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Frank Wisbar by Henry Nicolella
RRP: £28.99SciFier: £24.81German director Frank Wisbar (1899-1967) had the misfortune of achieving success as a filmmaker just as Hitler came to power. While critics praised his work, Nazi cultural watchdogs were scornful of... -
Raoul Walsh by Marilyn Ann Moss
SciFier: £35.39Raoul Walsh (1887--1980) was known as one of Hollywood's most adventurous, iconoclastic, and creative directors. He carved out an illustrious career and made films that transformed the Hollywood... -
Silent Players by Anthony Slide
RRP: £64.95SciFier: £55.79" From his unique perspective of friendship with many of the actors and actresses about whom he writes, silent film historian Anthony Slide creates vivid portraits of the careers and often eccentric... -
The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre Stephen D. Youngkin 9780813136066
SciFier: £35.79Often typecast as a menacing figure, Peter Lorre achieved Hollywood fame first as a featured player and later as a character actor, trademarking his screen performances with a delicately strung... -
The Spider and the Fly by Claudia Rowe
RRP: £17.99SciFier: £13.59Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062416131Author Claudia RoweFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins... -
HR Giger. 40th Ed. by Andreas J. Hirsch
RRP: £25.00SciFier: £20.84"At its essence, Giger's art digs down into our psyches and touches our very deepest primal instincts and fears. His art stands in a category of its own. The proof of this lies in the intensity of... -
The Giant by Youssef Daoudi
RRP: £25.99SciFier: £22.49By twenty-three, Welles had founded his own theatre company and revolutionised radio with his infamous broadcast of The War of the Worlds. By twenty-five, he had secured his place in history with his... -
Live From New York: The Complete, Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live as Told by Its Stars, Writers, and Guests Tom Shales 9780316295062
RRP: £20.00SciFier: £16.07When first published to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Saturday Night Live, LIVE FROM NEW YORK was immediately proclaimed the best book ever produced on the landmark and legendary late-night... -
Krzysztof Kieslowski by Renata Bernard
RRP: £24.95SciFier: £19.46Krzysztof Kieslowski's untimely death came at the height of his career, after his Three Colors trilogy of films garnered international acclaim (and an Oscar nomination), and he had been proclaimed... -
Divine Sarah by Adam Braver
RRP: £13.95SciFier: £11.39Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060544089Author Adam BraverFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins... -
Roger Corman: Interviews Constantine Nasr 9781617031663
RRP: £29.95SciFier: £19.46Roger Corman (b. 1926) is known by many names-craftsman, artist, maverick, schlock-meister, mini-mogul, mentor, cheapskate, and King of the B's. Yet his commitment to filmmaking remains inspired. He... -
Alexander Payne: Interviews Julie Levinson 9781496810519
RRP: £24.95SciFier: £19.46Since 1996, Alexander Payne (b. 1961) has made six feature films and a short segment of an omnibus movie. Although his body of work is quantitatively small, it is qualitatively impressive. His movies... -
Errol Morris: Interviews Livia Bloom 9781604733723
RRP: £109.00SciFier: £72.95Errol Morris: Interviews is an irreverent and humorous collection of conversations with the acclaimed documentary filmmaker. Morris (b. 1948) has created some of America's most innovative, lasting... -
Dalton Trumbo: Blacklisted Hollywood Radical Larry Ceplair 9780813169736
RRP: £32.50SciFier: £31.79James Dalton Trumbo (1905--1976) is widely recognized for his work as a screenwriter, playwright, and author, but he is also remembered as one of the Hollywood Ten who opposed the House Un-American... -
Lewis Milestone by Harlow Robinson
RRP: £32.00SciFier: £30.83This comprehensive biography is the first to present Lewis Milestone's remarkable life -- a classic rags-to-riches American narrative -- in full and explores his many acclaimed films from the silent... -
Baz Luhrmann: Interviews Tom Ryan 9781628461497
RRP: £88.00SciFier: £72.25Though he has made only five films in two decades--Strictly Ballroom, William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet, and the Oscar-nominated films Moulin Rouge!, Australia, and The Great Gatsby--Australian... -
William Wyler: Interviews Gabriel Miller 9781604732986
RRP: £29.95SciFier: £19.46William Wyler (1902-1981) was one of the most honored and successful directors from Hollywood's golden age. One of the film industry's most influential artists, he received three Academy Awards,... -
Cack-Handed: A Memoir Gina Yashere 9780062961723
SciFier: £16.71Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062961723Author Gina YashereFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins... -
The Heart That Fed: A Father, a Son, and the Long Shadow of War Carl Sciacchitano 9781982102937
RRP: £29.99SciFier: £20.59A brilliant graphic memoir debut, this is a loving son's exploration of his tumultuous relationship with his father, told through the lens of the Vietnam War and its lasting effects long after... -
Forever Young by Hayley Mills
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £4.90* THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *What happens when a girl tries to grow up in a world where everyone wants her to remain a child?Hayley Mills's teenage decade in Hollywood produced some of the era's... -
