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The Search for Sam Goldwyn by Carol Easton
SciFier: £32.99Sam Goldwyn's career spanned almost the entire history of Hollywood. He made his first film, The Squaw Man, in 1913, and he died in 1974 at the age of ninety-one. In the many years between, he... -
A Real American Character by Carl Rollyson
RRP: £36.95SciFier: £24.04Walter Brennan (1894-1974) was one of the greatest character actors in Hollywood history. He won three Academy Awards and became a national icon starring as Grandpa in The Real McCoys. He appeared in... -
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,... -
Joan Blondell by Matthew Kennedy
RRP: £26.50SciFier: £16.35Joan Blondell: A Life between Takes is the first major biography of the effervescent, scene-stealing actress (1906-1979) who conquered motion pictures, vaudeville, Broadway, summer stock, television,... -
Hollywood Madonna: Loretta Young Bernard F. Dick 9781496861603
RRP: £18.99SciFier: £16.35Loretta Young (1913-2000) was an Academy Award-winning actress known for devout Catholicism and her performances in The Farmer's Daughter, The Bishop's Wife, and Come to the Stable, and for her... -
Alice Faye: A Life Beyond the Silver Screen Jane Lenz Elder 9781604739794
SciFier: £20.49Alice Faye's sweet demeanor, sultry glances, and velvety voice were her signatures. Her haunting rendition of ""You'll Never Know"" has never been surpassed by any other singer. Fans adored her in... -
Barbara Stanwyck: The Miracle Woman Dan Callahan 9781617031830
RRP: £39.95SciFier: £25.99Barbara 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... -
She Could Be Chaplin! by Anthony Slide
RRP: £25.95SciFier: £17.90Alice Howell (1886-1961) is slowly gaining recognition and regard as arguably the most important slapstick comedienne of the silent era. This new study, the first book-length appreciation, identifies... -
The Brothers Mankiewicz: Hope, Heartbreak, and Hollywood Classics Sydney Ladensohn Stern 9781617032677
RRP: £49.95SciFier: £42.99Herman J. (1897-1953) and Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909-1993) wrote, produced, and directed over 150 pictures. With Orson Welles, Herman wrote the screenplay for Citizen Kane and shared the picture's... -
Dan Duryea: Heel with a Heart Mike Peros 9781496830739
SciFier: £24.49Dan Duryea (1907-1968) made a vivid impression on moviegoers with his first major screen appearance as the conniving Leo Hubbard in 1941's classic melodrama The Little Foxes. His subsequent film and... -
Winnie Lightner: Tomboy of the Talkies David C. Lightner 9781496809834
RRP: £28.95SciFier: £24.23Winnie Lightner (1899-1971) stood out as the first great female comedian of the talkies. Blessed with a superb singing voice and a gift for making wisecracks and rubber faces, she rose to stardom in... -
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... -
Jose Ferrer by Mike Peros
RRP: £28.95SciFier: £24.23Jose Ferrer (1912-1992) became the first Puerto Rican actor to win the Best Actor Academy Award for the 1950 film version of Cyrano de Bergerac.His portrayal of the lovelorn poet/swordsman had... -
The Lost World of DeMille John Kobal 9781496825230
RRP: £39.95SciFier: £27.18As only an accomplished author, consummate collector, and savvy insider can, John Kobal tells the story of the man who invented Hollywood, Cecil Blount DeMille. Kobal narrates the story of DeMille's... -
The Brothers Mankiewicz: Hope, Heartbreak, and Hollywood Classics Sydney Ladensohn Stern 9781496840851
RRP: £23.95SciFier: £18.60Winner of the 2020 Peter C. Rollins Book AwardLonglisted for the 2020 Moving Image Book Award by the Kraszna-Krausz FoundationNamed a 2019 Richard Wall Memorial Award Finalist by the Theatre Library... -
Zachary Scott: Hollywood's Sophisticated Cad Ronald L. Davis 9781617039072
RRP: £29.95SciFier: £19.46Throughout the 1940s, Zachary Scott (1914-1965) was the model for sophisticated, debonair villains in American film. His best-known roles include a mysterious criminal in The Mask of Dimitrios and... -
Gloria Swanson: Ready for Her Close-Up Tricia Welsch 9781617037498
RRP: £36.95SciFier: £24.04Gloria Swanson: Ready for Her Close-Up shows how a talented, self-confident actress negotiated a creative path through seven decades of celebrity. It also illuminates a little-known chapter in... -
Sitting Pretty by Clifton Webb
RRP: £20.95SciFier: £16.35More than any other male movie star, the refined Clifton Webb (1889-1966) caused the movie-going public to change its image of a leading man. In a day when leading men were supposed to be strong,... -
Madeline Kahn by William V. Madison
RRP: £20.95SciFier: £17.05Best known for her Oscar-nominated roles in the smash hits Paper Moon and Blazing Saddles, Madeline Kahn (1942-1999) was one of the most popular comedians of her time - and one of the least... -
A Real American Character: The Life of Walter Brennan Carl Rollyson 9781496862198
RRP: £18.99SciFier: £16.35Walter Brennan (1894-1974) was one of the greatest character actors in Hollywood history. He won three Academy Awards and became a national icon starring as Grandpa in The Real McCoys. He appeared in...