Books published by Cypress Hills Press

Great British Films of the 1940s is a reference work that deals with a comprehensive look at forty motion pictures made between 1940 and 1949. Stars of the period include, James Mason, Margaret Lockwood, Dennis Price, Stewart Granger, Jean Kent, Phyllis Calvert, Eric Portman, and many others. Also included are some lesser-known gems, starring character actors like Felix Aylmer and Wilfrid Lawson.Genres covered include comedies, dramas, mystery and suspense, wartime films and others. There are both biographies, like The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, as well as films based on the classics, such as Great Expectations, Nicholas Nickleby, and Oliver Twist. Directors such as Michael Powell, David Lean, Alexander Korda and others are included.

The Rifleman was a television series that depicted rancher Lucas McCain and his son Mark in New Mexico Territory in the years after the Civil War. McCain is deadly accurate and fast with his Winchester rifle, which he built himself with certain modifications. This reference book is designed to give the reader a history of each of the 168 episides that ran from 1958 to 1963. The book includes numerous photographs, and story synopses of each episode, and also complete cast listings, directorial credits, and original air dates.

British Films of the 1950s provides over 40 productions, representing a wide range of motion pictures made in England during that period. Included are films as diverse as dramatic fare such as The Blue Lamp and The Browning Version, the Dickens classic Scrooge with Alastair Sim, Olivier's Richard III and the David Lean war film masterpiece, Bridge on the River Kwai. Many popular stars of the fifties are here: Dirk Bogarde, Jean Simmons, John Mills, Kenneth More, Jack Hawkins, Laurence Olivier, Michael Redgrave, and many others. There are also well-known Hollywood stars here like William Holden, Gene Tierney, and others.