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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... -
Almost American Girl: An Illustrated Memoir Robin Ha 9780062685100
RRP: £22.99SciFier: £17.99Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062685100Author Robin HaFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint -
Sly Moves by Sylvester Stallone
SciFier: £19.53Are you ready to be a contender? Sylvester Stallone's action-oriented program for getting fit and eating right is also a revealing portrait of one of Hollywood's biggest stars. Sly Moves is more than... -
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,... -
Art Spiegelman: Conversations Joseph Witek 9781934110126
RRP: £24.95SciFier: £19.64When the graphic novel Maus: A Survivor's Tale won a Special Pulitzer Prize in 1992 for its vivid depiction of the Holocaust and its effects, critics and mainstream audiences recognized that a comic... -
Richard Pryor in Hollywood by Anthony Balducci
RRP: £28.99SciFier: £24.81Richard Pryor was the king of stand-up comedy in the 1970s. Hollywood studios were eager to transfer Pryor's dynamic humor and personality from the stand-up stage to the big screen. Executives placed... -
The Reluctant Film Art of Woody Allen by Peter J. Bailey
SciFier: £28.96For three decades, no American filmmaker has been as prolific -- or as paradoxical -- as Woody Allen. From Play It Again, Sam (1972) through Celebrity (1998) and Sweet and Lowdown (1999), Allen... -
The Marxist and the Movies by Larry Ceplair
RRP: £53.95SciFier: £26.25As part of its effort to rid the nation of Communist influence and infiltration, the House Un-American Activities Committee subpoenaed hundreds of actors, screenwriters, producers, and directors with... -
Sidney Lumet by Frank R. Cunningham
SciFier: £40.89Since 1957, Sidney Lumet, the most prolific American director of his generation, has deepened audiences' awareness of social, ethical, and feminist issues through such distinguished films as 12... -
Quintessential Jack by Scott Edwards
RRP: £21.99SciFier: £19.21After several years of small roles and experimental screenwriting during his early career, Jack Nicholson got his big break in 1969 with Easy Rider. The next year Five Easy Pieces made him a star... -
Helen Morgan: The Original Torch Singer and Ziegfeld's Last Star Christopher S Connelly 9781985900585
SciFier: £68.31An emotive soprano, heartrending melodies about unrequited love, and a draped-over-the-piano persona made Helen Morgan (1902-1941) the original torch singer, but she was so much more. The versatile... -
Art Directors in Cinema by Michael L. Stephens
RRP: £35.99SciFier: £31.43Often forgotten among the actors, directors, producers and others associated with filmmaking, art directors are responsible for making movies visually appealing to audiences. As such they sometimes... -
Shades of Springsteen: Politics, Love, Sports, and Masculinity John Massaro 9781978816176
RRP: £56.00SciFier: £45.60One of the secrets to Bruce Springsteen's enduring popularity over the past fifty years is the way fans feel a deep personal connection to his work. Yet even as the connection often stays grounded in... -
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim by Frederica Sagor Maas
RRP: £48.50SciFier: £32.99" 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: £38.19One 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: £34.21With 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
RRP: £32.00SciFier: £31.23Erich 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: £17.40Vivienne 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: £62.59Often 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... -
Hawks on Hawks by Joseph McBride
RRP: £23.00SciFier: £20.98"I read Hawks on Hawks with passion. I am very happy that this book exists." -- Francois TruffautHoward Hawks (1896--1977) is often credited as being the most versatile of all of the great American... -
Neil Jordan by Carole Zucker
RRP: £42.50SciFier: £27.43These interviews cover the career to date of Neil Jordan (b. 1950), easily the most renowned filmmaker working in contemporary Irish cinema. Jordan began as a fiction writer, winning the... -
John Waters by James Egan
RRP: £31.50SciFier: £19.46The films of John Waters (b. 1946) are some of the most powerful send-ups of conventional film forms and expectations since Luis Bu-uel and Salvador Dali's Un Chien Andalou. In attempting to... -
