David Shipman Libri

Profiles of more than two hundred British and American actors whose careers were established before World War II

Looks at important science fiction films from Fritz Lang's Metropolis to Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey to Ridley Scott's Alien and provides brief plot summaries for each film

Offers a year-by-year survey of major films made in the United States, England, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan