Entertainment & Performing Arts

The author invites readers to spend time in the pleasure of Harpo's cinematic company while comparing him to tricksters from folklore, myth and legend. The book demonstrates how Harpo, the sweetest, wildest, most magical Marx brother, accomplishes the...

This book is essentially a filmography interlaced with a complex biographical account of Marilyn Monroe's life and loves throughout her career. A lengthy introduction explains her traumatic early life and mysterious, unexpected, much talked about...

Born on February 12, 1886, in Missouri Valley, Iowa, Margaret Fischer made her stage debut at the tender age of eight. Now called Margarita, by 1910, she had embarked on a new and daring occupation--as an actress in the fledgling industry of motion...

This first-ever biography of American actress Anne Francis will enlighten her casual fans and earn a nod of agreement from her diehard admirers. The star of such 1950s cinematic classics as Bad Day at Black Rock, Blackboard Jungle and Forbidden Planet,...

The distinguished film career of Academy Award-winning actress Jennifer Jones (1919-2009) is thoroughly chronicled from her faltering start as Phylis Isley (her real name) at Republic Studios in 1939, to her re-invention as a major star by producer David...

Colleen Moore (1899-1988) was one of the most popular and beloved stars of the American silent screen. Remembered primarily as a comedienne in such films as Ella Cinders (1926) and Orchids and Ermine (1927), Moore's career was also filled with dramatic...

In 1922, an early association of film publicists known as the Western Associated Motion Picture Advertisers (Wampas) hit upon a strategy to call attention to their organization and their industry. The group selected 13 young actresses with potential...

Colorful and boisterous first nights were the rule in New York theaters of the 1880s. Everyone, it seemed, attended, from the rich and powerful to young people who scraped together just enough money to buy a ticket. And no star was more popular among...

One of the most gifted actors of the 1930s and 1940s, John Garfield is too little remembered today. His gritty, true-to-life performances in 35 films, including ""Body and Soul"", which was one of the first movies to raise the ugly specter of race...

In the 1920s, the playwright Sidney Howard and his wife, actress Clare Eames, were at the heart of the movement to change the American theater from a commercial enterprise to one with art at its center. Sidney gained fame writing They Knew What They...

At the peak of his career in the 1950s, Montgomery Clift was the symbol of a very talented yet rebellious generation of movie stars. His acting combined the personal and the professional, and his 17 movies show his superb craft and extraordinary...

"Basically, all parts are character parts. The problem of the actor is to protect the differences in a character: to identify that the character being portrayed has his own personality traits. He has to find things within himself to establish these...

Gangsters such as Al Capone and Lucky Luciano were considered by many people to be the most exciting personalities of the 1920s and 1930s. The public was hungry for press coverage about these mysterious and dangerous men. Most reports about them were...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451641356Author Jack GrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 227g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451608427Author Sheryl Lee RalphFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Gallery Books/Karen Hunter PublishingPublisher Gallery Books/Karen Hunter...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781450749183Author Kent HurlburtFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Tidalwave ProductionsPublisher Tidalwave ProductionsWeight(grams) 64gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781441550941Author Terri LyonsFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint Xlibris CorporationPublisher Xlibris CorporationWeight(grams) 122g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781450789684Author Don SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Tidalwave ProductionsPublisher Tidalwave ProductionsWeight(grams) 64gDimensions(mm) 244mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439259962Author Kate CookFormat PaperbackPage Count 332Imprint Booksurge PublishingPublisher Booksurge PublishingWeight(grams) 345gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439214190Author Mike HanksFormat PaperbackImprint Booksurge PublishingPublisher Booksurge PublishingWeight(grams) 386g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781434981981Author Joe WoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 90Imprint Dorrance Publishing Co.Publisher Dorrance Publishing Co.Weight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781434357007Author Wil ForbisFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint AuthorHousePublisher AuthorHouseWeight(grams) 426g

The life of jazz trumpeter Roland Bernard "Bunny" Berigan (1908-1942) resembles nothing less than an ancient Greek tragedy: a heroic figure who rises from obscurity to dizzying heights, touches greatness, becomes ensnared by circumstances, and...

In John Dahl and Neo-Noir: Examining Auteurism and Genre, Paul Monaco provides a focused inquiry into the first three feature films that director John Dahl made for theatrical release: Kill Me Again (1989), Red Rock West (1993), and The Last Seduction...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781419657986Author Lawrence MontaigneFormat PaperbackPage Count 322Imprint Booksurge PublishingPublisher Booksurge PublishingWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416955566Author Lawrence GrobelFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 318g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416544227Author Charlotte ChandlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 653gDimensions(mm) 234mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416536031Author Groucho MarxFormat PaperbackPage Count 319Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 290g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400078042Author Stefan KanferFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 312g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781406774436Author Upton SinclairFormat PaperbackPage Count 396Imprint Read BooksPublisher Read BooksWeight(grams) 502g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781401341879Author Jane LynchFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Hachette BooksPublisher Hachette BooksWeight(grams) 395g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781401341626Author Isabel GilliesFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Hachette BooksPublisher Hachette BooksWeight(grams) 381gDimensions(mm) 217mm * 148mm *...

Dennis Coles - aka Ghostface Killah - is a co-founder of the Wu-Tang Clan, a legendary hip hop group who established themselves by breaking all the rules, taking their music to the streets during hip hop’s golden era on a decade-long wave of releasing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250070302Author Mike ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint St. Martin's PressPublisher St. Martin's PressWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 208mm *...

Seventy-seven million baby boomers have either recently joined or will soon join Billy Crystal at this milestone birthday. In this New York Times bestseller, Crystal looks back at the most powerful and memorable moments of his storied life and provides a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101983812Author Drew BarrymoreFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint DuttonPublisher Penguin Books LtdWeight(grams) 261gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 135mm * 20mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250859013Author James IvoryFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 201mm *...

In the 1940s and 1950s, strip artist Patti Waggin was billed as The Educated Torso, The Sex Oomph Girl, and the Fresh Faced Girl Next Door. Amazingly athletic, performing routines few others could manage, Patti was a "Headliner." She was also one of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780990385332Author David DipoaliFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Teflon of America Inter Vivos TrustPublisher Teflon of America Inter Vivos...

Best remembered for the iconic classics Gone with the Wind (1939) and The Wizard of Oz (1939) to the silver screen, Victor Fleming also counted successful films such as Red Dust (1932), Captains Courageous (1937), Test Pilot (1939), Dr. Jekyll and Mr...