Amanda Greenleaf Visits a Distant Star

Kavanagh

Past Times Pub Co

This affectionate look at the comedian discusses Laurel's childhood, his early solo career in vaudeville and silent films, the teaming with Oliver Hardy, the music hall tours, and Stan's later years. This edition includes a wealth of rare photos and never-before-seen memorabilia from the comic's personal scrapbooks. Low on stock.

The Comedy World of Stan Laurel/Centennial Edition

Biographies & Memoirs

McCabe, John

Arts & Literature

The Comedy World of Stan Laurel

Humor & Entertainment

This exhaustive directory to entertainment of the 1920s, '30s and '40s includes over 1,100 sources for silent movies and B-westerns on home video,78 rpm records, old radio shows, movie memorabilia and animation art, sheet music, fan clubs devoted to vintage entertainers, traditional jazz festivals, big band and nostalgia radio stations, revival cinemas, libraries and museums, and more.

The Nostalgia Entertainment Sourcebook: The Complete Resource Guide to Classic Movies, Vintage Music, Old Time Radio and Theatre

Skretvedt, Randy

This exhaustive directory to entertainment of the 1920s, '30s and '40s includes over 1,100 sources for silent movies and B-westerns on home video,78 rpm records, old radio shows, movie memorabilia and animation art, sheet music, fan clubs devoted to vintage entertainers, traditional jazz festivals, big band and nostalgia radio stations, revival cinemas, libraries and museums, and more.

Nostalgia Entertainment Sourcebook: The Complete Resource Guide to Classic Movies, Vintage Music, Old Time Radio and Theatre

Arts & Photography

Young, Jordan R.

Performing Arts

The acclaimed biography of the pistol-packing bandleader and his his accomplices in musical mayhem, whose zany slam-bang versions of classics and popular songs are enjoying a major resurgence via CD and home video. This book offers an irreverant backstage look at the man behind the carefully-crafted image: a lover of classical music who wanted to be taken seriously, a man with a razor-sharp tongue and an X-rated sense of humor, and a shrewd public relations wizard who never made an unrehearsed move.

Spike Jones Off the Record : The Man Who Murdered Music

Twelve of Hollywood's top comedy writers and speak their minds about the so-called good old days, and recall the outrageous backstage antics of legendary comedians. No one is spared in frank, uncensored and frequently hilarious conversations about the stone age of broadcasting -- the 1930s, '40s and '50s -- when advertising agencies controlled the programs, stars ran amok and writers were treated with profound disrespect, like a necessary evil.

The Laugh Crafters: Comedy Writing in Radio and Tv's Golden Age

Movies

Spike Jones and his City Slickers: An illustrated biography

The acclaimed biography of the pistol-packing bandleader and his accomplices, whose zany versions of popular songs like "Cocktails for Two" are enjoying a major resurgence in popularity via CD, home video and cable. Foreword by Dr. Demento, discography, who's who of band members, index. First edition hardcover includes rare photos and memorabilia deleted from revised paperback edition ("Spike Jones Off the Record"). Out of print; limited stock available.

Spike Jones and His City Slickers: An Illustrated Biography

Music

The beloved comedy team comes to life in this behind-the-scenes documentary -- visit the set as they make their classic comedies. Film historian Randy Skretvedt uses original shooting scripts and unfilmed comedy routines, legal depositions, family scrapbooks and original studio publicity material -- plus exclusive interviews with dozens of the team's friends and co-workers -- to recreate, as never before, the unique environment in which the films were made. 
 Film by film, this book truly evokes the magic behind the movies -- practical jokes, special effects, technical problems, musical scores, sneak previews and publicity campaigns. Over 200 rare photographs, including scenes from the cutting room floor. The book includes a who's who of the team's supporting players, directors and other technical people; a foreword by Steve Allen and an index. The revised paperback edition includes details on recently rediscovered films, newly found footage, foreign language versions and a resource list.

Laurel and Hardy. The Magic Behind the Movies

Reel Characters: Great Movie Character Actors

Home video and cable TV have brought these unforgettable faces from Hollywood's Golden Era into millions of living rooms. Interview-profiles with 12 of the movies' best-loved supporting players, including Elisha Cook (the baby-faced gunman in "The Maltese Falcon"), Sam Jaffe (the High Lama in "Lost Horizon"), Beulah Bondi (Jimmy Stewart's mother in "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"), Fritz Feld (the perennial maitre d'), John Qualen, Charles Lane, Iris Adrian, John Carradine and Anita Garvin (the scorned wife or girlfriend in many Laurel and Hardy comedies). Together they offer a fresh perspective on the stars and directors of the past. They reveal what it was really like to work alongside such legends as Humphrey Bogart, Clark Gable, Carole Lombard and W.C. Fields; how they were treated by superstar directors like Frank Capra, John Ford and Orson Welles. The book includes over 100 rare photos and extensive filmographies, plus a foreword by Fritz Feld.

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