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A Front Row Seat: An Intimate Look at Broadway, Hollywood, and the Age of Glamour
PaperbackOriginal price $30.00 - Original price $30.00Original price $30.00$40.99$40.99 - $40.99Current price $40.99| /From her idyllic childhood in the American Midwest to her Oscar–nominated performance in Sunset Boulevard (1950) and the social circles of New Yo...
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A Front Row Seat: An Intimate Look at Broadway, Hollywood, and the Age of Glamour
HardcoverOriginal price $34.95Original price $34.95 - Original price $34.95Original price $34.95Current price $29.99$29.99 - $29.99Current price $29.99| /Product DetailsISBN-13: 9780813196190 Media Type: Hardcover Publisher: University Press of Kentucky Publication Date: 11-22-2022 Pages: 402 Product...
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Ann Dvorak: Hollywood's Forgotten Rebel
HardcoverOriginal price $34.95 - Original price $34.95Original price $34.95$41.99$41.99 - $41.99Current price $41.99| /Possessing a unique beauty and refined acting skills, Ann Dvorak (1911-1979) found success in Hollywood at a time when many actors were still str...
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Being Hal Ashby: Life of a Hollywood Rebel
PaperbackOriginal price $29.95 - Original price $29.95Original price $29.95$36.99$36.99 - $36.99Current price $36.99| /Hal Ashby (1929–1988) was always an outsider, and as a director he brought an outsider's perspective to Hollywood cinema. After moving to Califor...
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Buzz: The Life and Art of Busby Berkeley
HardcoverOriginal price $45.00 - Original price $45.00Original price $45.00$58.99$58.99 - $58.99Current price $58.99| /Characterized by grandiose song-and-dance numbers featuring ornate geometric patterns and mimicked in many modern films, Busby Berkeley's (1895–1...
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Citizen Welles: A Biography of Orson Welles
PaperbackOriginal price $40.00 - Original price $40.00Original price $40.00$50.99$50.99 - $50.99Current price $50.99| /George Orson Welles (1915–1985) is considered to be among the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time. At just twenty-five years old...
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Clarence Brown: Hollywood's Forgotten Master
PaperbackOriginal price $24.95Original price $24.95 - Original price $24.95Original price $24.95Current price $22.99$22.99 - $22.99Current price $22.99| /Greta Garbo proclaimed him as her favorite director. Actors, actresses, and even child stars were so at ease under his direction that they were a...
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Claude Rains: An Actor's Voice
PaperbackOriginal price $24.95 - Original price $24.95Original price $24.95$28.99$28.99 - $28.99Current price $28.99| /Late in Claude Rains's distinguished career, a reverent film journalist wrote that Rains "was as much a cinematic institution as the medium itsel...
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Conversations with Classic Film Stars: Interviews from Hollywood's Golden Era
PaperbackOriginal price $29.95 - Original price $29.95Original price $29.95$36.99$36.99 - $36.99Current price $36.99| /James 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 peop...
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Eleanor Powell: Born to Dance
HardcoverOriginal price $40.00 - Original price $40.00Original price $40.00$50.99$50.99 - $50.99Current price $50.99| /Product DetailsISBN-13: 9780813197883 Media Type: Hardcover Publisher: University Press of Kentucky Publication Date: 08-08-2023 Pages: 360 Product...
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Ernest Lehman: The Sweet Smell of Success
HardcoverOriginal price $34.95Original price $34.95 - Original price $34.95Original price $34.95Current price $29.99$29.99 - $29.99Current price $29.99| /A Hollywood screenwriting and movie-making icon, Ernest Lehman penned some of the most memorable scenes to ever grace the silver screen. Hailed b...
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Harry Dean Stanton: Hollywood's Zen Rebel
PaperbackOriginal price $27.95Original price $27.95 - Original price $27.95Original price $27.95Current price $24.99$24.99 - $24.99Current price $24.99| /Harry Dean Stanton (1926–2017) got his start in Hollywood in TV productions such as Zane Grey Theater and Gunsmoke. After a series of minor parts...
