LEWIS, ROGER

The Real Life of Laurence Olivier

London, Century. 1996, First Edition. (ISBN: 0712675507). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine complete dustjacket. The author is acclaimed as a great critic and follows the ways Olivier's life was lived in the roles he created and the way in which he wove himself into the affections of other people, from his parents, wives, children, to colleagues, rivals and friends - Greta Garbo, Marilyn Monroe,John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson et al. 31 photographs. 13. Fine/Very Good.

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N° du livre: 003876

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Mots-clés: English Actors, Biography, Old VIC, Sir Laurence Olivier, Vivian Leigh 0712675507

LEWIS, ROGER

The Real Life of Laurence Olivier

London, Century. 1996, First Edition. (ISBN: 0712675507). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. xv + 272 pages. 31 photographs. The author is acclaimed as a great critic and follows the ways Olivier's life was lived in the roles he created and the way in which he wove himself into the affections of other people, from his parents, wives, children, to colleagues, rivals and friends - Greta Garbo, Marilyn Monroe, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson et al. 13. Fine/Fine.

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N° du livre: 009470

Catalogue: Theatre / Acting / Cinema / Plays

Mots-clés: English Actors, Biography, Old VIC, Sir Laurence Olivier, Vivian Leigh 0712675507

MACCARTHY, DESMOND

Drama

London, Putnam & Co. 1940, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gilt title on brown cloth boards which are clean with a little shefwear to back and a small bump to one top corner. Internally clean and unmarked with foxing to closed edges. The author was a famous drama critic and here presents his views of some Shakespeare Productions 1914-1930, Continental Plays 1913-1929, Stage Society Productions 1914-1929, Satires and Comedies 1923-1934, Historical Plays 1913-1934, Detective Drama 1917-1930, Morality Plays 1917-1934 also the films Charlie's Cane (The Pilgrim) 1923 and The Arabian Nights (The Thief of Bagdad) 1924. There are also critiques of Sir John Hare, Sarah Bernhardt, Eleonora Duse and Chaliapine. C3C. Very Good/No Jacket.

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N° du livre: 001927

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MACKENZIE, FRANCES

The Amateur Actor

London, Thomas Nelson. 1936, First Thus. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Black title on grey cloth boards which have a little fading to edges but clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is an inscription to front endpaper and sporadic light foxing to some pages and closed edges else clean, tight and unmarked. A Good + copy. Dustjacket is price clipped with a liitle foxing and age darkened at spine. The second edition revised with additional exercises, January 1936 (first was August 1935). An informative and readable treatise on acting and to quote Sir Cedric Hardwicke "Should prove of value to those for whom it is written". Covers the actor's approach to his art, his part, his speech, movement and stage management complete with numerous exercises on technique. B2C. Good/Good.

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N° du livre: 002413

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DILLON-MALONE, AUBREY

I Was a Fugitive from a Hollywood Trivia Factory - a Book of Hollywood Lists

London, Prion. 1999, First Edition. (ISBN: 1853753262). Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not priceclipped. 314 pages. Did you know that James Dean's first screen role wa in a Pepsi commercial? Or that Errol Flynn castrated sheep for a living before he came to Hollywood? That Stewart Granger's real name was James Stewart? Or that Harrison Ford was cast by accident while working as a carpenter on the set of Star Wars? Or that Bela Lugosi was born in Transylvania? Its all here in hundreds of hilarious and fascinating film lists. 1. Fine/Fine.

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N° du livre: 009437

Catalogue: Theatre / Acting / Cinema / Plays

Mots-clés: Hollywood Trivia 1853753262

O'BRIEN, MARGARET AND EYLES, ALLEN (EDITED BY)

Enter the Dream-House - Memories of Cinemas in South London from the Twenties to the Sixties

London, Museum of the Moving Image. 1993, First. (ISBN: 085170395X). Soft Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A very Good unmarked copy. 184 pages. A varied and valuable collection of interviews about going to the pictures and working in cinemas during the boom years of film exhibition. It concentrates on reminiscences of the cinemas of Lambeth, Wandsworth, Southwark and adjacent areas providing vivid recollections of super cinemas like the Trocadero Elephant and Castle and Astorias at Brixton and Streatham as well as fleapits and old music halls. 16. Very Good/No Jacket.

