Samuel French Theatre & Film Bookshop

I found another love… I really love there sitting area it’s quite, spacious, and really cute. They have a variety of all kinds of training books as well as an up to date monologues and plays to get lost in!

I went to a stage reading here for a TV sitcom pilot. Very cozy and eclectic book store focused on Hollywood and Theater!

Sam French is the mecca for actors/​writers/​film and theatre buffs/​anyone interested in anything along those lines who actually reads. I’ve been here before and purchased a couple scripts. This time I came to get a casting director directory and a book about actor self-​management.
The selection here is HUGE. Like, anything you want, you will find in some form. I think a lot of things are a bit overpriced, but I don’t know if that’s Sam French’s fault or just the price of the books.

Thank God for Samuel French Theatre Bookshop. I have been going there for over 25 years. I teach at the university level and am a working professional as well. I don’t know what I would do without this GEM. I encourage my students to caravan there and spend an entire day browsing and discovering new playwrights, scenes and monologues. They always return inspired and excited. Please, please, please… search Samuel French before resorting to Amazon or anywhere else. If we were ever to lose this unique and valuable resource, it would be a sad day indeed.

Great for plays and biographies nice reading area in the back too. Staff incredibly nice and helpful

I love this place! Where dreams come to life. Friendly and very helpful service and where I get all my plays and books in the arts.

They are amazing!!! They have the best selection of books. The staff is remarkable!!!

Love love love this place! The staff is super helpful and very friendly. Place is kept well and organized. If they do not have an item in stock, they will do their best to help you make sure it can get to you soon. Samuel French is one of my favorite places to go to in Hollywood.

Found the Actor’s Guide to Agents here for $ 13, they also have a lot of the books already in my Industry library. There is also the Green Room where may plays are kept. Nice little place I’ll have to visit again.

Literally my favorite bookstore EVER! The workers are friendly and helpful and they have INCREDIBLE books! The only flaw is that they are a little bit pricey. If you’re in the entertainment industry, I highly recommend you check out their books! I bought a monologue and acting book and it’s helped me so much. They’re also super friendly on their Twitter! (Also The Pikey is next to it and it’s really good if you want to get a snack, and Samuel French has free parking!) Love you all at Samuel French!

Great selection of reading materials. If you’re looking for plays, this is the place to go. The only downside is that it’s located on Sunset, and there’s very little parking.

I really like shopping at this bookstore. It has everything I can expect to find and I like the find it yourself approach to the alphabetized play selection. I do think the prices are a little high for the quality of the play books, especially when my copy of «This is Our Youth» started falling apart from multiple reads. But, they got everything in stock so it’s worth the drive!

The staff is not exactly the most helpful bunch in the planet, but decent. But exactly just that. The collection they have is wonderful. They have everything related to acting and the entertainment industry. I love the whole feel about this bookstore.
There’s a small parking lot around the back, if you don’t want to pay for the meter.

For the first time I saw this bookstore on one TV show. There one girl wanted to speak English as a native speaker (she was Ukrainian). And the cashier told her about different accents and how to speak with another accent you want. He is really talented and could speak with a lot of different accents. I saw that episode for three times and wanted to visit this bookstore, but I couldn’t (because then I lived in Ukraine).
So when I came to LA, the second day after it I went to Samuel French bookstore. (I’m not an actor or director, but I like to read something like Chubbuck Technique .) And the store was really awesome! If you have some free time, you can chill with a good book in a really cosy armchair or sofa. I think that you can find every book about art in this store! And the atmosphere is so friendly, you can have a good conversation there with anyone. And of course that cashier from TV show was there!
So if you want to find any book of art or to chill with some great people, you need to go there!

I just moved to LA and this has immediately become my favorite bookstore. I could spend ages in every section. You’ll definitely have fun (whether you work in entertainment or are just a fan of it).

They have a great selection of all kinds of entertainment industry related books, plays, even obscure items. However, don’t expect much help from the staff. I asked if they could help me find a play or scene book. I had a few requirements. They simply pointed me in the general direction towards an area that might have what I was looking for. I kept browsing until I got frustrated, then left.
***However, I realized I could not use a specific book and because I returned it without bending it or making it looked used in any way, they let me return it for store credit. Very, very cool of them.

My family moved just down the street from Samuel French Bookshop on Sunset Boulevard and we are SO happy we did! This is more than a bookshop to us. It is a vast llibrary and a treasure trove of film, theatre, musical, celeb, fashion and even rocker information, education and entertainment. While my daughter hangs for hours in the quiet «reading room,» you can usually catch me in the fashion section. There’s much more than meet’s the eye at Samuel French and if you hang out here for long periods of time you start to understand this. For example, I’ve learned about everything from the ancient rugs of Anatolia to little known couturier Charles James to how to create a story board. The new remodel of this century-​old building has not only added a new coat of paint to this bookworm’s paradise, but brings ever more charm to LA’s 90 046. Thanks for everything SFLA!

I walked around and just could not get enough; I spent at least 30 minutes in each section! The price? I don’t regret it. Even if you don’t want to make it in the entertainment business, there are still a lot of reference books on films and music, really nice journals and a little fashion section. I do wish the bookshop could be a little bigger and have seating areas but other than that. Amazing. I can count on them to help me get where I want – or the books that they sell…

Just picked up a play they ordered for me. Could not find it anywhere.
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Whoa, what is this place! Movie Star Alert. Saw Kevin Spacey there.
I spent major paper and still wanted to buy more. I Will BE BACK. I might have to get famous first. Cool peeps working there.