Individual actors Books
Little, Brown & Company Andy Kaufman Revealed
£20.42
ReadHowYouWant Leonardo DiCaprio The Biography 16pt Large Print Edition
£25.64
Random House USA Inc Room to Dream
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£19.80
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) The Tricks of the Trade
Book SynopsisThroughout the 1980s, Dario Fo, Italy's best known and most provocative satirical playwright, and his wife Franca Rame, conducted a series of performance-seminars around the world on the subject of acting. This book traces the life of the comic performer back to the itinerant jongleur and the skillful improvisations of commedia dell'arte troupes.Trade Review"'A scintillating compendium, erudite and refreshing...' Observer * '...an angular, uncomfortable, disquieting aid inspirational account of an art in which there are no more universal performers and recorders than Dario Fo and Franca Rame' Independent * 'Fo's work is brimful with dialect, with harsh humour, with the wit of the bar-room racounteur...' Guardian"
£24.50
Little, Brown & Company Adventures in the Screen Trade
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£18.69
Crown Archetype The Keys A Memoir
Book SynopsisFrom Snapchat sensation, business mogul, and recording artist DJ Khaled, the book They don't want you to read reveals his major keys to success. - Stay away from They- Don’t ever play yourself- Secure the bag- Respect the code- Glorify your success- Don’t deny the heat- Keep two rooms cooking at the same time - Win, win, win no matter what
£15.30
Random House Publishing Group His Way The Unauthorized Biography of Frank
Book Synopsis#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • With a new afterword by the author in honor of Frank Sinatra’s 100th birthday This is the book that Frank Sinatra tried—but failed—to keep from publication, and it’s easy to understand why. This unauthorized biography goes behind the iconic myth of Sinatra to expose the well-hidden side of one of the most celebrated—and elusive—public figures of our time. Celebrated journalist Kitty Kelley spent three years researching government documents (Mafia-related material, wiretaps, and secret testimony) and interviewing more than 800 people in Sinatra’s life (family, colleagues, law-enforcement officers, friends). The result is a stunning, often shocking exposé of a man as tortured as he was talented, as driven to self-destruction as he was to success. Featuring a new afterword by the author, this fully documented, highly detailed biography—filled with r
£15.19
Faber & Faber Let Me Play the Lion Too
Book SynopsisHow do you prepare for your first day on the set? Why might a bad audition lead to a good job offer? How should you research? What''s the effect of a long tour on your love-life? Can you have a glass of wine before a matinee? What''s the difference between transitive and intransitive corpsing? What is stage fright?In Michael Pennington''s highly personal guide and memoir there are sections on rehearsals, on television then and now, on who does what on a film set, on the disciplines and rewards of musical theatre, and five directors discuss why the scenery is better on radio. Disability and racial bias in the theatre are discussed and we sometimes hear from other, younger voices who are following parallel paths. Infectiously enthusiastic, both conversational and profound, Let Me Play the Lion Too draws on the author''s fifty years of experience to celebrate the deadly serious, sometimes hilarious, often misunderstood but infinitely enriching life
£17.09
Isbn-13: 978-0-578-55015-2 Punk Snot Dead
£16.17
Paul Salley Little Wing
£43.99
Random House USA Inc All About Me
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • At 95, the legendary Mel Brooks continues to set the standard for comedy across television, film, and the stage. Now he shares his story for the first time in “a wonderful addition to a seminal career” (San Francisco Chronicle), “infused with nostalgia and his signature hilarity” (Parade).ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: New York Post • “Laugh-out-loud hilarious and always fascinating, from the great Mel Brooks. What else do you expect from the man who knew Jesus and dated Joan of Arc?”—Billy CrystalFor anyone who loves American comedy, the long wait is over. Here are the never-before-told, behind-the-scenes anecdotes and remembrances from a master storyteller, filmmaker, and creator of all things funny.All About Me! charts Mel Brooks’s meteoric rise from a Depression-era kid in Brooklyn to the recipient of the
