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Screen Classics Serie de eBooks

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  • John Gilbert

    The Last of the Silent Film Stars

    de Eve Golden ...
    Series series Screen Classics
    This revealing biography of the legendary silent film star chronicles his meteoric rise, famous romances, and tragic descent into obscurity.Known as "The Great Lover," John Gilbert was among the world's most recognizable actors during the silent era. A swashbuckling figure on screen and off, he is best known today for his high-profile romances with Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich, his legendary ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Jayne Mansfield

    The Girl Couldn't Help It

    de Eve Golden ...
    Series series Screen Classics
    Jayne Mansfield (19331967) was driven not just to be an actress but to be a star. One of the most influential sex symbols of her time, she was known for her platinum blonde hair, hourglass figure, outrageously low necklines, and flamboyant lifestyle. Hardworking and ambitious, Mansfield proved early in her career that she was adept in both comic and dramatic roles, but her tenacious search for the ... Leer más

    $25.19 USD

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  • Strictly Dynamite

    The Sensational Life of Lupe Velez

    de Eve Golden ...
    Series series Screen Classics
    Before Salma Hayek, Eva Longoria, and Penelope Cruz, there was Lupe Velez—one of the first Latin-American stars to sweep past the xenophobia of old Hollywood and pave the way for future icons from around the world. Her career began in the silent era, when her beauty was enough to make it onto the silver screen, but with the rise of talkies, Velez could no longer hope to hide her Mexican accent. ... Leer más

    $32.79 USD

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  • The Sound of Silence

    Conversations with 16 Film and Stage Personalities Who Bridged the Gap Between Silents and Talkies

    de Michael G. Ankerich ...
    Marion Shilling began her career as a silent film ingenue for MGM and went on to play heroines in Westerns of the 1930s. Stage actress Esther Muir made the transition from Broadway to Hollywood just as talkies became popular. Hugh Allan was a leading man in the last years of the silents only to leave the film business in 1930 because of the uncertainty surrounding his transition to sound films and ... Leer más

    $11.89 USD

  • Memorable Films of the Forties

    de John Howard Reid ...
    Ingrid Bergman, the lovely star of "Casablanca", is featured on the cover. It's one of my all-time favorites. Other winning movies featured in this book include "The Black Swan", "All About Eve", "The Paleface", "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn", "The Hasty Heart", "Yankee Doodle Dandy", "Gentleman's Agreement", "The Gunfighter", "Home in Indiana", "The Heiress", "The Three Musketeers", "The Bridge of ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Hollywood Movie Musicals: Great, Good and Glamorous

    de John Howard Reid ...
    In the golden years of cinema, Hollywood's Christmas present to ardent movie fans was almost always a brace of spectacular musicals. In those days, musicals easily rated as the most popular genre of movies. They were eagerly anticipated not only by the carriage trade but working-class audiences as well. This book provides a guide to over 150 of these crowd-pleasing, musical delights, ranging from ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Unsung Hollywood Musicals of the Golden Era

    50 Overlooked Films and Their Stars, 1929-1939

    de Edwin M. Bradley ...
    The most memorable Hollywood musicals of 1930s showcased the talents of stars like Fred Astaire, Jeanette MacDonald, Bing Crosby and Alice Faye. The less memorable ones didn't.This book takes a look at the unsung songfests of the '30s--secondary or forgotten features with short-lived or unlikely stars from major studios and Poverty Row. Through analysis of films such as Lord Byron of Broadway ... Leer más

    $21.39 USD

  • Cary Grant

    A Biography

    de Marc Eliot ...
    “Everybody wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant.”—Cary GrantHe is Hollywood’s most fascinating and timeless star. Although he came to personify the debonair American, Cary Grant was born Archibald Leach on January 18, 1904, in the seaport village of Bristol, England. Combining the captivating beauty of silent-screen legend Rudolph Valentino with the masculine irresistibility of ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • The Hustons

    The Life and Times of a Hollywood Dynasty

    de Lawrence Grobel ...
    In this candid biography Lawrence Grobel chronicles the remarkable story of the Huston family, which boasts three Oscar winners, from Walter to John to Anjelica, with particular attention to the rich career and tumultuous personal life of director/actor John Huston (1906-1987). This updated edition covers Anjelica's stormy relationship with Jack Nicholson, her liberating marriage to artist Robert ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Dark Victory

    The Life of Bette Davis

    de Ed Sikov ...
    The legendary Hollywood star blazes a fiery trail in this enthralling portrait of a brilliant actress and the movies her talent elevated to greatnessShe was magnificent and exasperating in equal measure. Jack Warner called her "an explosive little broad with a sharp left." Humphrey Bogart once remarked, "Unless you're very big she can knock you down." Bette Davis was a force of nature—an ... Leer más

    $14.39 USD

  • The Good Life According to Hemingway

    de A. E. Hotchner ...
    "Scholars and [fans] will delight . . . provide[s] a window into the multifaceted mind of a literary giant. A tasty bonus is roughly 150 mostly rare pix." — Library JournalIn the fourteen years that A. E. Hotchner traveled with Ernest Hemingway, he collected a lifetime's worth of Hemingway's experiences, anecdotes, and observations on the backs of matchbooks, napkins, and slips of paper. Speaking ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • WESTERNS: A Guide to the Best (and Worst) Western Movies on DVD

    de John Howard Reid ...
    A feast for western movie fans, this book takes a close look at over 400 of the 2,000 DVDs currently available. In addition to detailed reviews of classics (Abilene Town, The Big Country, Broken Arrow, Curtain Call at Cactus Creek, Destry Rides Again, Down Mexico Way, Fargo Express, Fort Worth, Frontier Marshal, The Gold Rush, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Just Tony, Law and Order, The Miracle ... Leer más

    $3.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus