BARSON, MICHAEL

Lost, Lonely and Vicious - Postcards from the Great Trash Films

London, Fourth Estate. 1988, First Edition. (ISBN: 0947794979). Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked collection of oversized postcards of bad women in trash films. For anyone who's ever been a teenager, lived through the fifties, or watched a movie. Here are reproductions of the wildest posters from some of the worst films ever made - they must be seen to be believed. 50. Near Fine/No Jacket.

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N° du livre: 009650

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Mots-clés: Film Postcards 0947794979

BART, PETER

Fade out - the Calamitous Final Days of Mgm

London, Simon and Schuster. 1990, First Edition. (ISBN: 0671710605). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket which is price clipped. First UK edition. It took Kirk Kerkorian nearly 20 years to wheel and deal to the point wher all that remained of MGM was the faint meow of Leo the Lion. But the descent of that once regal movie powerhouse was occasioned by no small amount of glamour, humour and greed. In the book we are treated to the big picture of a world-class studio over the past 20 years: a time of mergers and junk bond offerings, corporate musical chairs (with Kerkorian the only constant), the selling off of the film library (twice) and the company back lot. Even the historic sets and wardrobes for many of the MGM classics went on the block. Meanwhile MGM produced a succssion of movies: some of them successful, some sleazy, too many of them flops. This is not only a bizarre drama of colourful characters propelled across an Alice-in-Wonderland landscape littered with dashed hopes and bitter betrayals, but also a powerful story of corporate demolition in the 1980's. 2. Fine/Very Good.

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N° du livre: 008056

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Mots-clés: Metro Goldwyn Mayer, Mgm, Kirk Kerkorian, Frank Yablan, Alan Ladd Jr, Jerry Weintraub, Billy Wilder 0671710605

BATTERS, JEAN

Edith Evans - a Personal Memoir

London, Hart- Davis, Macgibbon / Panther. 1977, First Edition. (ISBN: 0246109947). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with near Fine complete dustjacket. In 1946 Jean Batters, who had been Dodie Smith's pre-war secretary, went to work for Dame Edith Evans and it was the start of a 25 year relationship. The author became not only her secretary but also the friend in need when circumstances demanded, sharing all the anxiety and exhilaration of the theatre. A fascinating memoir of behind the scenes and above all a very personal portrait of one of theatre's greatest actresses. NOT EX LIB A1D. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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N° du livre: 004466

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Mots-clés: Theatre, Actresses, Biography 0246109947

BERGAN, RONALD

Glamorous Musicals - Fifty Years of Hollywood's Ultimate Fantasy

London, Octopus. 1984, First Edition. (ISBN: 0706420373). Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Silver title with silver motif to front on blue boards which have a small indentation to front top edge and just a touch of wear to spine head and tail. Internally there is a small name and address label to title page else clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket has been strengthened all round with yellow coloured adhesive film and edged in metallic red tape. A large format volume of 160 pages. Illustrated throughout. Foreword by Ginger Rogers. The book examines the many aspects of the glamour and glitter of musicals, covering a vast range of subjects. Beginning with the early sophisticated boudoir operettas and progresses to the technicoloured MGM musical masterpieces of the 1950's, from the elan of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers tripping the light fantastic against black and white Art Deco sets, to the multimillion dollar Broadway transfers such as 'My Fair Lady', from the dazzling Ziegfeld inspired shows that reached their apotheosis in the kaleidoscopic erotic fantasies of Busby Berkeley to a parade of Hollywood's most stunning blondes such as Betty Grable and Marilyn Monroe. A1F. Very Good/Very Good.

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N° du livre: 009392

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Mots-clés: Hollywood Musicals, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Busby Berkeley, Betty Grable, Marilyn Monroe, Cyd Charisse, Gene Kelly, Judy Garland 0706420373

BERSTL, JULIUS

The Sun's Bright Child - the Imaginary Memoirs of Edmund Keane

London, Hammond, Hammond. 1946, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gilt title on red cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally very clean, tight and unmarked. A Very Good+ copy. Dustjacket has wear to edges and some small losses to top and is not price clipped. 192 pages. 21 illustrations. Illustrated endpapers. It was not the author's intention to give an ordinary factual account of Edmund Keane's life, instead, he felt impelled to write this story of an adventurous, uncommonly varied stage player's life in autobiographical form and, at the same time, to show the man Kean as a type of the 'eternal mime' who, in the course of a glorious career, learned to distinguish clearly the illusions of the boards and the reality of the world. J. Berstl had no need to add any fictional embellishments to the facts of Kean's kaleidoscopic life, but he felt that a most vital and telling element would have been lacking had he limited himself to a mere description or report. NOT EX LIB C3A. Very Good/Good.

