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  • av Christopher DeRose
    301

    Think you know something about speculative fiction?Maybe you wee what these folks have to say...Briane KeeneBen BovaDavid BrinBruce BalfourLois McMaster BujoldJeanne CavelosMax Allan CollinsChristopher GoldenEduardo SanchezGregory MaguireLaurell K. HamiltonJane EspensonMichael McCartyOrson Scott CardJerry PournelleKristine Kathryn RuschSephera GironAlan Dean FosterJack VanceWil McCarthyChelsea Quinn YarbroYvonne NavarroDavid J. SchowElaine CunninghamP. N. ElrodJasper FfordeJoe R.LansdaleGeoffrey A. LandisMark McLaughlinEric Van LustraderPeter S. BeagleMark McLaughlinRay ManzarekPiers AnthonySteven EriksonCristopher DeRose sits down with thirty-five of of the best known namesin the world of SpecFic writing and gets the real story. Within thesepages, you'll find advice, hints, history, and more than a few surprises.With introduction by Scott Edelman, this collection is a must-have forany aspiring writer or any fan of the world of speculative fiction.

  • - My Years with Jose Ferrer and Jim Backus
    av Jack Lloyd
    287

    After detailing his experiences with The Beach Boys in his book, Endless Summer: My Life With The Beach Boys, Jack Lloyd now retraces his life as he emerges from the psychedelic drug scene of the 1960s with rock stars Jimi Hendrix and Eric Burdon to a chance meeting with award-winning actor and film star, José Ferrer. As their lifelong friendship blooms, Jack engages with a parade of celebrities that would make a Who's Who of Hollywood envious . . . Frank Sinatra, Omar Sharif, Paul Lynde, Dustin Hoffman, William Shatner, Telly Savalas, Leslie Nielsen, Donald O'Connor, Rosemary Clooney, Jack Lemmon, and Lana Turner, to name but a few.When a surprising turn of events brings "Mr. Magoo" and Gilligan's Island's "Thurston Howell III" Jim Backus into Jack's life, the two embark on an incredible roller coaster ride through the hills and valleys of show businesswith stars such as JoAnne Worley, Merv Griffin, William Peter Blatty, Natalie Schafer, Peter Marshall, Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Lynde, Milton Berle, and Jerry Lewis.Enjoy the fascinating ups and downs of Joe and Jim and the crazy house that Jack built.

  • av R D Riley & Andrew J Rausch
    411

    "There are questions in this book about my movies even I couldn't answer! A nice, well-researched quiz book written with obvious affection for its subject."-Mick Garris, director, The Stand"You know a movie quiz is good when you were the lead in the damn film, and you still struggle with the questions!"-Keith Gordon, actor, Christine"There's nothing trivial about Stephen King trivia, and Andy Rausch and R.D. Riley prove this adage potently with their new Stephen King Movie Quiz Book. Yes, brothers Andy and Ron have given us all an excuse to rewatch Stephen King movies. High octane fun, indeed! For fans of King in all his incarnations, The Stephen King Movie Quiz Book is a must own addition to their 'Books about King' library. Highly recommended."-Stephen J. Spignesi, author, The Stephen King Quiz BookThe Stephen King Movie Quiz Book contains more than 3,000 questions to test your knowledge on the film adaptations of the King of Horror. Serious and fun, baffling and entertaining, these quizzes are guaranteed to put any film buff or King aficionado to the test. With quizzes ranging from easy to extremely difficult, this book has something to entertain everyone.

