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Robert Mitchum by Lee Server
RRP: £16.99SciFier: £11.99A bona fide tough guy with soulful eyes and a laconic style, Robert Mitchum was one of Hollywood's best-loved actors, star of such moody film noir favourites as Out of the Past, Night of the Hunter... -
Horror Film Stars by Michael R. Pitts
RRP: £35.99SciFier: £32.73John Carradine, Jamie Lee Curtis, Boris Karloff, Bella Lugosi, Jack Palance and Vincent Price are just a few of the 80 horror film stars that are covered in this major standard reference work.Book... -
Chinese Film Stars Mary Farquhar 9780415690270
RRP: £53.99SciFier: £53.26This volume of original essays fills a significant research gap in Chinese film studies by offering an interdisciplinary, comparative examination of ethnic Chinese film stars from the silent period... -
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool by Peter Turner
RRP: £7.99SciFier: £6.10On 29 September 1981, Peter Turner received a phone call that would change his life. His former lover, Hollywood actress Gloria Grahame, had collapsed in a Lancaster hotel and was refusing medical... -
Film Stars: Hollywood and Beyond Andy Willis 9780719056451
SciFier: £22.99Stars are central to the cinema experience, and this collection offers a variety of fresh and informed perspectives on this important but sometimes neglected area of film studies.This book takes as... -
Finding Greyfriars Bobby: The amazing story of the Scottish canine film star Dave Hunter 9781806342570
RRP: £19.99SciFier: £15.40FINDING GREYFRIARS BOBBY is the heart-warming true story of the young stray dog from the Isle of Lewis that was selected to be the star of the 1961 film, Greyfriars Bobby. Written by a member of... -
Finding Greyfriars Bobby: The amazing story of the Scottish canine film star Dave Hunter 9781806343973
RRP: £11.99SciFier: £9.37FINDING GREYFRIARS BOBBY is the heart-warming true story of the young stray dog from the Isle of Lewis that was selected to be the star of the 1961 film, Greyfriars Bobby. Written by a member of... -
Heavenly Bodies: Film Stars and Society Richard Dyer 9780415310277
SciFier: £37.66Richard Dyer's classic study of movie stars and stardom has been updated, with a new introduction by the author discussing the rise of celebrity culture and developments in the study of stars since... -
Who the Hell's In It?: Conversations with Legendary Film Stars Peter Bogdanovich 9780571224319
RRP: £14.99SciFier: £10.44From Peter Bogdanovich - director, screenwriter, actor, and cinema scholar - 25 fascinating portraits of Hollywood's most acclaimed movie actors and actresses: stars whom he has known, admired, and... -
Golden Images: 41 Essays on Silent Film Stars Eve Golden 9780786408344
RRP: £28.99SciFier: £25.40This work contains 41 engaging essays on players of the silent screen, from superstars like Rudolph Valentino and Clara Bow to fascinating figures like Clarine Seymour and Arthur Johnson. These... -
Maria Felix: A Mexican Film Star and her Legacy Niamh Thornton (Author) 9781855664234
RRP: £26.99SciFier: £24.28Maria Felix (1914-2002) left her mark on Mexican and European film as well as fashion, art and jewellery design. Cartier created one-of-a-kind pieces; Leonora Carrington and Diego Rivera painted... -
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Who the Hell's In It?: Conversations with Legendary Film Stars Peter Bogdanovich 9780571224319 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.99SciFier: £2.71From Peter Bogdanovich - director, screenwriter, actor, and cinema scholar - 25 fascinating portraits of Hollywood's most acclaimed movie actors and actresses: stars whom he has known, admired, and... -
Stardom, Film Couples and Love Teams in 1970s Philippine Cinema Chrishandra Sebastiampillai (Lecturer in Film, Television and Screen Studies, Monash University Malaysia) 9781399521000
RRP: £24.99SciFier: £22.14This monograph addresses a subject in star studies that is still developing outside of (and even within) Hollywood and cinemas of the West - the film couple. Known as the 'love team' in the... -
The Science Fiction Reboot by Heather Urbanski
SciFier: £22.59This analysis examines several recent reimagined science fiction franchises (Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, V, and Star Wars) in order to capture how "reboots" work from a fan perspective... -
Indian Film Stars: New Critical Perspectives Michael Lawrence (University of Sussex, UK) 9781844578542
SciFier: £31.88Indian Film Stars offers original insights and important reappraisals of film stardom in India from the early talkie era of the 1930s to the contemporary period of global blockbusters. The collection... -
Talking to the Piano Player: Silent Film Stars, Writers and Directors Remember Stuart Oderman 9781593930134
RRP: £13.50SciFier: £13.24Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593930134Author Stuart OdermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor... -
Conversations with Classic Film Stars: Interviews from Hollywood's Golden Era James Bawden 9780813174389
RRP: £26.95SciFier: £26.52James Bawden: Seeing the way people behave when they're around you, is it still fun being Cary Grant?Cary Grant: I don't like to disappoint people. Because he's a completely made-up character and I'm... -
Fashioning Film Stars: Dress, Culture, Identity Rachel Moseley (University of Warwick, UK) 9781844570683
SciFier: £36.99Fashioning Film Stars brings together work by established and emerging scholars in the field of film costume and star studies, to address the significance of the relationships between fashion, dress... -
Lon Chaney, Jr.: Horror Film Star, 1906-1973 Don G. Smith 9780786418138
SciFier: £22.59Though he was haunted by the shadow of his legendary father and devastated by alcoholism, Lon Chaney, Jr., carved out a very successful film career as Universal's leading horror star in the 1940s,... -
With Nails Richard E Grant 9781035062768
RRP: £10.99SciFier: £8.02'You'll laugh, you'll cry, especially if you're in the book like I am' - Steve MartinWhen, in the summer of 1986, Richard E. Grant was cast as the lead in Withnail and I, his whole world shifted and... -
