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Unsinkable: A Memoir by Debbie Reynolds and Dorian Hannaway Publisher Comments The definitive memoir by legendary actress and performer Debbie Reynolds — an entertaining and moving story of enduring friendships and unbreakable family bonds, of hitting bottom and rising to the top again — that offers a unique and deeply... (read more) Your price: $28.99 New - Hardcover
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Audrey in Rome by Luca Dotti Publisher Comments During the twenty years that she lived in Rome, Audrey Hepburn—legendary actress, fashion icon, and humanitarian—was the epitome of chic European style, from her little black dresses to her ballet flats. Her partnership with designer... (read more) List Price $29.99 Your price: $21.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Dude and the Zen Master by Jeff Bridges and Bernie Glassman Publisher Comments The New York Times bestseller from Academy award-winning actor Jeff Bridges and Zen leader and author of Bearing Witness, Bernie Glassman. Zen master Bernie Glassman compares Jeff Bridges's iconic role in The Big Lebowski to a Lamed-Vavnik: one of the... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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Rita Moreno by Rita Moreno Publisher Comments En esta lúcida autobiografía, Rita Moreno nos hace partícipes de su extraordinario periplo desde los sencillos inicios de su temprana niñez en Puerto Rico hasta que se convirtió en una leyenda de... (read more) Your price: $26.95 New - Hardcover
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Read My Lips: Stories of a Hollywood Life by Sally Kellerman Publisher Comments Sally Kellerman’s portrayal of Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan in Robert Altman’s M*A*S*H remains a landmark performance. Throughout her long career Kellerman has been a real dame—honest, down-to-earth, sultry, ... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Friedkin Connection: A Memoir by William Friedkin Publisher Comments With such seminal movies as The Exorcist and The French Connection, Academy Award-winning director William Friedkin secured his place as a great filmmaker. A maverick from the start, Friedkin joined other young directors who ushered in Hollywood's... (read more) Your price: $29.99 New - Hardcover
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Flip: The Inside Story of TV's First Black Superstar by Kevin Cook Publisher Comments The rags-to-riches story of a groundbreaking, beloved entertainer When The Flip Wilson Show debuted in 1970, black faces were still rare on television, black hosts nonexistent. So how did Clerow “Flip” Wilson go from Jersey City grade-school... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Entertainer: Movies, Magic, and My Father's Twentieth Century by Margaret Talbot Publisher Comments Using the life and career of her father, an early Hollywood actor, New Yorker writer Margaret Talbot tells the thrilling story of the rise of popular culture through a transfixing personal lens. The arc of Lyle Talbot’s career is in fact the story... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $19.95 Used - Hardcover
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Saul Bass: A Life in Film & Design by Jennifer Bass Publisher Comments This is the first book to be published on one of the greatest American designers of the 20th Century, who was as famous for his work in film as for his corporate identity and graphic work. With more than 1,400 illustrations, many of them never published... (read more) Your price: $75.00 New - Hardcover
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Stanley Kubrick at Look Magazine: Authorship and Genre in Photojournalism and Film by Philippe Mather Publisher Comments From 1945 to 1950, during the formative years of his career, Stanley Kubrick worked as a photojournalist for Look magazine. Offering a comprehensive examination of the work he produced during this period—before going on to become one of America... (read more) Your price: $30.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Conversations: Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film by Michael Ondaatje Publisher Comments From one of our most celebrated novelists, here are Michael Ondaatje's conversations with the film and sound editor Walter Murch. Their exchange reveals behind-the-scenes glimpses of the directors Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, Philip Kaufman... (read more) List Price $21.00 Your price: $14.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Richard Burton Diaries by Richard Burton Publisher Comments Irresistibly magnetic on stage, mesmerizing in movies, seven times an Academy Award nominee, Richard Burton rose from humble beginnings in Wales to become Hollywood's most highly paid actor and one of England's most admired Shakespearean performers. His... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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Richard Linklater (Contemporary Film Directors) by David T Johnson Publisher Comments Richard Linklater's filmmaking choices seem to defy basic patterns of authorship. From his debut with the inventive independent narrative Slacker, the Austin-based director's divergent films have included the sci-fi noir A Scanner Darkly, the... (read more) Your price: $22.00 New - Trade Paper
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Myrna Loy: The Only Good Girl in Hollywood by Emily W. Leider Publisher Comments "Myrna Loy has found an ideal biographer in Emily Leider, a gifted writer who loves film history and knows how to mine the field for the kind of details that help her paint a full and rounded picture of her subject." --Leonard Maltin, film critic... (read more) Your price: $40.00 New - Hardcover
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Alfred Hitchcock's America (Pals-Polity America Through the Lens) by Murray Pomerance Publisher Comments With a sharp eye for social detail and the pressures of class inequality, Alfred Hitchcock brought to the American scene a perspicacity and analytical shrewdness unparalleled in American cinema. Murray Pomerance works from a basis in cultural analysis... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Hammer!: Making Movies Out of Life and Sex by Barbara Hammer Publisher Comments Nonfiction. Memoir. Film Studies. LGBT Studies. HAMMER! is the first book by influential filmmaker Barbara Hammer, whose life and work have inspired a generation of queer, feminist, and avant-garde artists and filmmakers. The wild days of non-monogamy in... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Hopper: A Journey Into the American Dream by Tom Folsom Publisher Comments James Dean to Hopper"I saw what you did today. Today you were great." Jack Nicholson to Hopper"We're geniuses, you know that?Isn't it great to be a genius?" The chopper-riding hippie outlaw in Easy Rider. The prophetic madman in... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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Sergio Leone: Something to Do with Death by Christophe Frayling Publisher Comments Biography of the influential director of classic westerns "The Man With No Name" and "Once Upon A Time In The West", casting new light on the life of the man captivated by the mythology of the American West, and showing how Leone made movies, and how... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $17.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Redgraves: A Family Epic by Donald Spoto Publisher Comments The dramatic, poignant and revealing saga of the Redgraves, one of history's greatest families of actors. For more than a century, the Redgraves have defined theater and film while captivating the public eye. Their history is a rich tapestry of singu... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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Dyn-O-Mite!: Good Times, Bad Times, Our Times--A Memoir by Jimmie Walker Publisher Comments Jimmie Walker was raised in a violent and abusive home in the Bronx. Starting in small clubs and eventually opening for Black Panther rallies, he ultimately became an icon playing J. J. Evans on Good Times. Walker was the first successful young black... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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