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Audition
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2008; US$ 15.95Young people starting out in television sometimes say to me: ?I want to be you.? My stock reply is always: ?Then you have to take the whole package.? And now, at last, the most important woman in the history of television journalism gives us that ?whole package,? in her inspiring and riveting memoir. After more than forty years of interviewing heads... more...
Martin Scorsese
Greenwood Publishing Group 2007; US$ 45.00Traces Scorsese's Italian-American heritage, his personal nature, his private relationships, and the reflection of these in his work. more...
John Gielgud
Simon & Schuster 2010; US$ 30.00Sir John Gielgud's career as an actor was perhaps the most distinguished of any of his generation, and, in a lifetime that spanned almost a century, he appeared in hundreds of theatrical productions and films, receiving virtually every honor given, including an Academy Award. Now, in this wonderfully insightful biography, fully authorized and written... more...
Beautiful
St. Martin's Press 2010; US$ 29.99The Surprising Story of Hedy Lamarr, ?The Most Beautiful Girl in the World? As a teenage actress in 1920s Austria, performing on the stage and in film in light comedies and musicals, Hedy Kiesler, with her exotic beauty, was heralded across Europe by her mentor, Max Reinhardt. However, it was her nude scene, and surprising dramatic ability, in... more...
Drama
HarperCollins 2011; US$ 21.99"A memoir as finely crafted as one of Lithgow?s performances." ?Steve Martin Emmy Award-winner John Lithgow presents a charming, witty, and revealing memoir about his family, his work, and his life in Drama ?an intimate story of insights and inspirational reflections from one of America?s most beloved actors. Lithgow pays tribute to his father,... more...
John Gielgud
Bloomsbury Publishing 2011; US$ 39.00In his lifetime Gielgud was acclaimed as the finest classical actor of the twentieth century and Jonathan Croalls biography from 2000 was instantly recognised by critics as a masterful achievement, one that was unlikely to be surpassed ( Sunday Telegraph ). Since that time however a considerable amount of new material has come to... more...
Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2010
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2011; US$ 49.95Among 2010's many notable losses in the performing arts are actors Tony Curtis, Dennis Hopper, Gary Coleman and Peter Graves, rock star Ronnie James Dio, and television personality, actor and athlete Don Meredith. Obituaries of these and other performers and filmmakers, musicians and producers, dancers and composers, writers and others associated... more...
Scorsese by Ebert
University of Chicago Press 2009; US$ 16.00Roger Ebert wrote the first film review that director Martin Scorsese ever received—for 1967’s I Call First , later renamed Who’s That Knocking at My Door —creating a lasting bond that made him one of Scorsese’s most appreciative and perceptive commentators. Scorsese by Ebert offers the first record of America’s... more...
Fools and Jesters in Literature, Art, and History
ABC-CLIO 1998; US$ 231.00Jesters and fools have existed as important and consistent figures in nearly all cultures. Sometimes referred to as clowns, they are typological characters who have conventional roles in the arts, often using nonsense to subvert existing order. But fools are also a part of social and religious history, and they frequently play key roles in the rituals... more...
Ann Sothern
ABC-CLIO 1990; US$ 106.95Ann Sothern was often quoted as saying she had played every venue in show business except fairs. For over 60 years, she has captivated audiences from the stage, on radio and television, in film, and as a recording artist. This book is the first full-length examination of Miss Sothern's life and career. In addition to individual chapters on each... more...