  • - By Legendary Celebrity Psychic Kenny Kingston as Told to Valerie Porter
    av Kenny Kingston
    197

    For each of us, there is a moment that defines our life-changes our life-shapes our destiny. Recognizing this moment is necessary in order to become stronger and to appreciate our life and the people in it.For actress/singer Michele Lee, it was overcoming fear and appearing on Broadway with two week's notice. Helen Gurley Brown was fired from an advertising job but went on to become editor of Cosmopolitan Magazine.Author and Vanity Fair columnist Dominick Dunne's beloved daughter was murdered, yet it began a wonderful new chapter of his life. Comedienne Phyllis Diller thought she'd "bombed" onstage yet it was the night she was discovered by Bob Hope. These and many other celebrities reveal their personal turning points in The Moment. Their stories are not so different from ours. Triumphs and tragedies are universal.Psychic/medium Kenny Kingston has shared in the lives of countless celebrated personalities as their spiritual counselor and friend. Through private counseling, motivational lectures and numerous appearances on radio and television, he's inspired people to examine their lives, recognize the people and events that play important roles, and learn to not let opportunities pass by. Throughout The Moment he shares this advice with readers. With chapters such as Don't Wait for Life to Happen to You; What a Difference a Day Made; and Stop Fearing and Start Living, he'll share why something seemingly painful may actually be a stepping stone to a bright future and why a supposedly insignificant person or event may be an energizing force in shaping our destiny.

  • - Memoirs of a Freelance Celebrity Articles Writer
    av Shirley Lee Ames
    301

    This book tells how a little girl from Iowacame to meet, talk with, and write aboutdozens of well known and well-loved starsof stage, movies, and television who sharedtheir personal likes, dislikes, and specialinterests with her."All it took was a legitimate assignmentwith the editors of a respectablepublication, an inquisitive mind, goodwill, and - sometimes - the assistance of atalented photographer," she readily admits.

  • av Clair Schulz
    437

    Open this book and stroll down memory lane. Laugh at the antics of the Bowery Boys, Bud and Lou, Red Skelton, and Jerry Colonna. Sing along with Al Jolson, Betty Hutton, Danny Kaye, and Jimmy Durante. Creep down spooky corridors with Boris, Bela, Vincent, Peter, and two Lon Chaneys. Relive those early years of television with Lucy, Joan Davis, Ernie Kovacs, Eve Arden, and William Bendix. Hear Bob Hope tell his life story and peek at a script that was for his eyes only. Say the secret word with Groucho. Delight in the nonpareil personalities of Stan Freberg, Tallulah Bankhead, and Henry Morgan. Applaud the unheralded talents of Jack Carson, Gale Gordon, Arnold Stang, Frank Lovejoy, Gabby Hayes, J. Carrol Naish, Iris Adrian, and Sandra Gould who often stood in the shadows of the headliners. Watch the fragile psyches of Gene Tierney and Alan Ladd curtail their careers. Hunt clues with Basil Rathbone and Howard Duff. Listen to the best in movie music before sitting in the best seats in the house to review the Perry Mason films, a pair of neglected 1940s comedies, and a cavalcade of B pictures. Tune in to Fibber McGee and Molly, The Great Gildersleeve, The Jack Benny Program, and a dozen other stops along the radio dial. Bring back those days of playing with Tom Mix premiums and of reading Big Little Books and Photoplay editions. Drive once more past those witty Burma-Shave signs. Be captivated all over again by the hypnotic enticements in the Johnson Smith catalogs. Enjoy whimsical stories focusing on Alfred Hitchcock, Miss Brooks, and Sam Spade. Then ponder speculative thoughts about movies, music, and mores in "Selected Short Subjects" before the lights go up on this magical history tour.Illustrated with over 140 images from the author's personal collection of photographs, sheet music, magazines, premiums, posters, and other show business memorabilia, this nostalgic omnibus belongs on the bookshelves of everyone who fondly remembers the golden age of radio, TV, and motion pictures.Clair Schulz, who has written numerous articles about films, radio programs, and collectibles, is the author of Fibber McGee and Molly, On the Air 1935-1959.

