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Leonard Maltin

Leonard Maltin

Born on December 18th, 1950

New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Leonard Michael Maltin (born December 18, 1950) is an American film critic and film historian, as well as an author of several mainstream books on cinema, focusing on nostalgic, celebratory narratives. He is best known for his eponymous annual book of movie capsule reviews, Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide, which was published annually from 1969 to 2014. Description above from the Wikipedia article Leonard Maltin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet

2024

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The Life and Times of Farmer Al

2024

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Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames

2024

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Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt

2024

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Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre

2023

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Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms In

2023

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Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey

2022

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Only in Theaters

2022

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Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story

2022

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To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View

2022

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1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever!

2022

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Cinema's First Colors

2021

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Cinema Finds Its Voice

2021

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8 Winds

2021

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The Méliès Mystery

2021

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Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!

2020

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Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives

2020

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Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers

2019

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Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music

2019

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Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace

2019

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Zsa Zsa Gabor, Königin des roten Teppichs

2019

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Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film

2019

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Carl Laemmle

2019

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The Great Buster: A Celebration

2018

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Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor

2018

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This Is Bob Hope...

2017

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Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America

2017

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Cartoon Camera

2017

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John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs

2017

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The Marx Brothers: Hollywood's Kings of Chaos

2016

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Notfilm

2015

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Fanarchy

2015

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Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity

2015

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Women He's Undressed

2015

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The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad!

2015

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The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh

2014

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That Guy Dick Miller

2014

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The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz

2013

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Drew: The Man Behind the Poster

2013

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The One and Only June Foray

2013

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Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess

2012

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Pablo

2012

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Lost Forever: The Art of Film Preservation

2011

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Woody Allen: A Documentary

2011

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Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland

2011

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These Amazing Shadows

2011

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Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino

2010

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Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me

2009

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Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman

2009

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Vittorio D.

2009

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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

2009

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Dick Tracy Special

2009

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The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story

2009

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The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached

2009

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No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos

2009

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Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer

2009

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Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930

2008

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Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film

2008

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Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story

2008

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Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

2008

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Walt Disney Treasures: The Adventures of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit

2007

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Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

2007

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Heckler

2007

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Bloodsucking Cinema

2007

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The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

2007

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Searchers 2.0

2007

Film Critic

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The Pixar Story

2007

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Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920

2007

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Soundies: A Musical History Hosted by Michael Feinstein

2007

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My Dad, Walt Disney

2006

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American Scary

2006

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Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'

2006

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The Sci-Fi Boys

2006

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Alice's Cartoon World: An Interview with Virginia Davis

2005

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From Kansas City to Hollywood

2005

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Behind the Tunes: Tish Tash - The Animated World of Frank Tashlin

2005

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Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go to War!

2005

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Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White

2005

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They Can't Take That Away from Me: The Music of 'Shall We Dance'

2005

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Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again

2005

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William Powell: A True Gentleman

2005

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Remembering Harold

2005

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The Man Behind the Duck

2004

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It Hopped One Night: A Look at ‘One Froggy Evening’

2004

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Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin

2004

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A Conversation with Roy Disney

2004

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The Voice Behind the Mouse

2004

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Mickey's Cartoon Comeback

2004

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A Conversation with Joe Grant

2004

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Marty Sklar, Walt, and EPCOT

2004

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Bob Hope: The Road to Laughter

2003

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A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not'

2003

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Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage'

2003

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Curtains for Roy Earle

2003

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Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes

2003

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Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'

2003

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Sex at 24 Frames Per Second

2003

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Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'

2003

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Divided Highway: The Story of 'They Drive by Night'

2003

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Frank and Ollie... and Mickey

2002

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Cinerama Adventure

2002

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John Ford Goes to War

2002

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The Crockett Craze

2001

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A Conversation with Fess Parker

2001

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Celebrating Dumbo

2001

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Drive-In Movie Memories

2001

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Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored

2001

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Tony Curtis on 'Some Like It Hot'

2001

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Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin

2001

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Songs of the Silly Symphonies

2001

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The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature

2000

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The Fantasia Legacy: Fantasia Continued

2000

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Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation

2000

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Mary Pickford: A Life on Film

2000

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Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood

2000

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Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies

2000

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Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints

2000

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The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story

1999

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Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl

1999

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Keepers of the Frame

1999

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Junket Whore

1998

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Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane

1998

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The Secrets of 007

1997

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Forgotten Silver

1997

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Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty'

1997

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The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'

1997

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Frank Capra's American Dream

1997

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James Dean and Me

1995

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Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill

1994

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Leonard Maltin's Animation Favorites from the Film Board of Canada

1994

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Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star

1993

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The Making of 'Rio Grande'

1993

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Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer Cartoons

1992

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The Magical World of Chuck Jones

1992

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The Making of High Noon

1992

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The Making of 'The Quiet Man'

1992

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Gremlins 2: The New Batch

1990

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The Lost Stooges

1990

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Bugs and Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons

1989

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W.C. Fields: Straight Up

1986

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Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage

1985

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The Making of the Stooges

1984

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