Lyons Press Twentieth Century Fox: A Century of Entertainment

Wonderfully comprehensive and detailed trawl through the studio's history, with remarkable photographs and a proper chronological index. All this would easily merit 5*, so why only 3*? Because the book is printed on really poor quality paper, thin and flimsy, and arrived with all its pages tightly warped like a ripple. Three weeks' of heavyweight compression in dry constant warmth has ironed out much of it, but not all, alas. A classic case of a ship spoiled for a ha'porth of tar....

If you're interested in the movies and how they're made you'll probably like this book. It's got lot's of interesting pictures and the text is well written, although there is the odd grammar mistake.. It's a good companion to the M-G-M Hollywood's Greatest Backlot book.I just feel it's a shame films aren't made like this any more. In 20 years time there're probably be a nostalgic book about how every film set was done with CGI.......

Absolutely wonderful book and well worth waiting for after all the delays. Definitely the next best thing to actually touring the studio.

A comprehensive book and the service was very prompt

I have two other big picture books on Twentieth Century-Fox studios from a few years ago, but this one is the ultimate book on the history of the studio with a great coverage of photos. So many behind the scenes stills, celebrities of the day, back lot photos, etc. I was fortunate to visit the Fox Studios way back in the early seventies with another photographer friend of mine on a VIP pass from a good friend in the writer's building. We spent the whole day walking the lot, and checking out the sound stages. They were filming the TV series, 'Fall Guy', and 'Trapper John' at that time. Twentieth Century-Fox has to be my favorite of all the studios! This indeed is a real collector's item...