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Daughter of daring : the trick-riding, train-leaping, road-racing life of Helen Gibson, Hollywood's first stuntwoman

O'Meara, Mallory, author.

Publication Date

2025

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Call Number

927.9143 GIB

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SD_ILS:802806

The vanishing of Carolyn Wells : investigations into a forgotten mystery author

Barry, Rebecca Rego, 1976- author.

Publication Date

2024

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Call Number

928.152 WEL

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SD_ILS:718855

The elusive truth of Lily Temple : a novel

Politano, Joanna Davidson, 1982- author.

Publication Date

2024

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POL

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SD_ILS:719362

The devil's playground : a novel

Russell, Craig, 1956- author.

Publication Date

2023

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RUS

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SD_ILS:691018

Camera man : Buster Keaton, the dawn of cinema, and the invention of the Twentieth Century

Stevens, Dana (Film critic), author.

Publication Date

2022

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Call Number

927.9143 KEA

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SD_ILS:621299

Hollywood in the Klondike : Dawson City's great film find

Gates, Michael (Historian), author.

Publication Date

2022

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Call Number

791.430971 GAT

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SD_ILS:665612

The feminist film guide : 100 great films (that also pass the Bechdel Test)

Andrews, Mallory, author.

Publication Date

2022

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791.436522 AND

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SD_ILS:672434

Action! : how movies began

McCarthy, Meghan, author.

Publication Date

2022

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Call Number

791.4309 MCC

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SD_ILS:660880

The essential directors : the art and impact of cinema's most influential filmmakers

De Forest, Sloan, author.

Publication Date

2021

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Call Number

791.430233 DEF

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SD_ILS:641796

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Chasing starlight

Black, Teri Bailey, author.

Publication Date

2020

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BLA

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SD_ILS:604698

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Daring Darleen, queen of the screen

Nesbet, Anne, author.

Publication Date

2020

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NES

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SD_ILS:557023

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Mary Pickford, queen of the silent film era : a life in stills

Walker, George A. (George Alexander), 1960- author, artist.

Publication Date

2020

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Call Number

927.9143 PIC

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SD_ILS:555340

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