He was Art Gelien, an introverted and extremely attractive young boy who was discovered by a Hollywood agent and transformed - with the help of studio publicity hacks - into Tab Hunter, Movie Star. This book tells how it all happened, and what it felt like to be created, packaged, and sold to the American public.
An autobiography of Lady Lawford, it shows how she got into situations that were not always of a serious nature, for she loved life, parties and people. She was a good and loyal friend - but woe to those who found themselves on her private black list.
A follow-up to The Ultimate Directory of the Silent Screen Performers (1995), this text includes the birth, death, and career dates of actors during the transition from silents to sound and into the sound era in filmmaking. Information is included on thousands of actors from throughout the world.
Woodrow Wilson Strode's extraordinary career has led him from football field to wrestling ring to film locations around the world. His long career, together with his marriage, life-long fight against racial injustice, and encounters with great stars are all detailed in this engaging autobiography.
A complete guide to film and television adaptations of 30 heroic figures.
Stan and Ollie (and all their co-stars) are back with 400 pages of fun based on their 106 films together. The book includes 100 pages of trivia and answers and even gives career-total statistics on such topics as the number of tie-twiddles Ollie did, or the number of head scratches for Stan.
This study focuses on the close relationship between the British film industry and the Edwardian theatre. Jon Burrows studies the screen performances of the Edwardian stars and considers how successfully they made the transition from one medium to the other.
A warm, funny and entertaining autobiography by much-loved actress Judy Cornwell