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Great books: Fred Astaire, French actresses, and film noir

There’s no end to movie books — star memoirs, critical career overviews, coffee table “making of” commemorations (The Art of John Carter: A Visual Journey — really?!), sex-laden, scandalous tell-alls. Heck, somebody’s even written a book about movie stars on bikes. But is that a bad thing? Of course not. For the serious film addict, watching movies is never enough. We crave more information, more insight, more dirt. So here are three compelling, original, cinema-inclined new books:

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