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N° du livre: 007087

Catalogue: Theatre / Acting / Cinema / Plays

Mots-clés: 18th Century Theatre, 18th Century Actors

BILLINGTON, MICHAEL

Peggy Ashcroft

London, Peggy Ashcroft. 1988, First. (ISBN: 071954436X). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from an ink bookshop stamp to front endpaper) with near Fine price clipped dustjacket.xii + 312 pages. 47 illustrations. To lovers of the stage, Dame Peggy Ashcroft is more than just a very great actress, she represents the heart of British theatre. This, the first book about her life that has her blessing, encompasses not only the most important roles but also the greatest theatrical developments in this century. B2A. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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N° du livre: 010427

Catalogue: Theatre / Acting / Cinema / Plays

Mots-clés: English Theatre, Theatrical Biography 071954436x

BLOOM, KEN

Broadway - an Encyclopedic Guide to the History, People and Places of Times Square

New York, Facts On File. 1991, First Edition. (ISBN: 0816012490). Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. xviii + 442 pages. Profusely illustrated. Broadway is the centre of American theatre and the neon-lit heart of American popular culture. In a style as lively and entertaining as the Broadway scene itself, Ken Bloom covers the major theatres, playwrights, composers, lyricists, producers and performers who have, over the past century, made Broadway the best-known street name in the world. But he doesn't stop there. Broadway is famous not just for entertainment, but for its people - the entrepreneurs both legitimate and not so, the hangers-on and hookers, the bons vivants and the gangsters, and the reporters and writers who recorded (and perhaps sometimes created) the legends that have made Broadway. Complete cross references are complemented by a thorough index making this a valuable research tool. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.4 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 5. Fine/Fine.

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N° du livre: 009254

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Mots-clés: Broadway, American Theatre 0816012490

BOGARDE, DIRK

Backcloth

London, Viking. 1986, First Edition. (ISBN: 0670811327). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket which is not price clipped. 313 pages. 17 photographs and illustrations by the author. This is the final and in many ways the most searching volume of Dirk Bogarde's four-part autobiography. Bogarde focuses not on his acting career but on his character - which he sees as that of a hermit crab - as it has developed before and after that period, and on the personalities who form the 'backcloth' of his life. 3. Fine/Very Good.

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N° du livre: 009922

Catalogue: Theatre / Acting / Cinema / Plays

Mots-clés: English Actor Autobiography 0670811327

BOGARDE, DIRK

Snakes and Ladders

London, Chatto and Windus. 1978, First. (ISBN: 070112377X). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which id not price-clipped. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. 339 pages and 20 illustrations. Illustrated endpapers. The second volume of the actor's biography in which his story continues from the trial of army training camp at Catterick to the greatest challenge of his film career, the role of von Aschenbach in Death in Venice. Challenges have been a constant feature of Dirk Bogarde's life, some brought by chance, some self-imposed. It was an accident which altered his army career, a mistake which launched him into films. But his disregard of Noel Coward's advice ('Never, ever go near the cinema'), his determination to prove himself as an actor, and when the moment came to leave the commercial cinema, his personal commitment to films that required courage and imagination to make - these changes came from within him. A1D. Fine/Near Fine.

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N° du livre: 011256

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Mots-clés: Biography English Actor 070112377x

BOORMAN, JOHN

Adventures of a Suburban Boy

London, Faber and Faber. 2003, First Edition. (ISBN: 0571216951). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a small mark to rear) with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First edition, first printing. Hailed as one of Britain's greatest living directors and certainly one of cinema's authentic visionaries. Boorman enjoyed an archetypal English suburban boyhood in the 1940's and 1950's, attending Catholic school and finding his first employment running a dry-cleaning business. But his passion was for film, getting his big break during the 'goldrush' of British television in the 1960's. After directing several innovative documentaries for the BBC, he graduated to motion pictures, and eventually to his first masterpiece 'Point Blank', which inaugurated his profound friendship with Lee Marvin. Illustrated with photographs. NOT EX LIB A1E. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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N° du livre: 008530

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Mots-clés: Film Director Biography, Lee Marvin, Point Blank, Deliverance, Excalibur, Zardoz 0571216951

BORGERHOFF, JOSEPH L. (EDITED BY)

Nineteenth Century French Plays

New York, Appleton-Century-Crofts. 1959. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title on blue cloth boards which have jus very minor marks and no wear. Internally there is a small name to front pastedown else very clean, tight and unmarked. vii + 790 pages. Introduction in English, TEXTE EN FRANÇAIS. Plays by Pixerécourt, Picard, Delavigne, Dumas Père, Hugo, Vigny, Musset, Scribe, Balzac, Dumas Fils, Augier, Pailleron, Becque, Curel, Brieux, Rostand. Uniform with The Century Modern Language Series. Dramatiques de langue française. A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.2 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST NOT EX LIB 4. Very Good/No Jacket.