The Gilded City of Dreams Luanne G. Smith 9781662524981
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £6.99In 1920s Manhattan, a young fairy godmother is caught in an evil conspiracy to control her sisterhood's magic in a sweeping historical fantasy by the bestselling author of The Vine Witch.Unlike most... -
Sixties British Cinema Reconsidered by Duncan Petrie
RRP: £25.99SciFier: £24.39Challenging assumptions around Sixties stardom, the book focuses on creative collaboration and the contribution of production personnel beyond the director, and discusses how cultural change is... -
The Golden Age of Magic by Luanne G. Smith
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £7.64Against the backdrop of 1920s Hollywood, a young fairy godmother on a mission is embroiled in malicious magic, mystery, and murder in a thrilling historical fantasy by the bestselling author of The... -
Film Stardom and the Ancient Past by Michael Williams
RRP: £99.99SciFier: £93.49This book offers the first comprehensive exploration of how the ancient past has shaped screen stardom in Hollywood since the silent era. It engages with debates on historical reception, gender and... -
Film Stardom in South East Asia by Jonathan Driskell
RRP: £19.99SciFier: £18.68Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474442206Author Jonathan DriskellFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Edinburgh University... -
Shakespearean Drama, Disability, and the Filmic Stare by Grace McCarthy
SciFier: £38.53Shakespearean Drama, Disability, and the Filmic Stare synthesizes Laura Mulvey's male gaze and Rosemarie Garland-Thomson's stare into a new critical lens, the filmic stare, in order to understand and... -
Agent to the Stars John Scalzi 9781529089868
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £6.72From New York Times bestseller and Hugo Award-winner John Scalzi, Agent to the Stars is a brilliantly witty first-contact story unlike any other.Showbiz is about to go interstellarAs an ambitious... -
Jet Li: Chinese Masculinity and Transnational Film Stardom Sabrina Qiong Yu 9780748645473
SciFier: £93.01This is the first study of Chinese stars and their transnational stardom, examining the transnational Chinese actor Jet Li, probably the best martial arts actor alive. Jet Li's career has crossed... -
Cult Film Stardom: Offbeat Attractions and Processes of Cultification K. Egan 9781349333059
SciFier: £46.99The term 'cult film star' has been employed in popular journalistic writing for the last 25 years, but what makes cult stars distinct from other film stars has rarely been addressed. This collection... -
Film Stardom, Myth and Classicism: The Rise of Hollywood's Gods M. Williams 9781349347155
SciFier: £46.99Since the golden era of silent movies, stars have been described as screen gods, goddesses and idols. This is the story of how Olympus moved to Hollywood to divinise stars as Apollos and Venuses for... -
Film Stardom, Myth and Classicism: The Rise of Hollywood's Gods M. Williams 9780230355446
SciFier: £46.99Since the golden era of silent movies, stars have been described as screen gods, goddesses and idols. This is the story of how Olympus moved to Hollywood to divinise stars as Apollos and Venuses for... -
Cult Film Stardom: Offbeat Attractions and Processes of Cultification K. Egan 9780230293694
SciFier: £46.99The term 'cult film star' has been employed in popular journalistic writing for the last 25 years, but what makes cult stars distinct from other film stars has rarely been addressed. This collection... -
Jet Li: Chinese Masculinity and Transnational Film Stardom Sabrina Qiong Yu 9781474402804
RRP: £23.99SciFier: £22.77This is A study of Chinese stars and transnational stardom focussing on the career of Jet Li. Jet Li is arguably the best martial arts actor alive, and his career has crossed numerous cultural and... -
Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy Stephen Gundle 9781785330414
RRP: £27.95SciFier: £23.98Apologies no description as yet for this book is available. We are dedicated to providing you with an extensive selection of science fiction books from a variety of authors and publishers. Our... -
Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy Stephen Gundle 9781782382447
RRP: £107.00SciFier: £88.07Apologies no description as yet for this book is available. We are dedicated to providing you with an extensive selection of science fiction books from a variety of authors and publishers. Our... -
Damsel: A timeless feminist fantasy adventure soon to be a major Netflix film starring Millie Bobby Brown and Angela Bassett Evelyn Skye 9781399616409
GollanczRRP: £9.99SciFier: £7.97Elodie never dreamed of a lavish palace or a handsome prince. Growing up in the famine-stricken realm of Inophe, her deepest wish was to help her people survive each winter. So when a representative... -
Argylle: The Explosive Spy Thriller That Inspired the new Matthew Vaughn film starring Henry Cavill and Bryce Dallas Howard Elly Conway 9781787635913
RRP: £18.99SciFier: £13.54'An excellent action-thriller' Daily Telegraph'The action never lets up for a moment' Daily Mail'Very entertaining' Guardian'An old-fashioned blockbuster...Conway writes with brio and ambition'... -
Cannes Uncut by Richard Blanshard
RRP: £45.00SciFier: £32.00When 22-year-old photographer Richard Blanshard arrived at the Cannes Film Festival in 1976, he had no idea that he would become an official photographer for the UK and US film industry for the next... -
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RRP: £18.99SciFier: £6.08'An excellent action-thriller' Daily Telegraph'The action never lets up for a moment' Daily Mail'Very entertaining' Guardian'An old-fashioned blockbuster...Conway writes with brio and ambition'... -
Making Personas by Hideaki Fujiki
RRP: £41.95SciFier: £36.50The film star is not simply an actor but a historical phenomenon that derives from the production of an actor's attractiveness, the circulation of his or her name and likeness, and the support of...