£18.00
iUniverse Big Lou The Life and Career of Actor Louis Edmonds
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£15.19
iUniverse My Friend MoeMemories of a Stoogeboomer
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£9.86
iUniverse Inside My Prison of Darkness Understanding PostTraumatic Stress Disorder
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£8.64
iUniverse The Difference in Butterflies A Chinese dancers memoir of her flight from inner and outer tyranny
£15.57
iUniverse A Place Like This A Memoir
£9.00
iUniverse Kids Hollywood Magic Insider Tips And Tricks To Get Your Child Into Show Business
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£13.04
iUniverse Not Now Lord Ive Got Too Much to Do
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£16.93
Big Toast Entertainment Improvise Freely
£23.52
Ausxip Publishing Xena Their Courage Changed Our World
£50.02
£25.64
AuthorHouse Disco Momma
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£13.77
£14.05
Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc) My First Five Husbands
Book SynopsisRue McClanahan, best known for her portrayal of Blanche Devereaux on the Emmy-award winning series The Golden Girls reveals her life in and out of the spotlight in a laugh-out-loud funny memoir about love, marriage, men, and getting older that is every bit as colorful as the characters she played. Raised in small-town Oklahoma in a house “thirteen telephone poles past the standpipe north of town,” Rue developed her two great passions—theater and men—at an early age. She arrived in New York City in 1957 with two-weeks worth of money in her pocket, hustled her way into a class with the legendary Uta Hagen, and began working her way up in the acting world against the vibrant, free-spirited backdrop of the sixties. That’s when she met and married Husband #1—a handsome rogue of an aspiring actor who quickly left her with a young son. Still, she was determined to make it on the stage and screen—and in the years that follo
£14.40
Hyperion Home
£25.65
John Wiley & Sons Duke The Life and Image of John Wayne
Book SynopsisMore than an actor, John Wayne is a cultural icon whose stature seems to grow with the passage of time. In this illuminating biography, Ronald Davis focuses on Wayne's human side, portraying a complex personality defined by frailty and insecurity as well as by courage and strength.
£19.76
Wildside Press Olympians of the Sawdust Circle A Biographical Dictionary of the Nineteenth Century American Circus 18 Clipper Studies in the Theatre
£28.49
Random House USA Inc One More Time
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£15.30
MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Silent Films in St. Augustine
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£999.99
MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Onstage with Martha Graham
Book SynopsisWhen World War II was over, a young bomber pilot with an itch for movement and action hung up his cap and learned another way to fly. Onstage with Martha Graham is the story of Stuart Hodes, a versatile and influential dancer who got his start with Martha Graham, an icon of modern dance.Table of Contents Foreword Preface 1. Airborne 2. Moves 3. Dance Lessons 4. The Green Tours 5. TKO'd in Paris and London 6. Drink the Sky 7. With Watchers 8. The Grand Tour 9. Asia 10. A Dancing Fool 11. Post-Martha Syndrome Afterword Acknowledgments Index
£20.66
University Press of Florida Being a Ballerina
Book SynopsisInspiring, revealing, and deeply relatable, Being a Ballerina is a firsthand look at the realities of life as a professional ballet dancer. Gavin Larsen describes the forces that drive a person to study dance; the balance that dancers navigate between hardship and joy; and the dancer's continual quest to discover who they are.Trade Review“A luminous new memoir. . . . Poignant . . . Both a personal account and a universal take on the life of a professional ballet dancer.”—New York Times“"There is power and perfection in this captivating memoir - the power of personal experience and the perfection of writing that carefully captures the life of a dancer … In this memoir Larsen is writing full out, and we are the lucky audience of her performance. Balletomanes, dance students, and aspiring dancers will applaud this absorbing account."—Library Journal“A personal chronicle of a professional dancing life that is as accessible as it is engaging.”—Christian Science Monitor“Being a Ballerina floats along like a lovely adagio solo; we both feel a dancer’s constant pain and share the magical soar of a perfect lift. Reading it is a reminder that words can dance too.”—Seattle Times