  • - Her Life and Work
    av Gary Olszewski
    321

    "Marjorie White" details the life story of an actress of the '20s and '30s, a top starlet of her day, but virtually forgotten today. She was among the most talented of young comediennes of her era, and had she not died tragically at such a young age, on the very verge of top stardom, would have been among the names most highly remembered these years later, as the equal of such silver-screen luminaries as Jean Harlow, Betty Hutton, Martha Raye, and the others who achieved their own fame in that "Golden Age" of stage and cinema.Born in the provinces of Canada, she was an outgoing performer from her earliest childhood, Worked the WWI years with the Winnipeg Kiddies performing troupe, and went on to accclaim on the Vaudeville stage, and made her screen debut in the light musicals of the late 1920s. With but 15 films to her credit, her inborn Joie De Vie and outgoing elan, she easily stole the show and overshadowed even the biggest names to whom she played "second fiddle."Her story in these pages should remind everyone why she deserves to chronicled to performance history and remembered with a warm smile. Sometimes humorous, other times sadly ironic, it should bring to everyone's heart a soft "if only, if only."Gary Olszewski, an avid theater historian, began this book after seeing her play the lead in 1934's "Woman Haters", billed top and above the 3 Stooges, and started with the thought "Who was she, and whatever became of her?" Upon researching her life and career, he embarked on a comprehensive biographical/historical journey of her and her family ancestry, which dates to Scotland"s House of Stuart in the 1600s. Gary is a semi-retired Vietnam veteran, and currently lives in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he continues his literary pursuits.

  • av Charles Napier
    357

    Charles Napier has been a Hollywood actor for over 40years. Square Jaw and Big Heart is the fascinating storyof his life as a film and TV performer. Jim Carrey, AnthonyHopkins, Alfred Hitchcock, Gregory Peck, Tom Hanks, JohnBelushi, James Franco, Jack Nicholson, Sylvester Stalloneare among some of the great personalities who pass throughthe chapters of this book. This book gives an inside lookat the film and TV industry that you won¿t read about anywhereelse.

  • - The True Wallace Reid Story
    av David W Menefee
    421

    Wallace Reid still rouses excitement today as Jeff, the blacksmith in D. W. Griffith's famous film, The Birth of a Nation. Audiences thrill to the rip-roaring brawl between Jeff and a band of villainous renegades. The fight was largely real, and many people saw Wally for the first time in that immortal film. They said he became "a star overnight," but he had appeared in more than a hundred films before. In Wally, his story is fully told for the first time. He was "born in a trunk" to an actress mother and a famous playwright father. Wally barely survived the infamous St. Louis cyclone when the storm tore that city apart, but he emerged from the carnage to grow into a popular student, athlete, and early film hero. His handsome looks inspired directors to place him in front of cameras, but his ambitions were to be a writer and director. When director Cecil B. DeMille picked him to appear opposite opera diva Geraldine Farrar in her first films, his aspirations became lost in the dizzying idolatry of worldwide audiences.Wally's popularity soared to a height rivaled only by Mary Pickford and Charlie Chaplin, but his pedestal of fame stood on shaky ground. Genuine tragedy fell upon Wally and his film crew when their train derailed in an isolated Sierra Mountain location. His injuries were treated with morphine, and his family and friends watched helpless as he became caught unaware in the deathly grip of the drug. Dorothy Davenport, his wife and a beautiful star in her own right, remained faithfully by his side, while he wrestled with the demons that threatened to take his life.Wally draws from many original sources and major archives to show how he was received in his time and the importance of his role in the development of motion pictures. The entertaining and informative book contains an extensive biographical treatment, a detailed filmography, and more than 200 rare photographs, posters, advertisements, and lobby cards that capture the glamour of Hollywood's Golden Years.

