beverly Hills Bar Journal, Summer, 1992.

Screen, "Vertical Integration, Horizontal Regulation--The Growth of Rupert Murdoch's Media Empire", Volume 28, Number 4 (May-August, 1986).

Sills, Steven D., and Axelrod, Ivan L., "Profit Participation In The Motion Picture Industry", Los Angeles Lawyer, April, 1989.

Simensky, Melvin, "Determining Damages for Breach of Entertainment Agreements", The Entertainment and Sports Lawyer, Vol. 8, No. 1, Spring 1990.

Simon, John, Film--"Charlatans Rampant", National Review, February 1, 1993.

Sinclair, Nigel, "U.S./Foreign Film Funding (Co-Production Tips)", Entertainment Law & Finance, March, 1991.

Sinclair, Nigel, "Long-Term Contracts for Independent Producers", Entertainment Law & Finance, November, 1986.

Sinclair, Nigel, "How to Draft Multi-Picture Deals", Entertainment Law & Finance, January, 1987.

Sinclair and Gerse, "Representing Independent Motion Picture Producers", Los Angeles Lawyer, May, 1988.

Sobel, Lionel, S., "Protecting Your Ideas in Hollywood", Writer's Friendly Legal Guide, Writer's Digest Books, 1989.

Sobel, Lionel S., "Financing the Production of Theatrical Motion Pictures", Entertainment Law Reporter, May, 1984.

Sperry, Paul, "Do Politics Drive Hollywood? Or do Markets Determine What Studios Make?", Paul Sperry, Investor's Business Daily, March 19, 1993

Stauth, Cameron, "Masters of the Deal", American Film, May, 1991.

Tagliabue, Paul J., "Anti-Trust Developments in Sports and Entertainment Law", Anti-Trust Law Journal, 1987.

UCLA Entertainment Law Symposium, Never Enough: The "A" Deal, Business, Legal and Ethical Realities, (Sixteenth Annual), February, 1992.

Welkos, Robert W., "Hollywood Plays a Starring Role in Financing Politics", Los Angeles Times, August 25 1996.

Whitney, Simon N., "Antitrust Policies and the Motion Picture Industry" (article appearing in Gorham Kindem's book: The American Movie Industry--The Business of Motion Pictures, Southern Illinois University Press, 1982.

Wilson, B.J., Lynn, D., and Randall, D., "Applying Social Science Research to Film Ratings: A Shift from Offensiveness to Harmful Effects", Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media 34: 4, Fall, 1990, pages 443-468.

Wilson, Kurt E., "How Contracts Escalate into Torts", California Lawyer, January, 1992.

Wolf, Brian J., "The Prohibitions Against Studio Ownership of Theaters: Are They An Anachronism?", Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Journal, Vol. 13, 413.

Yang, N., and Linz, D., "Movie Ratings and the Content of Adult Videos: The Sex-Violence Ratio", Journal of Communication 40:2 , 1990, pages 28-42.

Zitzerman, David B. and Levine, Michael A., "Producing a Film in Canada--The Legal and Regulatory Framework", The Entertainment and Sports Lawyer, Vol. 8, No. 4, Winter 1991.

Zoglin, R., "Gremlins in the Rating System", Time, June 25, 1984, page 78.

Books:

Andersen, Arthur & Co., Tax Shelters--The Basics, Harper & Row, Publishers, 1983.

Anger, Kenneth, Hollywood Babylon, Dell Publishing, 1981.

Anger, Kenneth, Hollywood Babylon II, Penguin Books, 1984.

Armour, Robert A., Fritz Lang, Twayne Publishers, 1977.

Bach, Steven, Final Cut--Dreams and Disaster in the Making of Heaven's Gate, William Morrow & Co., 1985.

Baehr, Ted, The Media-Wise Family, Chariot Victor Publishing, 1998.

Ballio, T. ed., The American Film Industry, 2nd rev. ed. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1985.

Bart, Peter, Fade Out--The Calamitous Final Days of MGM, Anchor Books, 1991.

Baumgarten, Paul A., Farber, Donald C. and Fleischer, Mark, Producing, Financing and Distributing Film--A Comprehensive Legal and Business Guide, 2nd edition, Limelight Editions, 1992.

Bayer, William, Breaking Through, Selling Out, Dropping Dead and Other Notes on Filmmaking, First Limelight Edition, 1989.

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Billboard Publications, Hollywood Reporter Blu-Book, 1990.

Blum, Richard A., Television Writing (From Concept to Contract), Focal Press, 1984.

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Brownstein, Ronald, The Power and the Glitter--The Hollywood-Washington Connection, Vintage Books, 1992.

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Cones, John W., The Feature Film Distribution Deal, Southern Illinois University Press, 1997.

Cones, John W., Film Finance and Distribution--A Dictionary of Terms, Silman-James Press, 1992.

Cones, John W., Film Industry Contracts, (self-published) 1993.

Cones, John W., Forty-Three Ways to Finance Your Feature Film, Southern Illinois University Press, 1995.

Cones, John W., How the Movie Wars Were Won, (self-published), 1995.

