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Tall in the Saddle
The Life of Ben Johnson, Hollywood’s Real Cowboy
Inbunden, 2026
416 kr
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Tall in the Saddle: The Life of Ben Johnson, Hollywood’s Real Cowboy is the definitive biography of Ben Johnson (1918–1996), the only man to win both an Academy Award and a world rodeo championship. Born on a historic Oklahoma ranch, Johnson could rope cattle before he could read, and his …
Van Johnson
MGM's Golden Boy
Häftad, 2016
414 kr
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Van Johnson's dazzling smile, shock of red hair, and suntanned freckled cheeks made him a movie-star icon. Among teenaged girls in the 1940s, he was popularized as the bobbysoxer's heartthrob.He won the nation's heart, too, by appearing in a series of blockbuster war films - A Guy Named Joe, Thirty …
She Damn Near Ran the Studio
The Extraordinary Lives of Ida R. Koverman
Inbunden, 2020
392 kr
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Best known as the woman who "ran MGM," Ida R. Koverman (1876-1954) served as talent scout, mentor, executive secretary, and confidant to American movie mogul Louis B. Mayer for twenty-five years. She Damn Near Ran the Studio: The Extraordinary Lives of Ida R. Koverman is the first full account of …
She Could Be Chaplin!
The Comedic Brilliance of Alice Howell
Inbunden, 2016
321 kr
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Alice Howell (1886-1961) is slowly gaining recognition and regard as arguably the most important slapstick comedienne of the silent era. This new study, the first book-length appreciation, identifies her place in the comedy hierarchy alongside the best-known of silent comediennes, Mabel Normand. …
Mary Wickes
I Know I've Seen That Face Before
Häftad, 2016
291 kr
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The full story of one of Hollywood's most accomplished character actresses.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 stories from Broadway and …
Sitting Pretty
The Life and Times of Clifton Webb
Av Clifton Webb
Häftad, 2016
291 kr
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More than any other male movie star, the refined Clifton Webb (1889-1966) caused the movie-going public to change its image of a leading man. In a day when leading men were supposed to be strong, virile, and brave, Clifton Webb projected an image of flip, acerbic arrogance. He was able to play …
Madeline Kahn
Being the Music, a Life
Häftad, 2016
291 kr
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Best known for her Oscar-nominated roles in the smash hits Paper Moon and Blazing Saddles, Madeline Kahn (1942-1999) was one of the most popular comedians of her time - and one of the least understood. In private, she was as reserved and refined as her characters were bold and bawdy. Almost a …
Winnie Lightner
Tomboy of the Talkies
Inbunden, 2016
426 kr
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Winnie Lightner (1899-1971) stood out as the first great female comedian of the talkies. Blessed with a superb singing voice and a gift for making wisecracks and rubber faces, she rose to stardom in vaudeville and on Broadway. Then, at the dawn of the sound era, she became the first person in …
José Ferrer
Success and Survival
Av Mike Peros
Inbunden, 2020
426 kr
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José Ferrer (1912-1992) became the first Puerto Rican actor to win the Best Actor Academy Award for the 1950 film version of Cyrano de Bergerac.His portrayal of the lovelorn poet/swordsman had already won him the Tony in 1947, and he would be identified with Cyrano for the rest of his life. Ferrer …
Sterling Hayden's Wars
Av Lee Mandel
Inbunden, 2018
413 kr
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A master sailor when he was barely in his twenties, Sterling Hayden (1916-1986) became an overnight film star despite having no training in acting. After starring in two major films, he quit Hollywood and trained as a commando in Europe. Hayden joined the OSS and fought in the Balkans and …
Lost World of DeMille
Av John Kobal
Inbunden, 2019
470 kr
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As only an accomplished author, consummate collector, and savvy insider can, John Kobal tells the story of the man who invented Hollywood, Cecil Blount DeMille. Kobal narrates the story of DeMille’s life and follows the director’s career from his first film, The Squaw Man, in 1914, through the …
Life of Dick Haymes
No More Little White Lies
Av Ruth Prigozy
Häftad, 2020
414 kr
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There was a time when no one would have left Dick Haymes (1918-1980) out of the top class of such contemporaries as Frank Sinatra and Perry Como. But now the Argentine-born baritone is known only to those ardent fans and music historians who still claim him as one of the most talented popular …
Dan Duryea
Heel with a Heart
Av Mike Peros
Häftad, 2020
354 kr
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Dan Duryea (1907-1968) made a vivid impression on moviegoers with his first major screen appearance as the conniving Leo Hubbard in 1941's classic melodrama The Little Foxes. His subsequent film and television career would span from 1941 until his death. Duryea remains best known for the nasty, …
Dashing to the End
The Ray Milland Story
Av Eric Monder
Inbunden, 2025
426 kr
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Born Alfred Reginald John Truscott-Jones, Welsh American actor Ray Milland (1907–1986) appeared in more than 135 theatrical releases between 1929 and 1985 and on radio, television, and the stage, while also becoming a film director; Milland’s extensive canon across such a period is remarkable, …
One Tough Dame
The Life and Career of Diana Rigg
Inbunden, 2024
426 kr
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One Tough Dame: The Life and Career of Diana Rigg offers a sweeping portrait of the revered performer’s life and career. Deemed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1994, Diana Rigg (1938–2020) initially found fame as super sleuth Mrs. Emma Peel in the 1960s BBC/ABC-TV espionage …
Lauren Bacall
The Queen of Cool
