Brando, Marlon, & Lindsey, Robert, Brando,
Songs My Mother Taught Me
. New York: Random House, 1994. Marlon Brando's autobiography. He writes about acting, his experiences making movies, his private life (excluding his marriages and children), and his political views. It includes never before published photographs.
Caine, Michael,
Acting in Film, An Actor's Take on Movie Making
, New York: Applause Theatre Books, 1990. ‘The talented actor's words of wisdom about acting in film.
Ciment, Michael,
Kazan on Kazan
. London: Secker & Wargurg, 1973. Kazan talks about his career.
Chinoy, Helen K., & Cole, Toby,
Directors on Directing: A Source Book of the Modern Theatre
. Indianapolis & New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1963. A source book on directors, views and techniques.
Garfield David,
The Actors Studio: A Players Place
. New York: Macmillan Publishing-Co., 1984. This book is a history of the organization (The Actors Studio), an overview of the entire record of the workshop's ideas, influences, accomplishments, and failures. At the same time it gives the reader a flavor of the times, events, and personalities.
Giannetti, Louis,
Understanding Movies
, Sixth Edition, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1993. This text book details how television and movies communicate. Each chapter isolates the techniques used by film makers to convey meaning.
Jones, David Richard,
Great Directors at Work
, Stanislavsky, Brecht, Kazan, Brook. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986. The subject is theatre directing in four internationally famous instances. They are: Stanislavsky's direction of The Seagull, Brecht's direction of Mother Courage, Kazan's direction of A Streetcar Named Desire, and Brook's direction of Marat Sade.
Kazan, Elia,
Elia Kazan: A Life
, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. Kazan's autobiography is the revealing story of his life, with details about his testimony before HUAC, his Group Theatre years, his founding The Actor's Studio, and all about each film and play he directed. His assessment of actors that he has directed. It also contains very personal revelations about his marriages and affairs. It's 825 pages!
Lumet, Sidney,
Making Movies
. New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1995. The acclaimed film director gives the reader his encyclopedic knowledge of the art and craft of directing, and discusses with great candor and clarity every aspect of film making.
Manso, Peter,
Brando: The Biography
. New York: Hyperion, 1994. This is an unauthorized biography of Marlon Brando.
Mekler, Eva,
The New Generation of Acting Teachers
. New York: Penguin Books, 1987. This book is made up of interviews with the top professional acting teachers on the East and West coasts. Most of them studied with the early proponents and interpreters of Stanislavsky. The teachers describe their teaching methods.
Miller, Merle,
Viva Zapata: Novelette in Words and Pictures
. New York: Argosy Magazine, February, 1952. This is the story of the film in novelette form.
Stanislavski, Konstantin, AN ACTOR PREPARES Translated by Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood. New York: Theatre Arts Books, 1936.
---. BUILDING A CHARACTER. Translated by Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood. New York: Theatre Arts Books, 1947.
---. CREATING A ROLE. Translated by Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood. New York: Theatre Arts Books, 1961.
Vineberg, Steve, METHOD ACTORS; THREE GENERATIONS OF AN AMERICAN ACTING STYLE, New York: Schirmerbooks, 1991. A definition of the Method based on what we actually see when we watch actors who are committed to psychological truth and emotional candor.