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  Non-Film Score Discussion: Richard J Anobile's Movie/Foto Novels.   Last Post 
 
 Posted:   Dec 28, 2008 - 12:34 PM   
 By:   Hurdy Gurdy   (Member)

Anyone remember these?
The big ones were the best (ALIEN, Outland, Popeye, Psycho), but the mini ones were okay too, apart from the horrible Star Trek II one, because it was in B&W. I always wished the CE3K one was a biggie, without the word lines/balloons, but never mind.
I dug them out the other day and the memories came flooding back smile
Anyone got a complete list of titles that were released?

 
 
 Posted:   Dec 28, 2008 - 12:46 PM   
 By:   James Anthony Phillips   (Member)

Here's a partial list from bookfinder.com.




Richard J. Anobile (Anobile, Richard J.)
Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho
by Alfred Hitchcock, Richard J. Anobile
Hardcover, Pan Books, ISBN 033024213X (0-330-24213-X)
More editions of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho:

Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho': Hardcover, Macmillan Publishers Limited, ISBN 0333173457 (0-333-17345-7)
Alien
by Richard J. Anobile, Dan O'Bannon
Hardcover, Avon, ISBN 0380466317 (0-380-46631-7) The Best of Buster: The Classic Comedy Scenes Direct from the Films of Buster Keaton
by Richard J. Anobile
Hardcover, Elm Tree Books, ISBN 0241895189 (0-241-89518-9)
More editions of The Best of Buster: The Classic Comedy Scenes Direct from the Films of Buster Keaton:

The Best of Buster: The Classic Comedy Scenes Direct from the Films of Buster Keaton: Hardcover, ISBN 0517528010 (0-517-52801-0)
Beyond Open Marriage
by Richard J. Anobile, Ulla Anobile
Hardcover, A & W Publishers, ISBN 0894790293 (0-89479-029-3) The Book of Fame
by Richard J. Anobile
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group, ISBN 0449900444 (0-449-90044-4) Casablanca
by Michael Curtiz, Richard J. Anobile, Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein
Hardcover, Macmillan Publishers Limited, ISBN 0333173465 (0-333-17346-5) Casablanca
by Richard J. Anobile, Michael Curtiz
Hardcover, Pan Books, ISBN 0330242148 (0-330-24214-8) Ernst Lubitsch's Ninotchka, Starring Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas
by Richard J. Anobile, Charles Brackett, Ernst Lubitsch
Hardcover, Universe Books, ISBN 0876632193 (0-87663-219-3) A Fine Mess!: Verbal and Visual Gems from The Crazy World of Laurel & Hardy
by Richard J. Anobile
Hardcover, ISBN 0517524384 (0-517-52438-4) A Flask of Fields: Verbal and Visual Gems from the Films of W.C. Fields
by Richard J. Anobile
Hardcover, Studio Vista Books, ISBN 0289703336 (0-289-70333-6)
More editions of A Flask of Fields: Verbal and Visual Gems from the Films of W.C. Fields:

A Flask of Fields: Verbal and Visual Gems from the Films of W.C. Fields: Hardcover, Studio Vista Books, ISBN 0289703344 (0-289-70334-4)
A Flask of Fields: Verbal & and Visual Gems from the Films of W. C. Fields: Hardcover, ISBN 0393085430 (0-393-08543-0)
Frankenstein
by James Whale, Richard J. Anobile, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Garrett Fort, Francis Edwards Farogh
Hardcover, Macmillan Publishers Limited, ISBN 0333173481 (0-333-17348-1) Frankenstein
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Richard J. Anobile, James Whale
Hardcover, Pan Books, ISBN 0330241885 (0-330-24188-5) Frankenstein
by Richard J. Anobile
Hardcover, Universe Books, ISBN 087663207X (0-87663-207-X) The General
by Richard J. Anobile
Softcover, Harpercollins, ISBN 0380004496 (0-380-00449-6) Godfrey Daniels
by Richard J. Anobile
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers, ISBN 0380006146 (0-380-00614-6) Godfrey Daniels!: Verbal and Visual Gems from the Short Films of W. C. Fields
by Richard J. Anobile
Hardcover, ISBN 0517520346 (0-517-52034-6) Hooray for Captain Spalding
by Richard J. Anobile
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub, ISBN 0517516837 (0-517-51683-7) Hooray for Captain Spaulding : Verbal & Visual Gems from 'Animal Crackers'
by Richard J. Anobile
Hardcover, Penguin Books, Limited, ISBN 0718113438 (0-7181-1343-8) John Ford's Stagecoach, Starring John Wayne
by John Ford, Richard J. Anobile
Hardcover, Universe Books, ISBN 0876632207 (0-87663-220-7) The Maltese Falcon
by John Huston, Dashiell Hammett, Richard J. Anobile
Hardcover, Pan Books, ISBN 0330241877 (0-330-24187-7)
More editions of The Maltese Falcon:

