Entertainment & Performing Arts

From The Lady Eve, to The Big Valley, Barbara Stanwyck played parts that showcased her multidimensional talents but also illustrated the limits imposed on women in film and television. Catherine Russell’s A to Z consideration of the iconic actress...

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...

The nation didn't know it, but 1960 would change American film forever, and the revolution would occur nowhere near a Hollywood set. With the opening of the New Yorker Theater, a cinema located at the heart of Manhattan's Upper West Side, cutting-edge...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063037847Author Sam WassonFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint HarperPublisher HarperWeight(grams) 644g

Mae Murray (1885--1965), popularly known as "the girl with the bee-stung lips," was a fiery presence in silent-era Hollywood. Renowned for her classic beauty and charismatic presence, she rocketed to stardom as a dancer in the Ziegfeld Follies, moving...

Before Salma Hayek, Eva Longoria, and Penelope Cruz, there was Lupe Velez-one of the first successful Latin-American Hollywood stars, who swept past the xenophobia of Old Hollywood to pave the way for future icons from around the world. Her career began...

8-page photo insertBook InformationISBN 9781557838308Author David PollockFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Applause Theatre Book PublishersPublisher Hal Leonard CorporationWeight(grams) 699gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 161mm * 27mm

Charlie Chaplin produced some of the greatest films of all time, including The Gold Rush, The Circus, City Lights, Modern Times, and The Great Dictator. Before making a name for himself as an undisputed master of cinema, however, Chaplin first developed...

David Hare has long been one of Britain’s best-known screenwriters and dramatists. He’s the author of more than thirty acclaimed plays that have appeared on Broadway, in the West End, and at the National Theatre. He wrote the screenplays for the hugely...

From shutter click to final print-L. Ron Hubbard mastered every element of the photographic process. Uncover the purpose behind his photos and find out the stable data he formulated for every photographer. This volume is used by some of the top...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787055896Author Maureen WhittakerFormat PaperbackPage Count 468Imprint MX PublishingPublisher MX PublishingWeight(grams) 1447g

In this “necessary and beautifully told story of struggle, compassion and serendipity” (Forbes), the publisher of DC Comics comes to the rescue of a family trying to flee Nazi Berlin, their lives linking up with a dazzling cast of 20th-century icons, all...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439189498Author Hoda KotbFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 254gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 142mm *...

The biography of the original Mr. Cool, Steve McQueen. The actor who perhaps, first epitomised the Action Hero; a complex man, prone to casual affairs and violence, yet capable of helping those more unfortunate than him.Book InformationISBN...

For nine years, Stephen Colbert's persona, "Colbert"-a Republican superhero and parody of conservative political pundits-informed audiences on current events, politics, social issues, and religion while lampooning conservative political policy,...

From 1905 to the crash of 1929, Sam Shubert (1874-1905) and his brothers Lee (1874-1953) and J. J. (1878-1963), despite poor beginnings and near-illiteracy, created a theater monopoly unrivaled in history. Their ruthless business tactics and showmanship...

In the 2000s, new technologies transformed the experiences of movie-going and movie-making, giving us the first generation of stars to be just as famous on the computer screen as on the silver screen.Shining in Shadows examines a wide range of Hollywood...

"Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you?" These famous lines from The Graduate (1967) would forever link Anne Bancroft (1931--2005) to the groundbreaking film and confirm her status as a movie icon. Along with her portrayal of Annie...

In recent years, technology has given films of the silent era and their creators a second life as new processes have eased their restoration and distribution. Among the films benefitting from these developments are the works of director Albert Capellani...

" Thomas Dixon has a notorious reputation as the writer of the source material for D.W. Griffith's groundbreaking and controversial 1915 feature film The Birth of a Nation. Perhaps unfairly, Dixon has been branded an arch-conservative and a racist...

As part of its effort to rid the nation of Communist influence and infiltration, the House Un-American Activities Committee subpoenaed hundreds of actors, screenwriters, producers, and directors with suspected "Red" leanings in 1947. Some of these film...