Cones, John W., Who Really Controls Hollywood, (self-published), 1996.

Cones, John W., Patterns of Bias in Motion Picture Content, (self-published, 1995).

Cones, John W., Motion Picture Biographies, (self-published, 1995).

Cones, John W., A Study in Motion Picture Propaganda, (self-published, 1996).

Considine, Shawn, The Life and Work of Paddy Chayefsky, Random House, 1994.

Corman, Roger & Jerome, Jim, How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime, Dell Publishing, 1990.

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Farber, Stephen and Green, Marc, Hollywood Dynasties, Putnam Publishing, 1984.

Farber, Stephen and Green, Marc, Outrageous Conduct, Morrow, 1988.

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Goodell, Gregory, Independent Feature Film Production, St. Martin's Press, 1982.

Goodman, Ezra, The Fifty Year Decline and Fall of Hollywood, Simon & Schuster, 1961.

Gribetz, Judah, Greenstein, Edward L. and Stein, Rigina, The Timetables of Jewish History, Simon & Schuster, 1993.

Hearst, William Randolph, Jr.. & Casserly, Jack, The Hearsts--Father and Son, Roberts Rinehart Publishers, 1991.

Herrman, Dorothy, S.J. Perelman, A Life, Simon & Schuster, 1986.

Higham, Charles, Howard Hughes--The Secret Life, Berkley Books, 1993.

Hill, Geoffrey, Illuminating Shadows: The Mythic Power of Film, Shambhala, 1992

Holsinger, Ralph L., Media Law, McGraw-Hill, Inc., (2nd edition), 1991.

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Hurst, Walter E., Minus, Johnny and Hale, William Storm, Film-TV Law--3rd Ed, Seven Arts Press, Inc., 1976.

Jaeger, James, The Independent Producer's Manual, Movie Pubs, 1998.

Jaeger, James, The Movie Mogul Manual, Movie Pubs, 1977.

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Katz, Ephraim, The Film Encyclopedia, Harper Collins, 1994.

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Kent, Nicolas, Naked Hollywood--Money and Power in The Movies Today, St. Martin's Press, 1991.

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Kipps, Charles, Out of Focus, Century Hutchinson, 1989.

Koppes, Clayton R. and Black, Gregory D., Hollywood Goes to War--How Politics, Profits and Propaganda Shaped World War II Movies, University of California Press, 1987.

Kosberg, Robert, How to Sell Your Idea to Hollywood, HarperCollins, 1991.

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O'Donnell, Pierce and McDougal, Dennis, Fatal Subtraction--How Hollywood Really Does Business, Doubleday, 1992.

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Phillips, Julia, You'll Never Eat Lunch in this Town Again, Julia Phillips, Penguin Books, 1991.

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Rappleye, Charles and Becker, Ed, All American Mafioso--The Johnny Rosselli Story, Doubleday, 1991.

Ratner, David L., Securities Regulation--3rd Ed, West Publishing Company, 1989.

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Reynolds, Christopher, Hollywood Power Stats--1994, Cineview Publishing, November, 1993.

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Rosen, David and Hamilton, Peter, Off-Hollywood: The Making & Marketing of American Specialty Films, The Sundance Institute and the Independent Feature Project, 1986.

Rosenberg, David, The Movie That Changed My Life, Viking Penguin, 1991.

Rosenfield, Paul, The Club Rules--Power, Money, Sex, and Fear--How It Works in Hollywood, Warner Books, 1992.

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Sachar, Howard M., A History of the Jews in America, Vintage Books, 1993.

Scheuer, Steven H., Movies on TV and Videocassette, Bantam, 1987.

Schwartz, Nancy Lynn, The Hollywood Writers' Wars, McGraw-Hill, 1982.

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Siegel, Eric S., Schultz, Loren A., Ford, Brian R. and Carney, David C., Ernst & Young Business Plan Guide, John Wiley & Sons, 1987.

Silfen, Martin E. (chairman), Counseling Clients in the Entertainment Industry (seminar book), Practicing Law Institute, 1989.

Simensky, Melvin and Selz, Thomas, Entertainment Law, 1984.

Sinclair, Andrew, Spiegel--The Man Behind the Pictures, Little, Brown & Co., 1987.

Sinetar, Marsha, Reel Power: Spiritual Growth Though Film, Triumph Books, 1993

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Sperling, Cass Warner and Millner, Cork, Hollywood Be Thy Name--The Warner Brothers Story, Prima Publishing, 1994.

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Stanger, Robert A., Tax Shelters--The Bottom Line, Robert A. Stanger & Company, Publisher, 1982.

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Steel, Dawn, They Can Kill You...But They Can't Eat You--Lessons From the Front, Pocket Books, 1993.

Tartikoff, Brandon and Leerhsen, Charles, The Last Great Ride, Random House, 1992.

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Vogel, Harold L., Entertainment Industry Economics--A Guide for Financial Analysis, Cambridge University Press, 1986 & 1990.

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Walker, John, Halliwell's Film Guide, Harper Collins, 1991 & 1994.

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