  • av Roy Kohn
    287

    "I remember the night when Guy Mitchell and Roy came to the Enchanted Room in Yonkers, NY. I consider this the real beginning of my singing career. I find reading his story of the music publishing business very fascinating and educational. His World War II story in the army is exciting. And don't skip to the endings before you read the book as you will find Roy to be Amazing ."- Jerry Vale"How did vinyl records hit the air waves or music, movies, and TV shows come together? What did it take to bring Beethoven and Elvis into your living room? Songplugger is the history of the music business and more."- Steve Peterson Poet, Singer, Songwriter

  • - Funny and Sad
    av Brian Scott Mednick
    287

    Ever since his big screen breakthrough as phobia ridden accountant Leo Bloom in The Producers, Gene Wilder has been one of America's most beloved comic actors. For five decades, Wilder has entertained audiences in some of the funniest films ever made, including Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, and Stir Crazy.Brian Scott Mednick's fascinating new biography Gene Wilder: Funny and Sad (BearManor Media) reveals a very serious and private side to Wilder that audiences don't get to see. The book traces Wilder's humble beginnings in 1930s Milwaukee as a shy child who learned early on that being funny got him attention."Gene Wilder is one of the great comic actors of the last half-century -and he is also a fascinating figure offscreen. Brian Scott Mednick has done a four-star job of capturing his life and times."- Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times

  • av Phil Hall
    337

    They were the big screen royalty that left us too soon - the brilliantly talented icons whose premature deaths continue to fill the hearts of movie lovers with rue and pain. From Robert Harron and Rudolph Valentino of the silent era to Heath Ledger and Natasha Richardson of today's cinema, the history of movies is filled with too many legends and rising stars who died before fulfilling their career destinies.But what would have happened if fate had been kinder? What could have been the careers of Jean Harlow, James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, Dorothy Dandridge, Bruce Lee, John Belushi, River Phoenix, Chris Farley, and many other screen luminaries who died too soon?What if They Lived? offers a speculative trajectory for the careers that the late, great stars never had. Piecing together pending film projects, industry trends and wider shifts in popular culture, What if They Lived? considers what could have happened to the beloved movie actors who never had a chance to enjoy a long and fruitful professional output.

  • av Mary Ann (?) Anderson
    187

    Written by Mary Ann Anderson, Miss Lupino's long-time friend and assistant, this book highlights this vintage comedy TV show and features rare photo stills of the show's cast and crew.Everything you want to know about this classic comedy from creation to cancellation and more, including: * Details of Ida and Howard's stormy marriage * Never-before-seen original pilot script, written by Collier Young (Ida's former husband) * Ida Lupino's Emmy Award Nomination Certificate for this show * Rare Set Photos * Interviews with Sol Saks, the show's writer, and the brilliant comedy star herself, Ida Lupino!

  • - Best of the Bad
    av Michael G McGlasson
    267

  • - A Biography
    av Charles Tranberg
    317

  • av Neal Stannard
    331

    "Now and then movie critics and historians do get it right, which is happily the case this time for Neal Stannard's new book Now And Then, ­The Movies Get It Right, which is nothing short of a tour de force of twelve fabulous films from the Silver Age. Hat's off!"- DAVID HAGBERG, New York Times bestselling author of The Expediter, Burned, Mutiny, and Soldier of God "I am most impressed, not only with Neal's approach to the subject, but also with his choice of films to support his thesis. I find it provocative, I find it stimulating, and I see it as a course in upper grad work for a university program in Philosophy."- LAWRENCE MONTAIGNE, film and TV actor, dancer, educatorBest known as "Stonn" and "Decius" in Star Trek and "Haynes" in The Great Escape "A fascinating read for people who like to think beyond the confines of the box; for people who seek the message behind the marquis; and for people who open their minds and hearts to unusual perspectives of human drama, in and out of the movies. Be prepared for a stimulating ride. Neal Stannard has definitely produced a winner."- MARSHALL FRANK, author of Criminal Injustice in America, From Violins to Violece, Militant Islam in America and ­ the Latent

  • av Glenn A Mosley
    287

    "I enjoyed working with Henry Fonda and Allen Case on the series and I knowyou'll enjoy Glenn Mosley's book on The Deputy." - from the Foreword by Read Morgan"Henry Fonda did a TV show?" For years, that's been the reaction of manypeople when they learned that the Hollywood and Broadway legend starredin his own television series. Henry Fonda surprised a lot of people in 1959when he agreed to star in a television western. He was the biggest star ofthe time to top line a weekly television program.Here is the never-before-told story of Fonda and his first television series,The Deputy, including interviews with co-star Read Morgan and series co-creatorNorman Lear, both of whom talk about the series for the first time.For fans of Henry Fonda, the television western, and television and film history, this book provides an entertaining and informative look at the makingof a largely forgotten television series and its place in the career of its star.Henry Fonda and The Deputy-The Film and Stage Star and His TV Westernincludes interviews, newly published photographs, production details,individual episode analysis, and a full episode guide.

