Martin Connors

I loved this book. Not only does it have capsule summaries of many, many movies, but also categories in the back that list all the movies (in the book, that is on video in 1997) for a given actor, director, song, writer, and other groupings of movies. But it is really thick---I think the next edition was in two volumes---and IMDB and Wikipedia are out there. And I'm in a tidying frame of mind.

If ever a movie released prior to 2001 was transferred to video, DVD or laserdisc, it's in this book. Arranged by Title, Category (e.g. romance, action), Awards, Cast, Director, Writer, Cinematographer, Composer. Comprehensive beyond belief and just plain fun to read. Every serious movie buff ought to have one.

This was one of a small collection, used at least partly as a reference for crossword solving.

nonfiction, entertainment, reference, no_read, don't_own