Draws on material from the MGM archives to provide a behind-the-scenes portrait of the introverted screen star, going beyond the legend to reveal the woman herself and including over three hundred photographs

Garbo: A Portrait

Biographies & Memoirs

WALKER, Alexander

Arts & Literature

Macmillan Pub. Co.

Alexander Walker had unlimited access to secret papers at MGM - where Crawford spent eighteen years - and he used text and pictures to combine scholarship with insight into a unique woman. For the first time, he reveals the unguessed reason why showgirl Lucille was renamed Joan Crawford and secrets of her passionately conducted romance, while shedding new light on her private nature.

Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Star

Harper&Row

Lightly Used First Edition Hardcover published by Harper &amp; Row, Publishers, N.Y., 1984, 207 pages in Very Good Condition. Fine Black Cloth in Rubbed DJ with some edge wear (to the DJ Only) / A Very Clean Text with no rips, tears, creases, loose or bent pages. Front Endpaper does have a stamp "Resale Book". An excellent study on Marlene Dietrich that covers her career but also reinterprets her in human terms. This book reassess her talents against the backdrop of her times creating a very human look at the star, and a critical and social study of her. Fully illustrated with 185 photographs and an extensive and well-researched text. A coffeetable edition, this book measures 11.5 x 9. A great addition to any Dietrich fan or Classic Film Fan's library. We ship within 24 hours of your purchase with a Delivery Confirmation.

Dietrich

Rudolph Valentino127 pp. A biography of the iconic Italian silent film star, who died at the young age of 31.Keywords: BIOGRAPHY RUDOLPH VALENTINO

Rudolph Valentino

Penguin??Books

Stardom The Hollywood Phenomenon

Humor & Entertainment

Movies

Stanley Kubrick directs

Harcourt, Brace. Jovanovich

Prime Source of 1st handed information about Stanley Kubrik and his work. Stanley Kubrik directs uses over 350 black and white stills to produce a biography of Kubrik through his work which is, in a way a projection of his life. It includes interviews with Kubrik and people he has worked with,a commentary on his films, the origins of his ideas and assessment of the impact of his films on his reputation. It covers work such as Lolita, Dr Strangelove, 2001 : A Space Odyssey and A Clockwork Orange as well as his most recent film, Eyes Wide Shut, a psychological thriller which is to star Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman.

Stanley Kubrick Directs

Harcourt

Elm Tree Books

The shattered silents: How the talkies came to stay

The Shattered Silents: How the Talkies Came to Stay

Following on from Hollywood England: The British Film Industry in the Sixties, Alexander Walker here focuses on British social change and mass entertainment. From the hangover years” of the early Seventies to the renaissance era” of the mid-Eighties, he reveals the multiplicity of human motives and talents underpinning the push for profit and power. Walker looks at the violent cinema of Get Carter and The Long Good Friday; the taxation that drove directors, producers, and actors out of Britain; and the venture of the British Film Year.” In tracing the story, Walker also offers astute critical assessments of British talents, including Ken Russell, Derek Jarman, John Hurt, and Monty Python.

National heroes: British cinema in the seventies and eighties

Harrap

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Garbo: A Portrait

Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Star

Dietrich

Rudolph Valentino

Stardom The Hollywood Phenomenon

Stanley Kubrick directs

Stanley Kubrick Directs

Rudolph Valentino

The shattered silents: How the talkies came to stay

National heroes: British cinema in the seventies and eighties