  • av Peter Duffell
    331

    "In my opinion Peter Duffell is the most under-rated director we have had in Britain for a very long time. I am sure this book will be a great success and will help people to understand how films are made, particularly when the result is clearly the work of a highly skilled hand."- Christopher LeeBritish Academy Award-winning director and writer Peter Duffell has made films in many countries. His account of his life as a film director - and his road thereto - take us on a fascinating journey through years' worth of tales of the films and TV shows he worked on, alongside some of the leading lights of the entertainment world.Duffell's first feature, a horror movie that has become an all-time cult favourite, mirrored his future work in that it starred some of the great stars of the era, inc. Christopher Lee, Denholm Elliot, Peter Cushing and Ingrid Pitt. He moved on to write the script of a book by one of his great heroes, Graham Greene, which he shot in Yugslavia starring Peter Finch, Michael York and Michael Hordern - and although Greene famously loathed almost every production of his work he was delighted with Duffell's England Made Me and the two became lifelong friends. Berlin beckoned, alongside Telly Savalas, Robert Culp and James Mason, in the shape of a Warner Bros caper movie set on both sides of the Wall. Then followed plans for a prestigious thriller set in Istanbul with agreed international top name billing. Back in Germany Duffell makes the beautifully interpreted Caught On A Train with Peggy Ashcroft and Michael Kitchen that earns him the great admiration of peers like Fred Zinneman, together with a coveted BAFTA for Best Director. He shares highly entertaining stories of off-screen drama whilst filming the epic movie "The Far Pavilions" - a brilliantly directed love story set in India among racism, violence, heat and dust, featuring many of the major stars of the time, including John Gielgud and Omar Sharif.

  • av David Del Valle
    351

    David Del Valle, writer, curator, collector, and Hollywood historian, takes you on a first person tour of the man-made Shangri La beneath the Hollywood sign, ultimately descending into the smog-shrouded netherworld of Lost Horizons.His candid recollections prove to be a celebration of contrasts, as David hangs out with the reigning pop culture icons of the day, Timothy Leary, Christopher Isherwood, Terry Southern, and Kenneth Anger.David maintained a life-long passion for those artisans that created the Horror genre. He grew up as a monster-watching kid of the 1950s, watching those films unfold on television, and his interactions with genre personalities like Vampira, John Carradine, Christopher Lee, and Barbara Steele testify to his devotion to their legacy.The book also delves into his long relationships with Vincent Price and Curtis Harrington during twenty-five years of living in Beverly Hills, as well as unforgettable moments such as introducing Hermione Baddeley to the Avant Garde filmmaker Rainer Fassbinder in a West Hollywood leather bar while Martha Raye searched her purse for poppers.Ken Russell, one of David's favorite directors, was fond of reminding David "Every day in Tinsle town is Halloween."Enter the realm of Lost Horizons and discover that you are no longer a tourist. You are now one of the attractions.