Hal Ashby: Interviews Nick Dawson 9781604735659
RRP: £31.50SciFier: £19.46Hal Ashby (1929-1988) is considered to be the lost genius of the New Hollywood generation. While his name does not bear the familiarity of, say, Robert Altman or Martin Scorsese, his diverse films... -
Warren Oates by Susan A. Compo
RRP: £39.95SciFier: £33.19Though he never quite reached the lead actor status he worked so relentlessly to achieve, Warren Oates (1928-1982) is known today as one of the most memorable and skilled character actors of the... -
Walt before Mickey: Disney's Early Years, 1919-1928 Timothy S. Susanin 9781628461633
RRP: £22.99SciFier: £20.16For ten years before the creation of Mickey Mouse, Walt Disney struggled with, failed at, and eventually mastered the art and business of animation. Most biographies of his career begin in 1928, when... -
Trudeau & Doonesbury: The Cartoonist Who Turned the News into Art Joshua Kendall 9781419776113
RRP: £26.00SciFier: £17.88"A compelling biography of one of our nation's greatest journalists. Outstanding." -Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, Harvard University"Well-reported and -researched... -
The Witch Of Willow Hall by Hester Fox
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £10.74'This debut recalls Georgette Heyer, with extra spookiness' The Times 'Beautifully written... The Witch of Willow Hall will cast a spell over every... -
Abraham Polonsky: Interviews Andrew Dickos 9781617036606
RRP: £33.95SciFier: £27.43Abraham Polonsky (1910-1999), screenwriter and filmmaker of the mid-twentieth-century Left, recognized his writerly mission to reveal the aspirations of his characters in a material society... -
Martin Scorsese by Peter Brunette
RRP: £24.95SciFier: £19.46From the moment he captured the film world's attention with Mean Streets (1973), a portrait of life at the fringes of the Mob, it was clear that a dazzling cinematic talent had arrived on the scene... -
Claire Trevor by Derek Sculthorpe
RRP: £28.99SciFier: £24.81As cute as lace pants..."" An alluring blonde with a uniquely seductive voice, Claire Trevor is chiefly remembered now for her many femme fatale roles in a series of iconic noirs such as Murder, My... -
Conversations with Steve Martin by Robert E. Kapsis
RRP: £31.50SciFier: £19.64Conversations with Steve Martin presents a collection of interviews and profiles that focus on Martin as a writer, artist, and original thinker over the course of more than four decades in show... -
Marie Dressler by Betty Lee
SciFier: £38.75" She was homely, overweight, and over the hill, but there was a time when Marie Dressler outdrew such cinema sex symbols as Garbo, Dietrich, and Harlow. To movie audiences suffering the hardships of... -
Guy Maddin by D. K. Holm
RRP: £31.50SciFier: £19.46One of Canada's premier cinematic exports, Guy Maddin (b. 1956) is an award-winning filmmaker with a rising reputation. Known for his autobiographical tales---hidden deeply within comical, absurd,... -
Alexander Payne: Interviews Julie Levinson 9781628461091
SciFier: £72.25Since 1996, Alexander Payne 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 have... -
Harmony Korine: Interviews Eric Kohn 9781628461602
SciFier: £72.25Harmony Korine: Interviews tracks filmmaker Korine's stunning rise, fall, and rise again through his own evolving voice. Bringing together interviews collected from over two decades, this unique... -
Errol Morris: Interviews Livia Bloom 9781604733730
RRP: £31.50SciFier: £19.46Errol 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 9780813146805
SciFier: £45.21James 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... -
Michael Winterbottom by Damon Smith
RRP: £29.95SciFier: £19.46Prolific British director Michael Winterbottom (b. 1961) might be hard to pin down and even harder to categorize. Over sixteen years, he has created feature films as disparate and stylistically... -
Quentin Tarantino: Interviews, Revised and Updated Gerald Peary 9781617038747
SciFier: £101.99Here, in his own colorful, slangy words, is the true American Dream saga of a self-proclaimed ""film geek,"" with five intense years working in a video store, who became one of the most popular,... -
Harmony Korine: Interviews Eric Kohn 9781496804631
RRP: £24.95SciFier: £19.46Harmony Korine: Interviews tracks filmmaker Korine's stunning rise, fall, and rise again through his own evolving voice. Bringing together interviews collected from over two decades, this unique...