Screen Deco: A Celebration of High Style in Hollywood, Vol. 3 Book

This entertaining look at Art Deco as a design element in (mostly Hollywood) movies of the 1920's and 30's focuses on the expected genres of musicals plus society dramas and comedies but also points to period pieces like DeMille's "Cleopatra" and the futuristic "Flash Gordon" serial. Especially interesting is the origins of the Big White Set (see Astaire/Rogers musicals "The Gay Divorcee" and "Top Hat" as prime examples) with water routinely dyed black for maximum contrast. Originally published in the mid-1980's, this work has excellent and error free text (I saw only one photo that seemed to me to be incorrectly captioned) plus plentiful film set photos.