The Maltese Falcon: Hardcover, Macmillan Publishers Limited, ISBN 0333173473 (0-333-17347-3)
The Marx Bros. Scrapbook
by Groucho Marx, Richard J. Anobile
Hardcover, ISBN 0393083713 (0-393-08371-3)
More editions of The Marx Bros. Scrapbook:

The Marx Bros. Scrapbook: Hardcover, Grosset & Dunlap, ISBN 0448119072 (0-448-11907-2)
The Marx Brothers Scrapbook
by Groucho Marx, Richard J. Anobile
Softcover, Harpercollins, ISBN 0060972653 (0-06-097265-3)
More editions of The Marx Brothers Scrapbook:

The Marx Brothers Scrapbook: Hardcover, W. H. Allen, ISBN 0491012926 (0-491-01292-6)
The Marx Brothers Scrapbook: Hardcover, Random House Value Pub, ISBN 0517515466 (0-517-51546-6)
Outland: The Movie Novel Based upon the Screen Play by Peter Hyams
by Richard J. Anobile, Peter Hyams
Softcover, Warner Books Inc, ISBN 0446978299 (0-446-97829-9) Popeye, the Movie Novel
by Jules Feiffer, Richard J. Anobile, Robert Altman
Softcover, Avon, ISBN 038077271X (0-380-77271-X) Rouben Mamoulian's Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, Starring Fredric March
by Richard J. Anobile, Rouben Mamoulian
Hardcover, Universe Books, ISBN 0876632584 (0-87663-258-4) Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Photostory
by Richard J. Anobile
Softcover, Egmont Books, Limited, ISBN 0416430805 (0-416-43080-5)
viaStar Trek Ii--The Wrath of Khan Photostory: Photostory
by Richard J. Anobile, Jack B. Sowards, Harve Bennett
Softcover, Pocket Books, ISBN 0671459120 (0-671-45912-0) Who's on First: Verbal and Visual Gems from the Films of Abbott & Costello
by Richard J. Anobile
Softcover, Studio Vista, ISBN 0289703352 (0-289-70335-2)
More editions of Who's on First: Verbal and Visual Gems from the Films of Abbott & Costello:

Who's on First: Verbal and Visual Gems from the Films of Abbott & Costello: Hardcover, Studio Vista, ISBN 0289703360 (0-289-70336-0)
Who's on First: Verbal and Visual Gems from the Films of Abbott & Costello: Hardcover, ISBN 039308535X (0-393-08535-X)
Who's on First: Verbal and Visual Gems from the Films of Abbott & Costello: Hardcover, Random House Value Pub, ISBN 0517138778 (0-517-13877-8)
Why a Duck?: Visual and Verbal Gems from the Marx Brothers Movies
by Richard J. Anobile, Marx Brothers Staff
Hardcover, Studio Vista Books, ISBN 0289702798 (0-289-70279-8)
More editions of Why a Duck?: Visual and Verbal Gems from the Marx Brothers Movies:

Why a Duck?: Visual and Verbal Gems from the Marx Brothers Movies: Hardcover, Studio Vista Books, ISBN 0289702852 (0-289-70285-2)
Why a Duck: Visual and Verbal Gems from the Marx Brothers Movies: Hardcover, Darien House, ISBN 0821203738 (0-8212-0373-8)
The Wiz Scrapbook
by Richard J. Anobile
Hardcover, Berkley Pub Corp, ISBN 0425039633 (0-425-03963-3) Woody Allen's Play It Again, Sam
by Woody Allen, Richard J. Anobile
Hardcover, Grosset & Dunlap, ISBN 0448143887 (0-448-14388-7)
More editions of Woody Allen's Play It Again, Sam:

Woody Allen's Play It Again, Sam: Hardcover, Grosset & Dunlap, ISBN 0448143895 (0-448-14389-5)
Richard J. Anobile
at LibraryThing
coauthors & alternates:

Woody Allen
Robert Altman
Ulla Anobile
Harve Bennett
Charles Brackett
Michael Curtiz
Julius J. Epstein
Philip G. Epstein
Francis Edwards Farogh
Jules Feiffer
John Ford
Garrett Fort
Dashiell Hammett
Alfred Hitchcock
John Huston
Peter Hyams
Ernst Lubitsch
Rouben Mamoulian
Marx Brothers Staff
Groucho Marx
Dan O'Bannon
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Jack B. Sowards
James Whale

 
 
 Posted:   Dec 28, 2008 - 1:43 PM   
 By:   Greg Bryant   (Member)

I have a bunch of those. I think he also did this with several Star Trek episodes.

