Entertainment & Performing Arts

When he left Hollywood in March 1941, Jimmy Stewart was America's boy next door movie star and a recent Academy Award winner. He left all that behind to join the United States Army Air Corps and fulfill his family mission to serve his country-only to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780671675264Author Faye DunawayFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Pocket BooksPublisher Pocket BooksWeight(grams) 653g

The beloved Hollywood star and New York Times bestselling author of Unsinkable continues her intimate chat with fans in this entertaining collection of anecdotes, stories, jokes, and random musings from a woman who has seen it all-and done most of it...

The first definitive biography of tragicomic sex symbol Jayne Mansfield, one of the most colorful and eccentric movie stars of the 1950s-60s. The book examines both her life and her career, detailing her movie, TV and stage work, as well as her drive to...

The first biography of a visionary twentieth-century American performer who devoted her life to the revival of ancient Greek cultureThis book tells the fascinating story of Eva Palmer Sikelianos (1874-1952), an American actor, director, composer, and...

The first major English-language study of JarmuschAt a time when gimmicky, action-driven blockbusters ruled Hollywood, Jim Jarmusch spearheaded a boom in independent cinema by making now-classic low-budget films like Stranger than Paradise, Down by Law,...

The candid and revealing autobiography of supermodel Marie Helvin One of the original supermodels and international fashion icons, Marie Helvin has been an iconic image in every decade since the 1970s. She was a Hawaiian hippie child in the 60s, a...

Hedy Lamarr's life was punctuated by salacious rumors and public scandal, but it was her stunning looks and classic Hollywood glamour that continuously captivated audiences. Born Hedwig Kiesler, she escaped an unhappy marriage with arms dealer Fritz...

Jane Russell's acting career was launched on one of the most notorious publicity campaigns in the history of cinema for The Outlaw, a film produced and ultimately directed by Howard Hughes. Russell should have quickly and quietly disappeared from public...

Palmer, a long-time friend of Bruce Lee and one of his youngest martial arts students, recounts Lee's early years, when he would train a multicultural group of local toughs in empty parking lots and backyards around Seattle. Palmer spends a summer with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781900565820Author Unica ZurnFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Atlas PressPublisher Atlas Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912676880Author Isabelle SeddonFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co...

In Jack in the Box, O’Brien’s follow-up to his memoir Jack Be Nimble, the director collects stories from the many productions he has worked on, the great talents he encountered and collaborated with (including Tom Stoppard, Mike Nichols, Jerry Lewis,...

For the first time, author Sophie Johnson reveals the story behind Miranda's rise to fame. The comedian was born in Torquay in 1972, yet despite graduating with a degree in politics, she always wanted to be a comedian. In 2002 she performed at the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743213110Author Charlton HestonFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 147g

In HOW TO PRODUCE COMEDY BRONZE, legendary TV producer Jon Plowman lifts the hood on the comedy industry so you can peer inside and wonder how any of it ever got made in the first place. In a career spanning 30 years Jon has learned (almost) everything...

In a world prone to violent flooding, Britain, ravaged 20 years earlier by a deadly virus, has been largely cut off from the rest of the world. Survivors are few and far between, most of them infertile. Children, the only hope for the future, are a rare...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781617752902Author Doctor DreadFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Akashic Books,U.S.Publisher Akashic Books,U.S.Weight(grams) 281g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993204371Author Colin BakerFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Fbs PublishingPublisher Fbs PublishingWeight(grams) 399g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635420920Author Donna RifkindFormat PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint Other Press LLCPublisher Other Press LLC

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Independent Publisher Book Awards (Performing Arts) 2008.Book InformationISBN 9781601090058Author Ravi ShankarFormat HardbackPage Count 180Imprint Mandala...

Amy Winehouse and Blake Fielder-Civil's wild romance has gripped the nation. It has been a dramatic relationship from the start: the turbulent musical genius met the hedonistic likely lad in a north London boozer and together they have had a...

A guide to 52 prime examples of must-see cinema, The Essentials Vol. 2. -- based on the Turner Classic Movies series -- is packed with behind-the-scenes stories, insightful commentary, moments to watch for, and hundreds of photos spotlighting films that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957528505Author Alan MannFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint AMPS 001Publisher AMPS 001Weight(grams) 186g

Ingmar Bergman was the last and arguably the greatest of the old-style European auteurs and his influence across all areas of contemporary cinema has continued to be considerable since his death in July 2007. Drawing on interviews with collaborators and...

The Haunted Reader & Sylvia Plath takes an unusual approach to Sylvia Plath studies focusing on the readers of Sylvia Plath rather than the historical figure herself. Working from the premise that Plath is a highly visible cultural figure, this book...

Christian Small lived and painted in West Linton for over 60 years. Her work was of remarkable quality and range in many different media. Her choice of subjects was wonderfully imaginative: pears on a window sash, an armchair with slippers, her paint box...

The third of Judy Garland's five husbands, Sid Luft was the one man in her life who stuck around. He was chiefly responsible for the final act of Judy's meteoric comeback after she was unceremoniously booted off the MGM lot: he produced her iconic,...

This book of quotes explores the many sides of the one-and-only Marilyn Monroe. In her time, she was perceived as a victim, a vixen, a valentine, and a Venus. At once a sex symbol and enormously talented entertainer, she was praised, criticized, and...

To tell the story of Morris Day is to tell the story of Prince. Not because they were inseparable or because their paths never diverged, but because, even when their paths did diverge, they always intersected again. Each artist lifted the other up,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997943108Author Peter EngelFormat PaperbackPage Count 318Imprint Top Hat WordsPublisher Top Hat WordsWeight(grams) 367gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 17mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451662443Author Arnold SchwarzeneggerFormat PaperbackPage Count 656Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 748gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781642932874Author Anthony CumiaFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Post Hill PressPublisher Post Hill PressWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 152mm...

From Donald Bogle, the award-winning author of Hollywood Black and leading authority on Black cinema history, this is a first-of-its-kind comprehensive and lavish biography of Hollywood's first African American movie goddess.Lena Horne's life and career...

In late autumn 1968, Dorian Bond was tasked with travelling to Yugoslavia to deliver cigars and film stock to the legendary Hollywood director Orson Welles. The pair soon struck up an unlikely friendship, and Welles offered Bond the role of his personal...

In John Wayne: My Father, Aissa Wayne delves into her father's childhood, his film career, and his life off the screen. The result is an affecting portrait that offers a new perspective on one of America's most enduring hero's humanity.Book...

This book is a totally new concept in learning and improving calligraphy skills. It presents a new lettering challenge for each day of the year; 365 in all (plus a bonus for Leap Day), ranging from 'angular Italic' to 'turned Celtic.' These alphabets are...

The producer behind such celebrated films as The Four Feathers and The Third Man is one of the most colourful and important figures in the history of the British cinema. This gripping biography tells how with extraordinary ambition, enterprise and...

'Enthralling . . . an essential read, particularly for fans of 007.' - Cinema Retro'When Harry Met Cubby is a fitting tribute to two extraordinary men. If you love behind the scenes stories about the making of movies, there's plenty of drama to sate you...

A comprehensive guide to all of Robin Williams's movies, with facts about plots, performances, and cast, as well as notable trivia and behind-the-scenes details about each film.Did you know that, according to director Chris Columbus, Robin Williams...