Inbunden, 2026
416 kr
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Lauren Bacall (1924–2014), or Betty, as she was known to friends, was one of the last great movie stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Her career spanned seven decades and was one of the longest and most distinguished in the history of show business. Yet it wasn’t easy. After becoming a star at …
Brothers Mankiewicz
Hope, Heartbreak, and Hollywood Classics
Häftad, 2022
302 kr
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Winner of the 2020 Peter C. Rollins Book AwardLonglisted for the 2020 Moving Image Book Award by the Kraszna-Krausz FoundationNamed a 2019 Richard Wall Memorial Award Finalist by the Theatre Library AssociationHerman J. (1897–1953) and Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909–1993) wrote, produced, and directed …
Barbara Stanwyck
The Miracle Woman
Av Dan Callahan
Häftad, 2023
291 kr
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Barbara Stanwyck (1907–1990) rose from the ranks of chorus girl to become one of Hollywood's most talented leading women—and America's highest-paid woman in the mid-1940s. Shuttled among foster homes as a child, she took a number of low-wage jobs while she determinedly made the connections that …
Hollywood Enigma
Dana Andrews
Häftad, 2024
414 kr
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Dana Andrews (1909–1992) worked with distinguished directors such as John Ford, Lewis Milestone, Otto Preminger, Fritz Lang, William Wyler, William A. Wellman, Mervyn Le Roy, Jean Renoir, and Elia Kazan. He played romantic leads alongside the great beauties of the modern screen, including Joan …
Jean Peters
Hollywood's Mystery Girl
Inbunden, 2024
426 kr
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From 1947 to 1955, Jean Peters (1926–2000) appeared in films opposite such Hollywood leading men as Tyrone Power, Marlon Brando, Burt Lancaster, Spencer Tracy, Richard Widmark, and Robert Wagner, as well as international stars including Louis Jourdan and Rossano Brazzi. Despite her talent and …
James Mason
The Movie Star Hollywood Forgot
Inbunden, 2026
416 kr
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James Mason (1909–1984) was born to be an actor. He just didn’t know it. A Cambridge graduate with a degree in architecture, he arrived in London at a time when nothing was being built. With few prospects, he turned to the stage, where his modest experience proved enough to land him a spot in …
Too Fast, Too Short
The Life of Diana Barrymore
Inbunden, 2025
426 kr
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American actress and socialite Diana Barrymore (1921–1960) was a figure often overshadowed by her famous lineage and tragic narrative. In Too Fast, Too Short: The Life of Diana Barrymore, author Jennifer Ann Redmond illuminates Barrymore’s complex world, revealing a woman caught between the …
Claudette Colbert
She Walked in Beauty
Häftad, 2025
291 kr
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Claudette Colbert's mixture of beauty, sophistication, wit, and vivacity quickly made her one of the film industry's most famous and highest-paid stars of the 1930s and 1940s. Though she began her career on the New York stage, she was beloved for her roles in such films as Preston Sturges's The …
Hollywood Madonna
Loretta Young
Häftad, 2025
291 kr
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Loretta Young (1913–2000) was an Academy Award-winning actress known for devout Catholicism and her performances in The Farmer's Daughter, The Bishop's Wife, and Come to the Stable, and for her long-running and tremendously popular television series. But that was not the whole story. Hollywood …
Girl's Got to Breathe
The Life of Teresa Wright
Av Donald Spoto
Häftad, 2025
375 kr
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The actress Teresa Wright (1918–2005) lived a rich, complex, magnificent life against the backdrop of Golden Age Hollywood, Broadway and television. There was no indication, from her astonishingly difficult—indeed, horrifying—childhood, of the success that would follow, nor of the universal acclaim …
Real American Character
The Life of Walter Brennan
Häftad, 2025
291 kr
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Walter Brennan (1894–1974) was one of the greatest character actors in Hollywood history. He won three Academy Awards and became a national icon starring as Grandpa in The Real McCoys. He appeared in over two hundred motion pictures and became the subject of a Norman Rockwell painting, which …
Steve Cochran
Bad Boy of Hollywood
Inbunden, 2026
403 kr
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Steve Cochran (1917–1965) was Hollywood’s ultimate contradiction—an intense, rugged leading man with a con man’s charm, a craftsman’s discipline, and a wild streak that made him both irresistible and dangerous. In Steve Cochran: Bad Boy of Hollywood, author Michelangelo Capua paints a richly …
Lew Ayres
Hollywood's Conscientious Objector
Häftad, 2026
269 kr
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Lew Ayres (1908–1996) became known to the public when he portrayed the leading character in the epic war film All Quiet on the Western Front. The role made him a household name, introduced him to his closest friends, brought him to the attention of his first two wives, and would overshadow the rest …
Carole Landis
A Most Beautiful Girl
Av Eric Gans
Inbunden, 2008
365 kr
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Despite appearing in twenty-eight movies in little over a decade, Carole Landis (1919-1948) never quite became the major Hollywood star her onscreen presence should have afforded her. Although she acted in such enduring films as A Scandal in Paris and Moon over Miami, she was most often relegated …
Beyond Paradise
The Life of Ramon Novarro
Av André Soares
Häftad, 2010
330 kr
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The first Latin American actor to become a superstar, Ramon Novarro was for years one of Hollywood's top actors. Born Ramon Samaniego to a prominent Mexican family, he arrived in America in 1916, a refugee from civil wars. By the mid-1920s, he had become one of MGM's biggest box office attractions, …
