SUMMARY:Best known as a star of stage and screen, Vincent Price was also a noted gourmet whose enthusiastic promotion of home cooking included several cookbooks and a television show, Cooking... more
SUMMARY:From the editors of Duke In His Own Words, this leather-bound collection of quotes, anecdotes and advice for living life like Duke makes a great gift for John Wayne fans. |John Wayne was more... more
SUMMARY:Moviegoers know her as the housekeeper in White Christmas, the nurse in Now, Voyager, and the crotchety choir director in Sister Act. This book, filled with never-published behind-the-scenes... more
SUMMARY:In his distinguished career as a Hollywood photographer, Bob Willoughby captured Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor and Jane Fonda, but remains unequivocal about his favorite subject: Audrey... more
DESCRIPTION:A biography of the great noir actor who perfected the male mask of steely impassivity. Dana Andrews (1909-1992) worked with distinguished directors such as John Ford, Lewis Milestone,... more
SUMMARY:Ann Sperber and Eric Lax offer therevealing, intimate, definitive biography of the legendary Humphrey Bogart,detailing the arc and span of his personal and professional lifea story oftoil,... more
SUMMARY:In March 1941, Jimmy Stewart, Americas boy next door and recent Academy Award winner, left fame and fortune behind and joined the United States Army Air Corps to fulfill his family mission... more
SUMMARY:As screen icon Kirk Douglas approaches his 100th birthday, he and his wife of 62 years, Anne Buydens, share secrets to longevity in life and love told through candid commentary and priceless... more
SYNOPSIS:Back in print for the first time in decadesand featuring a new interview with the author, in celebration of her forthcoming centennial birthdaythe delectable escapades of Hollywood legend... more
ABOUT THE BOOK:One of the foremost entertainers of the twentieth centurysinger, actor, choreographer, and, of course, the most dazzling "hoofer" in the history of motion picturesFred Astaire was the... more
SUMMARY:Actor William Powell is perhaps best known for his roles as charming Nick in The Thin Man films and blustery Clarence Day in Life with Father. As diverse as those characters are, they don't... more
SUMMARY:This fresh look at Hollywood's "Queen of Screwball," Carole Lombard, presents a first-ever examination of the events that led to the shocking flight mishap that took her life on the side of a... more
SUMMARY: THE FIRST BIOGRAPHY OF THE GREATEST FILMMAKER THAT NOBODY KNOWS:Academy Award--winning director Michael Curtiz (1886--1962) -- whose best-known films include Casablanca (1942), Yankee Doodle... more
SUMMARY:After Betty Grable, but before there was Marilyn, Americas penchant for popcorn blondes focused on LANA, the movie star who had it all: Looks to die for, money to burn, the romantic adulation... more
SUMMARY: THE DEFINITIVE, BESTSELLING AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF WILLIE NELSON.: ONE OF THE MOST BELOVED POPULAR MUSICIANS OF OUR TIME TELLS THE STORY OF HIS EXTRAORDINARY LIFE.:This is Willie Nelson's... more
SUMMARY:For more than 50 yearsin 200 comedy shorts, 25 feature films, and thousands of television, onstage, and personal appearancesThe Three Stooges dished out their classic comedy mayhem to the... more
ABOUT THE BOOK:Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light is the definitive biography of the Master of Suspense and the most widely recognized film director of all time. In a career that spanned... more
SUMMARY: THIS COMPREHENSIVE BIOGRAPHY UNCOVERS PREVIOUSLY UNEXPLORED ASPECTS OF THE LEGENDARY PERFORMER'S PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LIVES:He sang and danced in the rain, proclaimed New York to be a... more
SUMMARY:W.C. Fields was at the top among comedians during Hollywood's Golden Era of the 1930s and 1940s and has since remained a comic icon. Despite his character's misanthropic, child-hating,... more
SUMMARY:A sweet and captivating look at a woman who was an inspiration for many and whose legacy endures. Ann Nyberg, delves into the long, extraordinary life of Katharine Hepburn through personal... more
DESCRIPTION:The first comprehensive biography of the talented, devout catholic who deceived the world by falsely adopting her love child. Loretta Young (1913-2000) was an Academy Award-winning... more
SUMMARY:Based on dozens of interviews and extensive research, this book covers the breadth of Walter Matthau's often-complicated personal life and multi-faceted career. |Funny yet down-to-earth,... more