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N° du livre: 010812

Catalogue: Theatre / Acting / Cinema / Plays

Mots-clés: South London Cinema History, Trocadero, Astoria 085170395x

GELLHORN, MARTHA AND COWLES, VIRGINIA

Love Goes to Press - a Comedy in Three Acts

Lincoln, Nebraska, University of Nebraska Press. 1995, First Edition. (ISBN: 0803221541). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. 90 pages. 7 illustrations. Introduction by Martha Gellhorn. Afterword by Sandra Spanier. Martha Gellhorn (1908-1998) was an American novelist, travel writer and journalist, considered to be one of the greatest war correspondents of the 20th century. Harriet Virginia Spencer Cowles (1912-1983), was a British journalist, writer and also a war correspondent. Written immediately after the Second Worl War, the play opened in London in June 1946 and in New York in January 1947. This romantic farce, published here for the first time, is set on the Italian front where two women war correspondents - smart, sexy, and famous for scooping their male competitors - struggle to balance their professional lives with their love lives. 21. Fine/Fine.

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N° du livre: 008759

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Mots-clés: Martha Gellhorn, Harriet Virginia Spencer Coeles, War Correspondents, Second World War Romantic Farce, Italian Front 0803221541

MAST, GERALD (5TH EDITION REVISED BY BRUCE F. KAWIN)

A Short History of the Movies

New York, Macmillan. 1992. (ISBN: 0023770708). Soft Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy. xi + 669 pages. Photo illustrations throughout. Fifth Edition Revised. From its first edition, Gerald Mast's A Short History of the Movies helped focus the field of film studies; it has its own role in film history. Comprehensively conceived, evocatively illustrated and eminently readable, drawing useful generalizations and analyzing key works in depth, it became the foundation for the modern film history course. With each new edition, the book grew longer and more comprehensive. This new edition, extensively edited and revised after Mast's death by Bruce F. Kawin, is significantly longer with more attention paid to women filmmakers and to such pioneers as black filmmaker Oscar Micheaux. PLEASE NOTE: A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.08 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 12. Near Fine/No Jacket.

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N° du livre: 009443

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Mots-clés: Film History 0023770708

MAY, ROBIN

The Wit of the Theatre

London, Leslie Frewin. 1969, First Edition. (ISBN: 0090992903). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good + copy with inscription to front endpaper else very clean and unmarked. Dustjacket is price clipped. A collection of witty remarks from theatrical history including gems from George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde, Beerbohm Tree and Irving with cartoons by various cartoonists such as Heath, Ffolkes, Calman, Phil May, Pav. Prologue by J.C. Trewin. B2A. Very Good/Very Good.

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N° du livre: 003884

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Mots-clés: Theatrical Witticisms 0090992903

MCCANN, GRAHAM

Rebel Males - Clift, Brando and Dean

London, Hamish Hamilton. 1991, First Edition. (ISBN: 0241128846). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from age toning to page edges) with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. ix + 214 pages. 31 illustrations. Montgomery Clift, Marlon Brando and James Dean are, without doubt, the three most influential male stars of the 1950's. They were stars, but they also were richly talented actors; they were symbols of masculinity, yet they reflected a new appreciation of the ambiguities of sexual identities; they were the heroes of a generation of young people, but, compared to Hollywood's traditional heroes, they were anti-heroes. NOT EX LIB 12. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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N° du livre: 009831

Catalogue: Theatre / Acting / Cinema / Plays

Mots-clés: Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, James Dean 0241128846

MILES, SARAH

Bolt from the Blue

London, Orion. 1996, First Edition. (ISBN: 0752802070). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a small stain to lower back board with VG dustjacket which has a stain to lower back and is not price clipped. ix + 261 pages. 54 illustrations. Bolt from the Blue is the final volume of the actress's three-part memoir and concentrates on her life with her late husband, the writer Robert Bolt, whom she married twice. A1D. Near Fine/Very Good.

