Secondhand Hollywood Biographies & Memoirs Bargain Book Box SP2965

Secondhand Hollywood Biographies & Memoirs Bargain Book Box SP2965

Twenty-one books of Hollywood biography, autobiography, and film history — David Niven, Tony Curtis, Shelley Winters, Burt Lancaster, Gene Kelly, Buster Keaton, Doris Day, Humphrey Bogart, Gary Cooper, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, the Marx Brothers, and more.

1. Movies: Conversations with Peter Bogdanovich — Interviews with the director and critic on the art and history of Hollywood cinema. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich edition.
2. Burt Lancaster: The Man and His Movies — Allan Hunter — A critical biography of one of Hollywood's most complex stars: from circus acrobat to Elmer Gantry, Atlantic City, and Local Hero.
3. Gene Kelly — Clive Hirschhorn — The definitive biography of Kelly: the dancer, director, and choreographer who transformed the Hollywood musical. Foreword by Frank Sinatra.
4. Allan Dwan: The Last Pioneer — Studio Vista — A portrait of one of Hollywood's earliest and most prolific directors: a career spanning from the silents to the 1960s.
5. Buster Keaton — David Robinson — Robinson's authoritative study of Keaton's life and films: the Great Stone Face, the extraordinary physical comedy, and the career that Hollywood nearly destroyed.
6. Doris Day — Eric Braun — The revised and updated biography of Hollywood's most bankable female star of the 1950s and 60s: the girl-next-door image and the complicated reality behind it.
7. Marilyn Monroe Confidential — A portrait of Monroe drawing on interviews and insider accounts of the Hollywood machine that made and unmade her.
8. Humphrey Bogart — Allen Eyles — Eyles's assessment of Bogart's screen persona and career: from pre-Code villain to the definitive archetype of the tough, ethical loner.
9. 'It's Only a Movie, Ingrid': Encounters On and Off Screen — Alexander Walker — The film critic's memoir of a career watching and interviewing the great stars of Hollywood: candid, witty, and indispensable.
10. Star Trek Memories — William Shatner with Chris Kreski — Shatner's account of the making of the original Star Trek series: the casting, the conflicts, the chemistry, and the cult that followed.
11. The Gary Cooper Story — George Carpozi Jr. — The life and career of one of Hollywood's greatest stars: from Montana ranch hand to the iconic embodiment of American decency on screen.
12. Kiss Hollywood Good-By — Anita Loos — The author of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes looks back on Hollywood: the moguls, the scandals, and the extraordinary world she witnessed across five decades.
13. Presley: Entertainer of the Century — Antony James — A pictorial biography of Elvis Presley with 16 pages of photographs.
14. The Moon's a Balloon — David Niven — Niven's irresistible memoir: the army, the early Hollywood years, the war, and the star career that followed. One of the most charming showbusiness autobiographies ever written.
15. Tony Curtis: The Autobiography — The Bronx childhood, the contract years, Some Like It Hot, and the turbulent life beyond the studio gates. "Devastatingly frank" — Daily Express.
16. The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean — The life of the legendary frontier judge and self-styled "Law West of the Pecos": a fabulously colourful western career.
17. The Hollywood Screenwriters — ed. Richard Corliss (Film Comment Book) — Writers on the writers: an anthology examining the screenwriters who shaped Hollywood's golden age.
18. Shelley: Also Known as Shirley — Shelley Winters — The actress's autobiography: from the Bronx to Broadway, Hollywood, and two Academy Awards. Frank, funny, and irrepressible.
19. The Moguls — Norman Zierold — The power princes of Hollywood's golden age: the immigrant entrepreneurs who built the studio system. 43 photographs.
20. The Marx Bros. Scrapbook — Groucho Marx and Richard J. Anobile — Groucho's account of the Marx Brothers' career in conversation with Anobile: anecdotes, photographs, and film stills. Over 300 photos.
21. The Hollywood Professionals Vol. 5: Michael Curtiz, Raoul Walsh, Henry Hathaway — Critical essays on three of Hollywood's most prolific contract directors.