In 1958, Gary Graver moved from his hometown of Portland, Oregon to Los Angeles, California with dreams of an acting career in Hollywood. Soon after his arrival, he caught a double bill in a small theater on Hollywood Boulevard, the lower half of which...

The king of radio comedy from the Great Depression through the early 1950s, Jack Benny was one of the most influential entertainers in twentieth-century America. A master of comic timing and an innovative producer, Benny, with his radio writers,...

The king of radio comedy from the Great Depression through the early 1950s, Jack Benny was one of the most influential entertainers in twentieth-century America. A master of comic timing and an innovative producer, Benny, with his radio writers,...

From one of America's most successful and beloved country music artists, Rascal Flatts's Jay DeMarcus shares the never-before-told stories that have shaped his journey. Honest, entertaining, and inspiring, Shotgun Angels will rally your own courage to...

Samuel "Roxy" Rothafel (1882-1936) built an influential and prolific career as film exhibitor, stage producer, radio broadcaster, musical arranger, theater manager, war propagandist, and international celebrity. He helped engineer the integration of...

American composer Lou Harrison (1917-2003) is perhaps best known for challenging the traditional musical establishment along with his contemporaries and close colleagues: composers John Cage, Aaron Copland, Virgil Thomson, and Leonard Bernstein; Living...

Instant New York Times bestseller! "This shocking true story is General Hospital on anabolic steroids." - Mehmet Oz, M.D., Emmy Award-winning host of The Dr. Oz Show The Emmy Award-winning star of General Hospital chronicles his astonishing...

Vernon and Irene Castle popularized ragtime dancing in the years just before World War I and made dancing a respectable pastime in America. The whisper-thin, elegant Castles were trendsetters in many ways: they traveled with a black orchestra, had an...

Significant achievement in art notwithstanding, Chen Chong Swee was also a prolific, vivid essayist. His writings- collated here and translated into English for the first time- range from the value of art education to the responsibilities of the art...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789693526493Author Ahmad SalimaFormat HardbackPage Count 238Imprint Sang-e-Meel PublicationsPublisher Sang-e-Meel PublicationsWeight(grams) 240g

When Amanda found out her mother had sent in an application to ABC's The Bachelor on her behalf, she wasn't upset . . . but she was hesitant. As a divorced single mom on a long dating hiatus, she didn't think there was any way she could measure up...

Of all the male stars of Golden Age Hollywood, Kirk Douglas became the final survivor, the last icon of a fabled era that the world will never see again. When he celebrated his birthday in 2016, a headline read - 'Legendary Hollywood horndog turns 100.'...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909051607Author Ian Castello-CortesFormat HardbackPage Count 136Imprint Graffito Books LtdPublisher Graffito Books LtdWeight(grams) 125g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781869195076Author Pieter CilliersFormat PaperbackPage Count 436Imprint Protea BoekhuisPublisher Protea BoekhuisWeight(grams) 675g

Lights, Camera, Lions tells the remarkable story of Hungarian Hubert Geza Wells, who defects to America during the communist era and goes on to make a name for himself as one of the desired animal trainers in Hollywood. His hair-raising memoir (pun...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399537547Author Jon FriedmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint TarcherPerigeePublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

In addressing her grandchildren in the foreword to this autobiography, Helen Hayes writes: 'It is no longer fashionable to have faith; but your grandmother has never been famous for her chic.' It is, in fact, because of her tenacious faith in the world...

Born Juanita Slusher in Edna, Texas, in 1935, the entertainer who became Candy Barr was perhaps the last great dancer in burlesque, a stripper who insisted on live, improvisational music and who at one time commanded $2,000 a week in 1950s Las Vegas. But...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781568331331Author Betty GarrettFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Madison BooksPublisher Madison BooksWeight(grams) 490gDimensions(mm) 227mm * 151mm *...