# Is "Moving Pictures: Memories of a Hollywood Prince" by Budd Schulberg a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Moving Pictures: Memories of a Hollywood Prince by Budd Schulberg (Stein and Day, 1981) is identified by: First edition, first printing, Stein and Day, New York, 1981. US first edition, Stein and Day, 1981.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First edition, first printing, Stein and Day, New York, 1981
- Illustrated with thirty black-and-white photographs and facsimile autographs on the endpapers; dust jacket designed by Tim Gaydos
- Memoir of Schulberg's Hollywood childhood as the son of a studio mogul
- Publisher imprint reads Stein and Day
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Budd Schulberg |
| Publisher | Stein and Day |
| Year | 1981 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First edition, first printing, Stein and Day, New York, 1981 |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
First edition, first printing, Stein and Day, New York, 1981. Illustrated with thirty black-and-white photographs and facsimile autographs on the endpapers; dust jacket designed by Tim Gaydos. Memoir of Schulberg's Hollywood childhood as the son of a studio mogul.

## Is this the true first?
US first edition, Stein and Day, 1981. First UK edition: Souvenir Press, London, 1982.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later printings and the later paperback issue follow the 1981 first.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Moving Pictures: Memories of a Hollywood Prince* by Budd Schulberg a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/moving-pictures-memories-of-a-hollywood-prince
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-04.