£20.66
MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Bravura Lucia Chase and the American Ballet Theatre
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£999.99
University Press of Kentucky You Aint Heard Nothin Yet Interviews with Stars
Book SynopsisJournalists James Bawden and Ron Miller spent their careers interviewing the greatest stars of Hollywood's golden age. In You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet, Bawden and Miller return with a new collection of rare interviews with iconic film stars including Henry Fonda, Esther Williams, Buster Keaton, Maureen O'Sullivan, Walter Pidgeon, and many more.Trade ReviewThese interviews break through the silver screen and pull the reader into a privileged world. Bawden and Miller showcase the art of the interview."" - Robert Crane, coauthor of Crane: Sex, Celebrity, and My Father's Unsolved Murder"" You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet presents stimulating, informative interviews with a fascinating assortment of stars and leading character players from Hollywood's Golden Age."" - James Robert Parish, author of Hollywood Divas
£28.90
Vanderbilt University Press Living Quixote
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£86.00
Stagedoor Publishing The Timeless James Dean
£12.95
£17.99
Smoking Gun Books I Was Benny Hills Toy Boy A Life in Variety
£19.07
£21.54
Firestormpublishing Hollywood Stars in Southport
£13.62
Vesper Hawk Publishing WHATS THE PLAY AND WHERES THE STAGE A Theatrical Family of the Regency Era
£20.50
Aurora Metro Publications Not a Number
Book SynopsisWhen Patrick McGoohan first hit UK screens starring as the Danger Man in 1960 audiences were immediately impressed by his fiery persona and on-screen charisma. By the time he took on the role of Number 6 in cult show The Prisoner his fanbase was global, Hollywood beckoned and many of the actors and directors that he worked with regarded him as enigmatic genius. But who was this man who had worked variously as a chicken farmer and bank clerk before launching a hugely successful acting career simply by chance? In NOT A NUMBER Rupert Booth reveals the true character of a man known for his peculiar off-screen behaviour as much for his acting, directing and writing abilities. Why was he so puritanical, refusing to even kiss a woman for any part he played? Why did he identify so greatly with the individual's need to assert himself in the face of suppression and mediocrity and how has he become an icon of subversion? A timely exploration of the man whose declaration 'I will not be Trade Review‘Many people have tried to reach a conclusion about the sort of person that Patrick McGoohan really was. For the first time, Rupert Booth may well have found the answer.’ Rick Davy, The Unmutual Prisoner website ‘...at last an in-depth exploration of a controversial character who can teach us all to say “no” at a time when we need to...’ Dazed & Confused “A genuinely good read and the author must be congratulated. Booth has a very warm writing style, and in telling a personal story of Patrick McGoohan and his devotion to wife Joan, sprinkled with film/TV along the way, he has approached the subject matter in a more attractive way than a simple “screenography” approach. As a result we do get a view on what sort of MAN he was rather than just what sort of ACTOR he was.” – The UnmutualTable of ContentsINTRODUCTION Meeting the Man 7 CHAPTER 1 An Actor is Formed 14 CHAPTER 2 Rising Star, New Romance 39 CHAPTER 3 Not a Brand 62 CHAPTER 4 Danger Man, Risk Taker 104 CHAPTER 5 The Prisoner Arrives 145 CHAPTER 6 The Prisoner: Obsession 184 CHAPTER 7 Fall-out: The USA 221 CHAPTER 8 Kings and Desperate Men 241 CHAPTER 9 An Enigmatic Legacy 268 LIST OF IMAGES 297 REFERENCES 298
£15.19
Air Pirate Press The Harrison Ford Story
£13.74
Allenwood Press Worlds Coolest Movie Star
£37.11
Aplomb Publishing What Ever Happened to Mommie Dearest
£18.00
Aquinas & Krone Publishing A Date with a Beatle
£8.33
£19.56
Brackish Publishing Elvis and Nashville
£14.20
Cowboy Buddha Publishing, LLC Tales from the Trails of a Rock n Roll Bus Driver
£10.44
