Category - Performing Arts
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Cold War, Cool Medium: Television, McCarthyism, and American Culture / Edition 1
PaperbackOriginal price $32.00 - Original price $32.00Original price $32.00$45.99$45.99 - $45.99Current price $45.99| /Conventional wisdom holds that television was a co-conspirator in the repressions of Cold War America, that it was a facilitator to the blacklist...
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Sharkey: When Sea Lions Were Stars of Show Business (1907-1958)
PaperbackOriginal price $24.95Original price $24.95 - Original price $24.95Original price $24.95Current price $23.99$23.99 - $23.99Current price $23.99| /Gold Winner for the 2022 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award in the Performing Arts & Music Category"Sharkey is the natural artist, perfor...
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Hands with a Heart: The Personal Biography of Actress Zasu Pitts
PaperbackOriginal price $28.95Original price $28.95 - Original price $28.95Original price $28.95Current price $26.99$26.99 - $26.99Current price $26.99| /The ONLY AUTHORIZED Biography, blessed by her son, Don Gallery.ENDORSEMENTS: Actress Ann B. Davis ~ Hometown Historian (Parsons, KS) ~Co-Founders...
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Making The Best Years of Our Lives: The Hollywood Classic That Inspired a Nation
PaperbackOriginal price $29.95 - Original price $29.95Original price $29.95$41.99$41.99 - $41.99Current price $41.99| /2023 Wall Award Finalist, Theatre Library Association How a Hollywood gem transformed the national discourse on post-traumatic stress disorder. R...
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The 12 O'Clock High Logbook: The Unofficial History of the Novel, Motion Picture, and TV Series
PaperbackOriginal price $29.95 - Original price $29.95Original price $29.95$36.99$36.99 - $36.99Current price $36.99| /Since its original release The "12 O'Clock High" Logbook: The Unofficial History of the Novel, Motion Picture, and TV Series has been a consisten...
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Primetime Propaganda: The True Hollywood Story of How the Left Took Over Your TV
PaperbackOriginal price $16.99 - Original price $16.99Original price $16.99$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /“Vitally important, devastatingly thorough, and shockingly revealing…. After reading Primetime Propaganda, you’ll never watch TV the same way aga...
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Come and Be Shocked: Baltimore beyond John Waters and The Wire
HardcoverOriginal price $29.95Original price $29.95 - Original price $29.95Original price $29.95Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /Baltimore seen through the eyes of John Waters, Anne Tyler, Charles S. Dutton, Barry Levinson, David Simon—and also ordinary citizens. The city o...
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Naming Names: With a New Afterword by the Author
PaperbackOriginal price $36.00Original price $36.00 - Original price $36.00Original price $36.00Current price $29.99$29.99 - $29.99Current price $29.99| /Winner of the National Book Award"An astonishing work concerning personal honor and dishonor, shame and shamelessness. A book of stunning insight...
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Captain of Her Soul: The Life of Marion Davies
HardcoverOriginal price $34.95 - Original price $34.95Original price $34.95$39.99$39.99 - $39.99Current price $39.99| /Northern California Book Awards ShortlistThe comprehensive critical biography of silent-screen star Marion Davies, who fittingly referred to hers...
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When Hollywood Came to Utah
HardcoverOriginal price $35.00Original price $35.00 - Original price $35.00Original price $35.00Current price $29.99$29.99 - $29.99Current price $29.99| /A profusely illustrated history of moviemaking in Utah, from the early twentieth century to the present. For more than 100 years, the magnificent...
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Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street
PaperbackOriginal price $18.00Original price $18.00 - Original price $18.00Original price $18.00Current price $17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /Now an acclaimed documentary from Screen Media, the New York Times bestselling account of the story behind one of the most influential, durable, ...
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CIty of Nets: A Portrait of Hollywood in the 1940's
PaperbackOriginal price $19.99 - Original price $19.99Original price $19.99$23.99$23.99 - $23.99Current price $23.99| /A dazzling social and cultural history of Hollywood’s golden age in the decade from World War II to the Korean War In 1939, fifty million Americ...