  • av William Schoell
    337

  • - The Lives, Careers, and Misfortunes of 14 Hard-Luck Girls of the Silent Screen
    av Michael G Ankerich
    457

    "We were like dragonflies. We seemed to be suspended effortlessly in the air, but in reality, our wings were beating very, very fast." - Mae Murray"It is worse than folly for persons to imagine that this business is an easy road to money, to contentment, or to that strange quality called happiness." - Bebe Daniels "A girl should realize that a career on the screen demands everything, promising nothing." - Helen FergusonIn Dangerous Curves Atop Hollywood Heels, author Michael G. Ankerich examines the lives, careers, and disappointments of 15 silent film actresses, who, despite the odds against them and warnings to stay in their hometowns, came to Hollywood to make names for themselves in the movies.On the screen, these young hopefuls became Agnes Ayres, Olive Borden, Grace Darmond, Elinor Fair, Juanita Hansen, Wanda Hawley, Natalie Joyce, Barbara La Marr, Martha Mansfield, Mae Murray, Mary Nolan, Marie Prevost, Lucille Ricksen, Eve Southern, and Alberta Vaughn.Dangerous Curves follows the precarious routes these young ladies took in their quest for fame and uncovers how some of the top actresses of the silent screen were used, abused, and discarded. Many, unable to let go of the spotlight after it had singed their very souls, came to a stop on that dead-end street, referred to by actress Anna Q. Nilsson as, Hollywood's Heartbreak Lane.Pieced together using contemporary interviews the actresses gave, conversations with friends, relatives, and co-workers, and exhaustive research through scrapbooks, archives, and public records, Dangerous Curves offers an honest, yet compassionate, look at some of the brightest luminaries of the silent screen. The book is illustrated with over 150 photographs.

  • av Jasmin St Claire
    337

    Howard Stern's Highest Rated and Favorite Adult Film Star Guest with a record 19 appearances on his Radio Show!"We're talking about creating a brand-name from nothing, and where it normally takes years and years and years, within a year and a half Jasmin was a known brand name in porn."- CHARLIE FRY, FORMER MANAGER"Love her or hate her, there is only one Jasmin."- TOP50PORNSTARS.COM"Within the porn community especially, Jasmin will always hold a certain distinct notoriety. Jasmin was very smart with the gang-bang, because she was the first one to make it a career move. She saw how it had put Annabelle Chong into the lime light, and Jasmin did her own gangbang in a much more calculating way to launch herself into stardom - from the advertising to all the press she got out of it, because of the crowd that was there to witness it, to everything else it led to for her professionally. So everyone that went after her more or less followed the Jasmin St. Claire guidelines and technique, and the model she had set. What made Jasmin so special - and always will-is that when she did anything, whether it be porn, or wrestling, or whatever else, she stands out."- RON JEREMY"She's one of the most beautiful women I've ever seen. Obviously she's talented enough to succeed outside of porn, she had her wrestling career, and I thinkcould have done anything she wanted."- MOTORHEAD FRONTMAN LEMMY KILMISTER

  • - The Life and Films of Sabu
    av Philip Leibfried
    387

    Among the top child stars of the 1930s and 1940s was a former stable boy from southern India, the only star with a single name - Sabu. Born Selar Shaik in 1924, he vaulted to stardom in his first film, a British production entitled Elephant Boy (1937). For the next decade he either starred or was featured in several finely crafted adventure films, including the fantasy favorite The Thief of Bagdad (1940) and the definitive version of Rudyard Kipling's perennially popular Jungle Book (1942). Adapting to modern western ways proved remarkably easy due to his above average intelligence and innate charm.After moving to America, the popular performer became a U.S. citizen in 1944, and did his bit for the war effort as a belly gunner, seeing action in the Pacific theater. In the post-war years Sabu's career began its inevitable decline. Fantasy and exotic adventure films were not as popular as during the war, and Hollywood studios found the dark-skinned actor difficult to cast.In the early 1950s he journeyed to Europe, appearing in a pair of Italian films and two circuses. Sabu next made a triumphant return to his homeland where he acted in one film and tested for another. Returning to America, the still young actor was seen in some minor films and one final foreign film made in Germany.After appearing in a Disney film, India's first and most enduring international movie star passed away suddenly of a heart attack in December 1963, leaving behind an exceptional legacy of memorable motion pictures and an image of radiant youthfulness.

