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  • Ethel Barrymore

    Shy Empress of the Footlights

    door Kathleen Spaltro ...
    Serie series Screen Classics
    Born in Philadelphia in 1879, Ethel Barrymore would eventually prove herself a vital actor who was suited to radio, stage, and screen. After breaking out with Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines (1901), she performed in many plays, including Alice-Sit-by-the-Fire (1905), Déclassée (1919), and The Corn Is Green (1943), before investing her energies in films such as The Spiral Staircase (1946) and ... Meer lezen

    43,46 €

  • Lionel Barrymore

    Character and Endurance in Hollywood's Golden Age

    door Kathleen Spaltro ...
    Serie series Screen Classics
    Once called "the most gifted character actor of our time" by Broadway theater producer Arthur Hopkins, Lionel Barrymore (1878–1954) was part of the illustrious Barrymore acting dynasty. Although he garnered success on stage and screen and was a talented actor, writer, director, visual artist, and composer, he never quite escaped the shadow of his family members—including his brother, John, famous ... Meer lezen

    43,46 €

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    A Madcap Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity, and the Women Who Made America Modern

    door Joshua Zeitz ...
    Flapper is a dazzling look at the women who heralded a radical change in American culture and launched the first truly modern decade.The New Woman of the 1920s puffed cigarettes, snuck gin, hiked her hemlines, danced the Charleston, and necked in roadsters. More important, she earned her own keep, controlled her own destiny, and secured liberties that modern women take for granted.Flapper is an ... Meer lezen

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  • Possessed

    The Life of Joan Crawford

    door Donald Spoto ...
    Joan Crawford was one of the most incandescent film stars of all time, yet she was also one of the most misunderstood. In this brilliantlyresearched, thoughtful, and intimate biography, bestselling author Donald Spoto goes beyond the popular caricature—the abusive, unstable mother portrayed in her adopted daughter Christina Crawford's memoir, Mommie Dearest—to give us a three-dimensional portrait ... Meer lezen

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  • Bogie & Bacall

    The Surprising True Story of Hollywood’s Greatest Love Affair

    door William J. Mann ...
    From the noted Hollywood biographer and author of The Contender comes this celebration of the great American love story—the romance between Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart—capturing its complexity, contradictions, and challenges as never before.InBogie & Bacall, William Mann offers a deep and comprehensive look at Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart, and the unlikely love they shared. Mann details ... Meer lezen

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  • The Bennetts

    An Acting Family

    door Brian Kellow ...
    "An engrossing new page turner" about one of old Hollywood's royal families: "theater people don't get more interesting, and it's a true tale well told" ( Hollywood Reporter).In the early 1930s, Constance Bennett was the highest paid star in Hollywood, famous for dramatic roles before reinventing herself in the classic comedy Topper, starring opposite Cary Grant. Her sister Joan played the femme ... Meer lezen

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  • The World She Edited

    Katharine S. White at The New Yorker

    door Amy Reading ...
    Finalist for the Pulitzer PrizeFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award"Meticulously researched." —The New York Times"A first-rate biography." —Washington PostA lively and intimate biography of an influential woman, the trailblazing and era-defining New Yorker editor Katharine S. White, who helped build the magazine’s prestigious legacy and transform the 20th century literary landscape ... Meer lezen

    Was 15,99 € Nu 11,99 €

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    Murder, Mayhem and the Invention of The Great Gatsby

    door Sarah Churchwell ...
    Ebook edition includes full text of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.Since its publication in 1925, The Great Gatsby has become one of the world's best-loved books. Careless People tells the true story behind F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece, exploring in newly rich detail its relation to the extravagant, scandalous, and chaotic world in which the author lived.With wit and insight, Sarah ... Meer lezen

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  • Zelda Fitzgerald

    The Tragic, Meticulously Researched Biography of the Jazz Age's High Priestess

    door Sally Cline ...
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  • Dorothy Parker: Complete Broadway, 1918–1923

    door Dorothy Parker ...
    Dorothy Parker holds a place in history as one of New Yorks most beloved writers. Now, for the first time in nearly a century, the public is invited to enjoy Mrs. Parkers sharp wit and biting commentary on the Jazz Age hits and flops in this first-ever published collection of her groundbreaking Broadway reviews.Starting when she was twenty-four at Vanity Fair as New Yorks only female theatre ... Meer lezen

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  • Mary Pickford

    Queen of the Movies

    door Christel Schmidt ...
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  • The Years with Ross

    door James Thurber ...
    From iconic American humorist James Thurber, a celebrated and poignant memoir about his years at The New Yorker with the magazine's unforgettable founder and longtime editor, Harold Ross"Extremely entertaining. . . . life at The New Yorker emerges as a lovely sort of pageant of lunacy, of practical jokes, of feuds and foibles. It is an affectionate picture of scamps playing their games around a ... Meer lezen

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