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Hollywood from Vietnam to Reagan . . . and Beyond / Edition 1
PaperbackOriginal price $36.00 - Original price $36.00Original price $36.00$50.99$50.99 - $50.99Current price $50.99| /This classic of film criticism, long considered invaluable for its eloquent study of a problematic period in film history, is now substantially u...
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The Circus Age: Culture and Society under the American Big Top
PaperbackOriginal price $42.50 - Original price $42.50Original price $42.50$53.99$53.99 - $53.99Current price $53.99| /A century ago, daily life ground to a halt when the circus rolled into town. Across America, banks closed, schools canceled classes, farmers left...
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The Classical Hollywood Cinema: Film Style and Mode of Production to 1960 / Edition 1
PaperbackOriginal price $60.00 - Original price $60.00Original price $60.00$78.99$78.99 - $78.99Current price $78.99| /How films are conceived,planned, and produced leaves a mark upon the films, directly and structurally. The relations between film style and mode ...
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In the Shadow of the Big Top: The Life of Ringling's Unlikely Circus Savior
HardcoverOriginal price $40.00 - Original price $40.00Original price $40.00$55.99$55.99 - $55.99Current price $55.99| /The first-ever biography of Art Concello, one of the world's greatest trapeze artists and circus businessmen, this book goes beyond the showmanship...
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Historic Photos of Broadway: New York Theater 1850-1970
HardcoverOriginal price $37.99Original price $37.99 - Original price $37.99Original price $37.99Current price $35.99$35.99 - $35.99Current price $35.99| /The history of theater in New York is captured in the images of the Billy Rose Theatre Division of the New York Public Library for the Performing A...
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Hollywood and the Movies of the Fifties: The Collapse of the Studio System, the Thrill of Cinerama, and the Invasion of the Ultimate Body Snatcher--Te
HardcoverOriginal price $40.00Original price $40.00 - Original price $40.00Original price $40.00Current price $36.99$36.99 - $36.99Current price $36.99| /A fascinating look at Hollywood's most turbulent decade and the demise of the studio system--set against the boom of the post-World War II years, t...
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Hitchcock's Blondes: The Unforgettable Women Behind the Legendary Director's Dark Obsession
HardcoverOriginal price $29.00Original price $29.00 - Original price $29.00Original price $29.00Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /Bestselling author of Capote's Women Laurence Leamer shares an engrossing account of the enigmatic director Alfred Hitchcock that finally puts the ...
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Roots and Wings: Virginia Tanner's Dance Life and Legacy
HardcoverOriginal price $55.00 - Original price $55.00Original price $55.00$66.99$66.99 - $66.99Current price $66.99| /Roots and Wings recounts Virginia Tanner's remarkable career as a dancer, artist, and educator. From her early experiences assisting at Evelyn Davi...
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The Unofficial Yellowstone Coloring Book
PaperbackOriginal price $15.99 - Original price $15.99Original price $15.99$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /Lasso some crayons, colored pencils, or markers, and become an honorary member of the family as you put your own spin on the story of the Yellowsto...
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Theatre Stories
PaperbackOriginal price $18.99 - Original price $18.99Original price $18.99$22.99$22.99 - $22.99Current price $22.99| /Unveil the Curtains of Regional Theatres early days with Edward Payson Call's Journey - a Tale of Passion Journey into America's regional theatre m...
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Theatre Stories
HardcoverOriginal price $27.99 - Original price $27.99Original price $27.99$30.99$30.99 - $30.99Current price $30.99| /Unveil the Curtains of Regional Theatres early days with Edward Payson Call's Journey - a Tale of Passion Journey into America's regional theatre m...
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Maverick Movies: New Line Cinema and the Transformation of American Film
PaperbackOriginal price $34.95 - Original price $34.95Original price $34.95$49.99$49.99 - $49.99Current price $49.99| /A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminos...
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