Screen Classics Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Screen Classics books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: January 2026
Publication Order
Hawks on Hawks (By: Joseph McBride)
Buy on Amazon1982
Intrepid Laughter: Preston Sturges and the Movies (By: Andrew Dickos)
Buy on Amazon1985
Claude Rains: An Actor's Voice (By: David Skal,Jessica Rains)
Buy on Amazon2008
Being Hal Ashby: Life of a Hollywood Rebel (By: Nick Dawson)
Buy on Amazon2009
Some Like It Wilder: The Life and Controversial Films of Billy Wilder (By: Gene D. Phillips)
Buy on Amazon2010
Hedy Lamarr: The Most Beautiful Woman in Film (By: Ruth Barton)
Buy on Amazon2010
Buzz: The Life and Art of Busby Berkeley (By: )
Buy on Amazon2010
Jack Nicholson: The Early Years (By: Robert David Crane)
Buy on Amazon2012
Carl Theodor Dreyer and Ordet (By: Jan Wahl)
Buy on Amazon2012
My Life as a Mankiewicz: An Insider's Journey Through Hollywood (By: Robert David Crane,Tom Mankiewicz)
Buy on Amazon2012
Mae Murray: The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips (By: Michael G. Ankerich)
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John Gilbert: The Last of the Silent Film Stars (By: Eve Golden)
Buy on Amazon2013
Ann Dvorak: Hollywood's Forgotten Rebel (By: Christina Rice)
Buy on Amazon2013
Victor Fleming: An American Movie Master (By: Michael Sragow)
Buy on Amazon2013
Hitchcock's Partner in Suspense: The Life of Screenwriter Charles Bennett (By: Charles Henry Bennett,John Charles Bennett)
Buy on Amazon2014
Bruce Dern: A Memoir (By: Robert David Crane,Bruce Dern,Christopher Fryer)
Buy on Amazon2014
Charles Walters: The Director Who Made Hollywood Dance (By: BrentPhillips)
Buy on Amazon2014
Dalton Trumbo: Blacklisted Hollywood Radical (By: Larry Ceplair,Christopher Trumbo)
Buy on Amazon2015
Hitchcock Lost & Found: The Forgotten Films (By: Philip French,Charles Barr,Alain Kerzoncuf)
Buy on Amazon2015
Crane: Sex, Celebrity, and My Father's Unsolved Murder (By: Robert David Crane)
Buy on Amazon2015
Hollywood Presents Jules Verne: The Father of Science Fiction on Screen (By: )
Buy on Amazon2015
Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story (By: Mollie Gregory)
Buy on Amazon2015
Hollywood Divided: The 1950 Screen Directors Guild Meeting and the Impact of the Blacklist (By: Kevin Brianton)
Buy on Amazon2016
Ridley Scott: A Biography (By: Vincent Lobrutto)
Buy on Amazon2019
Olivia de Havilland: Lady Triumphant (By: Victoria Amador)
Buy on Amazon2019
Hitchcock and the Censors
Buy on Amazon2019
Conversations with Legendary Television Stars: Interviews from the First Fifty Years (By: Ron Miller)
Buy on Amazon2019
Film's First Family: The Untold Story of the Costellos (By: Terry Chester Shulman)
Buy on Amazon2019
Lewis Milestone: Life and Films (By: Harlow Robinson)
Buy on Amazon2019
Mean...Moody...Magnificent! (By: Christina Rice)
Buy on Amazon2021
Jayne Mansfield: The Girl Couldn't Help It (By: Eve Golden)
Buy on Amazon2021
Strictly Dynamite: The Sensational Life of Lupe Velez (By: Eve Golden)
Buy on Amazon2023
The Herridge Style: The Life and Work of a Television Revolutionary (By: Robert Herridge,John Sorensen)
Buy on Amazon2025
June Mathis: The Rise and Fall of a Silent Film Visionary (By: Thomas J. Slater)
Buy on Amazon2025
Frequently Asked Questions
The recommended reading order for the Screen Classics series is publication order: 1. Hawks on Hawks (By: Joseph McBride) (1982), 2. Intrepid Laughter: Preston Sturges and the Movies (By: Andrew Dickos) (1985), 3. Claude Rains: An Actor's Voice (By: David Skal,Jessica Rains) (2008), 4. Being Hal Ashby: Life of a Hollywood Rebel (By: Nick Dawson) (2009), 5. Some Like It Wilder: The Life and Controversial Films of Billy Wilder (By: Gene D. Phillips) (2010), and 29 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.
The Screen Classics series by John Billheimer contains 34 books. The series began in 1982 and continues to be a popular choice for readers.
The Screen Classics series is written by John Billheimer. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.
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