New York: Grove Press, 2004. Revised Edition. Trade Paperback.
Revised edition. Minor general wear.
xv, 405 pp. Over the course of his long directing career, Woody Allen has portrayed contemporary American life with an unmistakable mixture of irony, neurotic obsession, and humor. Woody Allen on Woody Allen is a unique.....
San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books, 1975. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover.
Book club edition. Faint edge wear.
292, [14] pp. Numerous photos. "Hollywood Babylon is a book by avant-garde filmmaker Kenneth Anger which details the sordid scandals of many famous and infamous Hollywood denizens from the 1900s to the 1950s.....
New York: Random House, 2015. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Some pages dog-eared.
xvi, 489 pp. Before becoming one of the most successful filmmakers in Hollywood, Judd Apatow was the original comedy nerd. At fifteen, he took a job washing dishes in a local comedy club—just so he could.....
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1978. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover.
Book club edition. Signed by Gene Autry on bookplate with inscription, "'Back in the Saddle Again' is the story of my life. I hope you enjoy reading it. Of course I did leave some parts out.....
New York: Pocket Books, 1969. 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback.
1st printing. Faint toning.
Black-and-white photographs. The Raw Pearl is a most unusual book to come from a famous entertainer, singer, actress. Most such books are either ghosted or written 'with the collaboration of.' This book was written by Pearl.....
New York: Abrams, 2011. Anderson, Mark. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. A fine copy in a fine jacket.
334 pp. Marilyn Monroe is our supreme icon of glamour, vulnerability, personal magnetism, and the American dream, and her legend continues to grow four decades after her death. MM—Personal is a......
New York: Pyramid Books, 1967. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback.
First edition - a paperback original. Spine creased, minor general wear.
319 pp. The story of a Hollywood sex goddess and the men who ruled and ruined her.
New York: Harper, 2015. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Signed by author without inscription. Minor sticker adhesive on jacket spine. Spine very slightly cocked.
viii, 209 pp. Author's first book. "Academy Award-nominated actress and musician Abigail Breslin is your best friend in her publishing debut, a collection of hilarious.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Ink gift note on front endpaper, jacket price clipped, 1/4 inch tear on front jacket edge.
viii, 109 pp. Includes black-and-white photographs. Introduction by William Shawn. Louise Brooks (1906-1985) is one of the most famous actresses of the.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket edges wear. Ink name on front free endpaper.
577, xiii pp. The magic of the silent screen, illuminated by the recollections of those who created it. A narrative and photographic history of the early days of the.....
San Francisco, California: The Walt Disney Family Foundation Press, 2014. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Tear to lower jacket.
291 pp. A technician at the Disney Studio in the late 1930s, Schultheis kept a covert scrapbook of special effects wizardry, capturing in photographs and text the dazzling, behind-the-scenes ingenuity.....
New York: Dell, 1974. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback.
First edition. Front wrapper lightly rubbed.
267 pp. Janis Joplin - A different kind of person and only a different kind of book could bring her back to life the way she really was. It tells a story as raw and.....
Boalsburg, Pennsylvania: BearManor Media, 2005. Trade Paperback.
A fine copy.
vi, 307 pp. The balding and burly performer Edgar Kennedy excelled in exhibiting comic frustration in his countless film appearances. He convulsed cinemagoers with his frustrations over numerous indignities, culminating in a valiant but futile attempt to suppress his anger.....
Urbana and Chicago, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 2003. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printing. A fine copy.
xxix, 544 pp. The Inquisition in Hollywood examines the suppression of radical political activity in the film industry from the days of the Great Depression through the tumultuous House Un-American Activities Commission.....
New York: Perennial, 2000. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printing. Minor general wear.
viii, 229 pp. The autobiography of Dorothy Dandridge, Hollywood's first Black sex symbol and first Black best actress Oscar-nominee, examines her early life, slow rise to stardom, and swift decline. The book was completed shortly after her.....
New York: Diversion Books, 2016. Trade Paperback.
Surface tear on top edge of front cover.
352 pp. 1936 looked like it would be a great year for the movie industry. With the economy picking up after the Great Depression, Americans everywhere were sitting in the dark watching the stars―and few.....
New York: Pocket Books, 1947. 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback.
1st printing. April 1947 ad follows text. Pages toned.
A touching portrait of Hollywood heart-throb actor John Barrymore.
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1973. 4th Printing. Hard Cover.
Fourth printing. Binder's copy. No jacket. Board edges lightly rubbed, light stain on front board.
333 pp. "A business associate and friend of the late rock star delves into the nature, character, and struggles of the person behind the.....
New York: Flash Books, 1975. 1st Printing. Soft Cover.
First printing. Edge wear.
112 pp. Exclusive photographs accompany the transcript of an interview in which Elton John speaks of his rise to fame and his meeting with Bernie Taupin, who also shares anecdotes about the music world.
Rochester, New York: RIT Press, 2013. First Edition. Trade Paperback.
First edition. Signed by author on half-title page with inscription, "To David, Enjoy the book--and... save my seat!." A fine copy.
xxiii, 232 pp. From My Seat on the Aisle chronicles more than 30 years of Jack Garners experience as.....
New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printing. A fine copy.
406 pp. The only performer to earn 5 stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Gene Autry was the singing cowboy king of American entertainment. Now, in Public Cowboy No.1, Holly George-Warren offers the first.....
Engelwood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall Inc., 1981. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printing. Spine creased, cover edges rubbed, top page ridge lightly foxed, top corner stained.
xiii, 466 pp. Louis Giannetti has given us a book this is indispensible for film fans and should be mandatory reading in film.....
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1957. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Jacket edges rubbed with some tears, top edge of jacket creased.
442 pp. CONTENTS: The Birth of the Movies: The Nickelodeon Age; The Development of Narrative; The Formative Years: The Star System; The Movie Family; Comedy; Serials; Westerns;.....
New York: Hyperion, 1992. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printing. Minor general wear.
xiv, 402 pp. It is 50 years since "Casablanca" opened up in America. Little did Humphrey Bogart know when he uttered the final line - "This could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship" - that he.....
New York: Boulevard Books, 1997. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printing. Pages toned.
x, 177 pp. Recounts the author's experiences in the film and television industries and his relationships with John Wayne, John Ford, and others.