Betrayal of the Mind by Celine Wagner
HumanoidsRRP: £19.99SciFier: £14.06A rare English-language work tracing the life and fate of noted surrealist Unica Zurn.ZURN, UNICA [zyrn ynika]. f. n. - b. 1916; in Berlin-Grunewald - 1. Born to a middleclass family, a young woman... -
Art of the Graphic Memoir, The by Tom Hart
RRP: £18.99SciFier: £15.74#1 New York Times bestselling author and Eisner-nominated cartoonist Tom Hart has written a poignant and instructive guide for all aspiring graphic memoirists detailing the tenets of artistry and... -
King of the Half Hour by David Everitt
RRP: £24.95SciFier: £20.59Nat Hiken was the driving force behind the 1950s and 1960s series ""Sgt Bilko"" and ""Car 54, Where Are You?"". This biography of the television pioneer places him in broadcast history, drawing on... -
Dennis Hopper by Nick Dawson
RRP: £65.00SciFier: £43.43The legendary Dennis Hopper (1936-2010) had many identities. He first broke into Hollywood as a fresh-faced young actor in the 1950s, redefined himself as a rebel director with Easy Rider in the late... -
George A. Romero by Tony Williams
RRP: £31.50SciFier: £19.46George A. Romero (b. 1940) has achieved a surprising longevity as director since his first film, Night of the Living Dead (1968). After recently relocating to Canada, he shows no signs of slowing up:... -
David Lynch: Interviews Richard A. Barney 9781604732375
RRP: £31.50SciFier: £19.46Few directors in the past three decades have produced movies more compelling, controversial, or confounding than David Lynch (b. 1946). And fewer still have been so reluctant to talk about what they... -
Barbara Stanwyck: The Miracle Woman Dan Callahan 9781496843432
RRP: £20.95SciFier: £16.35Barbara Stanwyck (1907-1990) rose from the ranks of chorus girl to become one of Hollywood's most talented leading women-and America's highest-paid woman in the mid-1940s. Shuttled among foster homes... -
My Place in the Sun: Life in the Golden Age of Hollywood and Washington George Stevens 9780813195247
SciFier: £52.08George Stevens Jr. grew up on movie sets. His grandmother, aunts, uncles, and other family members were all entertainers, but it was his father, director George Stevens Sr., who cast the longest... -
Robert Riskin by Ian Scott
RRP: £25.00SciFier: £23.95Because screenwriter Robert Riskin spent most of his career collaborating with legendary Hollywood director Frank Capra, Riskin's own unique contributions to film have been largely overshadowed. With... -
The Immortal Count by Arthur Lennig
RRP: £48.50SciFier: £28.81In the 1931 film Dracula, Bela Lugosi set the standard for horror film villainy. Though many actors have donned the cape since that first production, remnants of Hungarian-born Lugosi's portrayal... -
A Rose for Mrs. Miniver by Michael Troyan
RRP: £32.50SciFier: £28.44In this first-ever biography of Greer Garson, Michael Troyan sweeps away the many myths that even today veil her life. The true origins of her birth, her fairy-tale discovery in Hollywood, and her... -
Forever Mame by Bernard F. Dick
RRP: £26.50SciFier: £22.56When it comes to living life to its fullest, Rosalind Russell's character Auntie Mame is still the silver screen's exemplar. And Mame, the role Russell (1907-1976) will always be remembered for,... -
Cool Hand Lou: My Fifty Years in Hollywood and on Broadway Lou Antonio 9781476668154
RRP: £21.99SciFier: £19.21In this candid memoir, actor and director Lou Antonio recounts his five decades in television, film and theater, from live television to Broadway to Emmy-nominated Movies of the Week. Antonio... -
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim by Frederica Sagor Maas
RRP: £48.50SciFier: £33.19" Freddie Maas's revealing memoir offers a unique perspective on the film industry and Hollywood culture in their early days and illuminates the plight of Hollywood writers working within the studio... -
Some Like It Wilder: The Life and Controversial Films of Billy Wilder Gene D. Phillips 9780813125701
SciFier: £38.59One of the most accomplished writers and directors of classic Hollywood, Billy Wilder (1906--2002) directed numerous acclaimed films, including Sunset Boulevard (1950), Sabrina (1954), The Seven Year... -
Hitchcock's Partner in Suspense by Charles Bennett
SciFier: £34.53With a career that spanned from the silent era to the 1990s, British screenwriter Charles Bennett (1899--1995) lived an extraordinary life. His experiences as an actor, director, playwright, film and... -
Stroheim by Arthur Lennig
SciFier: £33.59Erich von Stroheim (1885-1957) was one of the giants in American film history. Stubborn, arrogant, and colorful, he saw himself as a cinema artist, which led to conflicts with producers and studio... -
Vivienne Westwood by Vivienne Westwood
RRP: £25.00SciFier: £16.02Vivienne Westwood is one of the icons of our age. Fashion designer, activist, co-creator of punk, global brand and grandmother; a true legend. Her career successfully spanned five decades and her... -
The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre Stephen D. Youngkin 9780813123608
RRP: £70.00SciFier: £63.39Often typecast as a menacing figure, Peter Lorre achieved Hollywood fame first as a featured player and later as a character actor, trademarking his screen performances with a delicately strung... -
Brass Diva by Caryl Flinn
RRP: £30.00SciFier: £25.63Broadway star Ethel Merman's voice was a mesmerizing force and her vitality was legendary, yet the popular perception of "La Merm" as the irrepressible wonder falls far short of all that she was and...