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N° du livre: 008436

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Mots-clés: French Plays, Dramatiques de Langue Française, Pixerecourt, Picard, Delavigne, Balzac, Pailleron, Curel, Rostand, Brieux, Dumas Pere Et Fils, Scribe, Musset, Augier, Vigny, Hugo, Becque

O'BRADY, FREDERIC

All Told - the Memoirs of a Multiple Man

London, The Bodley Head. 1964, First. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title on blue boards which has a small mark to front but no wear. Internally some age darkening to endpapers else clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket has age darkening, a little wear to spine head and tail and is not price clipped. 286 pages. Frédéric O'Brady was born on December 11, 1903 in Budapest, Hungary as Frigyes Ábel and died on February 23, 2003 in Rochester, New York, USA. He is best defined as a French actor but also as a composer, a novelist, a polyglot, or a world-famous puppet master. In his long life he acted as a musical director to a team of Russian dwarfs, dubbed Peter Lorre's voice in French films, sold locomotives in Switzerland, fought against the Germans as a volunteer with the Foreign Legion, was imprisoned by Vichy for abetting British agents in Marseilles, became private secretary to the post-war Minister of the Interior, and at the age of 54 eloped with the star of the Folies Bergere. Dustjacket reverse has praise for him from Peter Ustinov, Orson Welles, Alexander King and Ionesco. C3C. Very Good/Very Good.

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N° du livre: 010219

Catalogue: Theatre / Acting / Cinema / Plays

Mots-clés: French Actor, 1950's Film and Theatre

BRAGG, MELVYN

Rich - the Life of Richard Burton

London, Hodder and Stoughton. 1988. (ISBN: 0340405376). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine copy which has a gift inscription to front endpaper, a decorative bookplate to front pastedown and age toning to page edges else else clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket is near Fine and is not price clipped. viii + 533 pages. 79 illustrations. There are many other biographies of Richard Burton and what sets this original biography apart is that Melvyn Bragg has discovered and summed up a man hidden until now from all but one or two of his closest friends, and even to them a mystery. From unpublished letters and memoirs, from new interviews with those who have never spoken, above all from 350, words of Burton's notebooks never before seen, a portrait emerges of a man of multitudes, of vast qualities, immense flaws, wonderful ambitions, crippling melancholy and illnesses, something of a scholar, a fighter and a reckless warrior who lived the life of a legend from his beloved Wales. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.10 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 16. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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N° du livre: 009469

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Mots-clés: Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Dylan Thomas, John Gielgud, Rex Harrison, Marlon Brando, Laurence Olivier, Humphrey Bogart, Paul Newman 0340405376

BRAY, CHRISTOPHER

Michael Caine - a Class Act

London, Faber & Faber. 2005, First Edition. (ISBN: 057121682X). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is price clipped. First edition, first printing. Combining anecdote with history, critical analysis with wit, the authors book is the first serious critical biography of the actor. Illustrated throughout. Filmography. 13. Fine/Fine.

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N° du livre: 007318

Catalogue: Theatre / Acting / Cinema / Plays

Mots-clés: Sir Michael Caine, English Actors 057121682x

BRINKMANN, RON

The Art and Science of Digital Compositing

San Francisco, Morgan Kauffman/Academic Press. 1999, First Edition. (ISBN: 0121339602). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy in pictorial laminated boards. xviii + 364 pages. INCLUDES unopened Software on CD-ROM. Computer-generated visual effects are now used extensively in feature films, commercial, music videos, and multimedia. The backbone of this process, the final and most important step, is known as digital compositing. This book is a comprehensive reference that provides a complete overview of the technical and artistic nature of this process. It covers a wide range of topics from basic image creation, representation, and manipulation to a look at the visual cues that are necessary to create a believable composite. The book provides more than 250 images and illustrations (including a 40 page colour insert) as well as a complete glossary of compositing and visual effects terminology. The accompanying CD-ROM includes all images in electronic form. PLEASE NOTE: A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.14 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 15. Fine/No Jacket.

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N° du livre: 009416

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Mots-clés: Digital Compositing, Film Making, Computer Generated Visual Effects 0121339602