  • av Norm Blumenthal
    287

  • av Michael B Druxman
    287

    "Michael B. Druxman may have escaped Hollywood after forty-five years,but he also survived and thrived there all those years...hardly a feat for thefaint-hearted. His entertaining and amusing memoir tells us how he did it.With tenacity and talent, he went from PR agent to screenwriter to directorand, along the way, rubbed shoulders with a fascinating array of characters,con-men, and artists. From the stars to the strugglers, from the saints to thescammers, from those who soared to those who took a swan dive, they'reall here. We meet the great, the near-great, the not-so great who makeHollywood their home and their hunting ground. Druxman depicts theirtriumphs and follies, as well as his own, with the nuanced eye of one who hasseen Hollywood at its meanest and most magnificent."- Charles Edward Pogue, Screenwriter of The Fly, Dragonheart, DOA"Michael Druxman's new book is like taking a time machine back to thosethrilling days of yesteryear, a time when there was a real Hollywood with realmovie stars and the kind of class that no longer exists in that place they callHollywood today. The tales of his days as a 'publicist for a price' are endearing and droll, and the celebrities he handled make for a grand cast of characters in this very affectionate memoir. Add to that the stories of writing and directing for Roger Corman, as well as his childhood memories, and you have a book that's a fun, fast read."- Bruce Kimmel, writer/director of The First Nudie Musical,author, record producer"As a working publicist, Michael Druxman was probably responsible for five orten percent of all the baloney written about so-called Hollywood celebrities over the last thirty-five, forty years. I oughta know. He was also my publicist for much of that time. But now, finally, here he is writing about the real Hollywood, and it's plain that he's lived it and knows it. So get the book-read it-and learn."- Stanley Rubin, writer/producer The Narrow Margin, River of No Return, White Hunter, Black Heart

  • - An Actors Life with Meaning
    av Joel Blumberg
    301

    Lloyd Nolan could play any character in any genre and was believable to every role. He was not acting; he was just real. He was Inspector Briggs in The House on 92nd Street and The Street With No Name. He was Dr. Swain in Peyton Place and, even as a bad guy, he was Lt. De Garmot in Lady in the Lake.Nolan's off-screen life was just as remarkable. He was devoted to his autistic son Jay and, when young Jay died in an accident 2500 miles away, Lloyd channeled his grief into action. For the rest of his life, he did everything he could to better the lives of disabled people and their families, and such people are still benefitting from the resulting legislation today.This is the story of the two lives of Lloyd Nolan--his prolific on-screen life that is so familiar to movieoers and television fans alike, and his off-screen life that has positively affected many throughout the country. His was a true Hollywood success story of a role model extraordinnaire!

  • - Stooge Heavy
    av Bill Cassara
    391

    Vernon Dent.You may not know the name, but you've seen him in countless Three Stooges comedies, usually playing the gruff authority figure. After years of working in the shadows of Moe, Larry, Curly (and Shemp), as well as the great silent film comedian Harry Langdon, Vernon Dent is finally receiving the attention he deserves with this outstanding biography. Written by Bill Cassara (Edgar Kennedy: Master of the Slow Burn), Vernon Dent: Stooge Heavy contains never-before-seen photographs and a massive filmography. Vernon's story is told with the respect it deserves; it is funny, touching, and true. Once read, you'll never forget his name again.

  • - A Cashiers Du Cinemart Collection
    av Mike White
    337

    Harangue for Hollywood! From the blighted urban squalor ofDetroit--Paris of the Midwest--came enfant terrible Mike White andhis mutant publication, Cashiers du Cinemart. For fourteen yearsand fifteen issues the writers of Cashiers du Cinemart provided atreasure trove of writing on film and popular culture.This book collects the best articles from the fifteen year historyof Cashiers du Cinemart magazine with sections dedicated toQuentin Tarantino, Star Wars, Black Shampoo, Unproducedscreenplays, celebrity interviews, and much more. Everything hasbeen refreshed, polished, and improved for this volume of moviemayhem.

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