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He's Got Rhythm: The Life and Career of Gene Kelly
HardcoverOriginal price $39.95 - Original price $39.95Original price $39.95$45.99$45.99 - $45.99Current price $45.99| /He sang and danced in the rain, proclaimed New York to be a wonderful town, and convinced a group of Parisian children that they had rhythm. One ...
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Jayne Mansfield: The Girl Couldn't Help It
HardcoverOriginal price $34.95Original price $34.95 - Original price $34.95Original price $34.95Current price $29.99$29.99 - $29.99Current price $29.99| /Jayne Mansfield (19331967) was driven not just to be an actress but to be a star. One of the most influential sex symbols of her time, she was kn...
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Jessica Lange: An Adventurer's Heart
HardcoverOriginal price $34.95Original price $34.95 - Original price $34.95Original price $34.95Current price $29.99$29.99 - $29.99Current price $29.99| /Brilliant, beautiful, driven, uncompromising, elusive, iconic—Jessica Lange is one of the most gifted and fascinating actors of her generation. F...
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John Ford
PaperbackOriginal price $24.95Original price $24.95 - Original price $24.95Original price $24.95Current price $22.99$22.99 - $22.99Current price $22.99| /Orson Welles was once asked which directors he most admired. He replied: "The old masters. By which I mean John Ford, John Ford, and John Ford." ...
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Lawrence Tierney: Hollywood's Real-Life Tough Guy
HardcoverOriginal price $29.95Original price $29.95 - Original price $29.95Original price $29.95Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /Lawrence Tierney (1919–2002) was the kind of actor whose natural swagger and gruff disposition made him the perfect fit for the Hollywood "tough ...
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Michael Curtiz: A Life in Film
PaperbackOriginal price $30.00Original price $30.00 - Original price $30.00Original price $30.00Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /Academy Award–winning director Michael Curtiz (1886–1962)—whose best-known films include Casablanca (1942), Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), Mildred P...
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My Place in the Sun: Life in the Golden Age of Hollywood and Washington
HardcoverOriginal price $27.95Original price $27.95 - Original price $27.95Original price $27.95Current price $24.99$24.99 - $24.99Current price $24.99| /The son of a celebrated Hollywood director emerges from his father's shadow to claim his own place as a visionary force in American culture. Geor...
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Olivia de Havilland: Lady Triumphant
HardcoverOriginal price $40.00 - Original price $40.00Original price $40.00$45.99$45.99 - $45.99Current price $45.99| /Legendary actress and two-time Academy Award winner Olivia de Havilland (1916–2020) is best known for her role as Melanie Wilkes in Gone with the...
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Strictly Dynamite: The Sensational Life of Lupe Velez
HardcoverOriginal price $40.00 - Original price $40.00Original price $40.00$50.99$50.99 - $50.99Current price $50.99| /Product DetailsISBN-13: 9780813198088 Media Type: Hardcover Publisher: University Press of Kentucky Publication Date: 09-19-2023 Pages: 488 Series:...
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The Warner Brothers
HardcoverOriginal price $34.95Original price $34.95 - Original price $34.95Original price $34.95Current price $29.99$29.99 - $29.99Current price $29.99| /Product DetailsISBN-13: 9780813198019 Media Type: Hardcover Publisher: University Press of Kentucky Publication Date: 09-05-2023 Pages: 360 Product...
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The Woman Who Dared: The Life and Times of Pearl White, Queen of the Serials
HardcoverOriginal price $50.00 - Original price $50.00Original price $50.00$60.99$60.99 - $60.99Current price $60.99| /In the early days of motion pictures—before superstars, before studio conglomerates, before even the advent of sound—there was a woman named Pear...
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They Made the Movies: Conversations with Great Filmmakers
HardcoverOriginal price $40.00 - Original price $40.00Original price $40.00$50.99$50.99 - $50.99Current price $50.99| /For decades, James Bawden and Ron Miller have established themselves as maestros of provocative interviews, giving fans unmatched insights into t...
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