Entertainment & Performing Arts

March 20, 2019 marked the end of an era -- Disney took ownership of the movie empire that was Fox. For almost a century before that historic date, Twentieth Century-Fox was one of the preeminent producers of films, stars, and filmmakers. Its unique...

In her 60-year career, Joanne Woodward has been a film, television and stage actress, television producer and director, stage director, and film director. She won the Best Actress Academy Award for her performance in The Three Faces of Eve and was...

Not since Martin Scorsese with Mean Streets in the mid-1970s has a young American filmmaker made such an instant impact on international cinema as Quentin Tarantino. In many ways, Tarantino is the paradigmatic 1990s success story: from high school...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780967518565Author Staci Layne WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 450Imprint Excessive NuancePublisher Excessive NuanceWeight(grams) 653g

In this detailed biography of film star Marion Davies (nee Douras) who was in so many ways created by and for William Randolph Hearst -- the symbiotic relationship spanned from 1915 when W.R. first ogled her chorus-girl charms to his death in 1951. But...

Anita Page (1910-2008) first captured attention near the end of the silent film era in such classics as While the City Sleeps (1928) with Lon Chaney, The Flying Fleet (1929) with Ramon Novarro, and her own favorite, Our Dancing Daughters (1928) with...

From his amazing feature film performances to his roles as producer and director to his many notable guest appearances, De Niro started his career as early as 1965 and has since dominated the world of Hollywood. Untouchable will take you inside the life...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738811932Author William T PattersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint XlibrisPublisher XlibrisWeight(grams) 358g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476751917Author Danny AielloFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Gallery BooksPublisher Gallery BooksWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 224mm * 152mm *...

" . . . Butler's recollections of the racially segregated 'chitlin circuit,' the early days of the civil rights movement and fellow performers like Dinah Washington, Little Willie John and Dionne Warwick are fascinating and insightful. . . . Only the...

Peter Sellers left behind a rich legacy of film work, some of which is only belatedly recognized for its genius. Especially notable were his numerous crazy accents. Though most widely known as the slapstick Inspector Clouseau of the "Pink Panther"...

Born in Taiwan, Ang Lee is one of cinema's most versatile and daring directors. His ability to cut across cultural, national, and sexual boundaries has given him recognition in all corners of the world, the ability to work with complete artistic freedom...

This fresh new book exposes the most famous Hollywood entertainers of the 1920s to 1960s. These "Classic" performers are remembered for epic careers as actors, musicians, singers, and comedians. Here they appear in postcard portraits with personal quotes...

Composer of more than 100 jazz pieces, three-time Grammy nominee, and performer on more than 125 albums, saxophonist Jimmy Heath has earned a place of honor in the history of jazz. Over his long career, Heath knew many jazz giants, such as Charlie...

For nearly 40 years, David Lynch's works have enthralled, mystified, and provoked viewers. Lynch's films delve into the subjective consciousness of his characters to reveal both the depraved darkness and luminous spirituality of human nature. From his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992822248Author Digby FairweatherFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Northway PublicationsPublisher Northway PublicationsDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780987826725Author Daniel Robert SullivanFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint Iguana BooksPublisher Iguana BooksWeight(grams) 309g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781568330044Author Carlton JacksonFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Madison BooksPublisher Madison BooksWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 219mm * 142mm *...

The career of Claude Rains is often, and unfairly, overshadowed by the careers of the ever-popular Karloff, Lugosi, Chaney and Rathbone, but few can dispute that he was truly one of the world's foremost character actors. ""The Invisible Man"",...

Stage actor turned Hollywood star, William S. Hart (1864--1946) was for movie fans a cherished symbol of the romantic Old West. His silent westerns offered excitement, lessons in righteous behavior, and a nostalgic vision of the American frontier. This...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501118715Author Robert WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 213mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781550224726Author Gabor H WylieFormat PaperbackPage Count 147Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,CanadaWeight(grams) 263g

Since bursting onto the scene in the mid '70s, the pop duo Captain and Tennille have long defined the sparkling, optimistic idea of everlasting love, both in their music and through their image as a happy and, seemingly, unbreakable couple. They were an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780759637948Author H. A. CarsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint AuthorHousePublisher AuthorHouseWeight(grams) 324g

Dark-eyed and distant Alma Rubens was one of the first female stars of the early feature film industry in the 1910s. She was a major star by 1920, but before the decade was over her screen career was marked and marred by cocaine abuse. She died in...

Behind the beloved animated films of Walt Disney Studios, which have moved and entertained millions of viewers, was an incredibly influential group of women who have slipped under the radar for decades. For the first time, bestselling author Nathalia...

Stan, surprisingly, is the first full-length biography of the legendary comic who was the creative half of the universally loved duo, Laurel and Hardy. Based upon scores of interviews with family and friends (including the intimate diaries of Virginia...

This new biography explores the extraordinary life of Edith Craig (1869-1947), her prolific work in the theatre and her political endeavours for women's suffrage and socialism. At London's Lyceum Theatre in its heyday she worked alongside her mother,...

Alla Osipenko is the gripping story of one of history's greatest ballerinas, a courageous rebel who paid the price for speaking truth to the Soviet state. The daughter of a distinguished Russian aristocratic and artistic family, Osipenko was born in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476726533Author Tim ConwayFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Howard BooksPublisher Howard BooksWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 137mm * 20mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993094217Author Ryan DanesFormat PaperbackImprint eyeimagine-digitalentropyPublisher eyeimagine-digitalentropy

The son of famed director and screenwriter Joseph L. Mankiewicz ( All About Eve [1950], Guys and Dolls [1955], Cleopatra [1963]) and the nephew of Citizen Kane screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz, Tom Mankiewicz was genuine Hollywood royalty. He grew up in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060014049Author Kirk DouglasFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 163gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060014049Author Kirk DouglasFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint It BooksPublisher It BooksWeight(grams) 163g

Early in his Hollywood career, Leo McCarey honed his skills by working with some of the great names of comedy, including Laurel and Hardy, W.C. Fields, and The Marx Brothers, whose 1933 classic, Duck Soup, McCarey directed. Later, as a writer and/or...

The world continues to be fascinated with Marilyn Monroe who dazzled with her beauty and captivated the hearts of millions, worldwide, with her innocence, charm, generosity, and kindness, and yet, who died tragically at the age of only 36. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578090085Author Jerome EndersFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Tut PublishingPublisher Tut PublishingWeight(grams) 354g

About the previous edition: "Definitely succeeds as an art book, thanks to the quality of Walker's engravings; and as a collectible for Cohen fans, thanks to how well the artist captures his subject." --Foreword Reviews In Leonard Cohen, master...

D. W. Griffith, most famous for his controversial film Birth of a Nation, was one of the undisputed pioneers of the film industry. This illustrated monograph, first published in 1940, traces Griffith's rise from an obscure actor-poet to the most...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Theatre Book Prize 1998.Book InformationISBN 9781582430188Author Peter BrookFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint CounterpointPublisher CounterpointWeight(grams)...