Here are the ones I own:

Star Trek: TMP
Star Trek II: TWOK (two printings, one with reversed pages)
The Lord of the Rings (Bakshi, 1978)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Kaufman, 1978)
Battlestar Galactica (1978 series pilot)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Several Star Trek episodes
Outland
Alien

I think that Trek II was last one published, and why it was b&w - b&w was cheaper to produce: only one ink and only one pass through the printing press (as opposed to multiple inks and multiple passes).
 
 
 Posted:   Dec 28, 2008 - 7:35 PM   
 By:   The Man-Eating Cow   (Member)

I still have hardcovers of both PSYCHO and NINOTCHKA.

 
 
 Posted:   Dec 29, 2008 - 7:46 AM   
 By:   Greg Bryant   (Member)

I still have hardcovers of both PSYCHO and NINOTCHKA.

I sort of remember seeing Psycho in a bookstore years ago. Did Anobile also do that one?

 
 
 Posted:   Dec 29, 2008 - 8:32 AM   
 By:   The Man-Eating Cow   (Member)

Yes.

 
 Posted:   Dec 29, 2008 - 11:43 AM   
 By:   Daniel Schweiger   (Member)

How did Anobile put these together? I imagine getting a high quality copy of the film itself, and the printing out the key storytelling frames? Really loved these things- even my HAIR photonovel!

DS

 
 
 Posted:   Jan 29, 2009 - 3:21 PM   
 By:   batdak   (Member)

I know Anobile also did a Movie Novel for ROCKY HORROR PICTURESHOW. I've got that one. It was a paperback. If anyone listed it I'm sorry I missed it. But I also have a book in the same vain as his movie novels for CLOCKWORK ORANGE. It's the exact same as Anobile's Movie Novels with the stills and the words beneath the picture as opposed to the talk bubbles. But it's in black and white instead of color. Doesn't look bad though. It's bigger than the ordinary Fotonovels of old but smaller than the Movie Novels.

There's also a Video Novel for the pilot episode of THE INCREDIBLE HULK TV series. I've got that too. And Fotonovels of SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND, and of course the newer revived (but failed) FOTONOVELS of THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, DINOSAUR, and CHARLIE'S ANGELS.

 
 
 Posted:   Jan 29, 2009 - 3:24 PM   
 By:   batdak   (Member)

By the way, does anyone know what happened to Richard J. Anobile? I can't find much information on him anywhere. Not even sure if he's still living or not.

 
 
 Posted:   Jan 29, 2009 - 4:00 PM   
 By:   Michael24   (Member)

My dad had a few of these in the early-80s when I was little. The only two I remember are Alien and Outland, which I enjoyed years before seeing the actual films. Still have them somewhere, probably packed in a box out in the garage.

 
 Posted:   Jan 29, 2009 - 7:46 PM   
 By:   CindyLover   (Member)

"...if there is a lower, slimier, more antibook concept than the Fotonovel, I don't know what it could be." - Stephen King.

 
 
 Posted:   Jan 30, 2009 - 10:37 AM   
 By:   Thor   (Member)

Never heard of this before, but let me get this straight: these are comic books using selected, "crucial" stills from the given film to tell its story?

 
 
 Posted:   Jan 30, 2009 - 11:10 AM   
 By:   Greg Bryant   (Member)

Never heard of this before, but let me get this straight: these are comic books using selected, "crucial" stills from the given film to tell its story?

Yep. There are actually cartoon ballons over the character's heads with their dialogue from the films.

http://bullyscomics.blogspot.com/2007/10/to-boldly-go-where-no-screen-capture.html
 
 Posted:   Jan 30, 2009 - 11:40 AM   
 By:   Scott McOldsmith   (Member)

In the pre-home video days, these were fantastic, especially the Treks. I still have most of my collection of them.

Every times I get to a used bookstore, I look for Fotonovels. I think I'm getting too damned old...

 
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