9x12" w/520 pages © 1949 by The Academy Of Motion Pictures Arts And Sciences. This is issue #53 from Jan. 1949. Book produced for movie studios w/listings and contact information for stars of the period. Book is broken down into several different sections: "Bands And Specialties, Women, Men, Children, Colored Artists, Oriental Artists, Studio Casting Personnel, Artists' Representatives, Radio Reference." Some of the actresses included are Sons of The Pioneers, Lauren Bacall, Lucille Ball, Claudette Colbert, Bette Davis, Dale Evans, Judy Garland, Betty Grable, Rita Hayworth, Kathrine Hepburn, Hedy Lamarr, Jane Russell; ingenues Doris Day, Ava Gardner, Janet Leigh, Elizabeth Taylor, Shirley Temple plus child actress Natalie Wood; characters and comediennes Clara Blandick, Mae Clark, Margaret Hamilton, Elsa Lanchester, Hattie McDaniel, Jessica Tandy, Gail Sondergaard; actors Kirk Alyn, Gene Autry, Desi Arnaz, Humphrey Bogart, Gary Cooper, Perry Como, Anthony Curtis, Bing Crosby, Kirk Douglas, Errol Flynn, Clark Gable, Cary Grant, Bob Hope, Robert Mitchum, Gregory Peck, Vincent Price, Ronald Reagan, Anthony Quinn, George Reeves, Roy Rogers, Frank Sinatra, Red Skelton, Spencer Tracy; younger leading men Roddy McDowell, Mickey Rooney; characters and comedians Abbott & Costello, Edgar Bergen w/Charlie McCarthy, Joe E. Brown, Lon Chaney (Jr.), Iron Eyes Cody, Jimmy Durante, George "Gabby" Hayes, Burt Lahr, Peter Lorre, Bela Lugosi, Frank Morgan, Edward G. Robinson, Jay Silverheels, The Three Stooges. Countless other actresses and actors are included. Covers have handling wear, 1.25x1.25" chip to bottom spine and .75" chip to bottom right of back cover plus a .75" tear on back cover. Cover is Fine. Pages are clean and tight. Exc.