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N° du livre: 008652

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Mots-clés: Robert Bolt 0752802070

MILTON, BILLY

Milton's Paradise Mislaid

London, Jupiter. 1976, First Edition. (ISBN: 0904041670). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Silver title on green boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there are some light marks to the bottom margin of 3 pages and some age darkening to page edges else clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket has a little light creasing to front top edge and is not price clipped. Billy Milton (1905-1989) had a career in show business lasting over 50 years - 50 years on the inside of the bitchiest, wittiest, most scandalous milieu in the world - and this autobiography unashamedly exploits this to the full. Acting, singing, dancing and writing on stage, films and radio, he records it all with a perceptive and sardonic eye - from his schooldays with the bullying homosexual, Tom Driberg, his career in London, then on to Paris where he partnered the great Mistinguett, appearing frequently in films made in London and Paris, then on to Hollywood. Spiced with amusing and revealing incidents and illuminated by the intimate friendship which he enjoyed with so many, this frank, humorous and provocative book provides a fascinating picture of theatrical life over a period of 50 years. Profusely illustrated. 15. Very Good/Very Good.

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N° du livre: 007354

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Mots-clés: Mistinguett, Noel Coward, Hollywood, Windmill Theatre 0904041670

MOGG, KEN

The Alfred Hitchcock Story

London, Titan. 1999, First Edition. (ISBN: 1840230916). Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First Edition, First Printing. A large format volume of 192 pages. The Alfred Hitchcock Story is the definitive illustrated history of the master of suspense. It is the most authoritative guide to the world's best loved and most respected film director. Starting with his early silent movies such as The Lodger through the classic British period of The 39 Steps and The Lady Vanishes, to the evergreen Hollywood successes of Rebecca, Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho and beyond, Hitchcock was unquestionably the cinema-going public's favourite director. In later years, Hitch himself became an instantly recognisable celebrity through his long-running TV series, Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Now to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of his birth, this book presents the most lavishly illustrated celebration ever of the great director's work, featuring an amzing collection of over 450 rare posters, photographs, lobby cards, press books, magazine covers and even board games. Film historian Ken Mogg skilfully analyses the life and work, including an illustrated commentary on each film he directed. PLEASE NOTE: A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.27 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 25. Fine/Fine.

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N° du livre: 009410

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Mots-clés: British Film Directors, Master of Suspense, Psycho, Rear Window, the Lady Vanishes, the 39 Steps 1840230916

MOORE, FRANK FRANKFORT

A Georgian Pageant

London, Hutchinson. 1908, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gilt signature of author to front and gilt title on red cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with just a touch of wear to spine head and corners. Internally there is the armorial bookplate of C Gerald Agnew and one other book plate to front pastedown, foxing to page edges else clean and unmarked. 346 pages. Photogravure of Mary and Catherine Horneck to frontispiece and 16 other portraits. Comprises 13 chapters on Georgian theatrical life and times including Fanny Burney, Elizabeth Gunning, Oliver Goldsmith, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Richard Brinsley Sheridan et al. A fascinating account. 4. Very Good/No Jacket.

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N° du livre: 000400

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Mots-clés: Georgian Theatre, Fanny Burney, Sheridan, Joshua Reynolds Haymarket, Theatres, St. Martin's Street

MORLEY, SHERIDAN

John G - the Authorised Biography of John Gielgud

London, Hodder and Stoughton. 2001, First. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First Edition, First Printing. xvii + 510 pages. 51 illustrations. In a career spanning almost eighty years on stage, screen, radio and television, he effectively reinvented Shakespeare for the modern stage; he was the first great Hamlet of our time; wih his brother Val he virtually created BBC radio drama; decades before the founding of the National Theatre or the RSC, he pioneered the idea of a resident classical company in London's West End. He made stars of Alec Guinness and Paul Scofield as well as hundreds of other actors, directors and designers; from Peter Brook to Peter Greenaway, he worked with all the revolutionary artists of his time. The great-nephew of Ellen Terry, Sir John was the bridge from the 19th to the 20th century, and was the founder and last survivor of a group of classical actors - Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Michael Redgrave, Peggy Ashcroft, Sybil Thorndike and Edith Evans - such as the world had never seen and will never see again. 12 years before his death, John Gielgud invited Sheridan Morley to become his only authorised biographer. NOTE - A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.95 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 24. Fine/Fine.

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N° du livre: 010419

Catalogue: Theatre / Acting / Cinema / Plays

Mots-clés: Sir John Gielgud Authorised Biography, Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Michael Redgrave, Peggy Ashcroft, Sybil Thorndike, Edith Evans, Classical British Actors, Biography