FAWKES, RICHARD

Fighting for a Laugh - Entertaining the British and American Armed Forces 1939 - 1946

London, Macdonald and Janes. 1978, First Edition. (ISBN: 0354042017). Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A near Fine clean, tight and unmarked copy (Fine apart from a very small indentation to front lower edge) with VG+ dustjacket which is price clipped. The story of British and American troop entertainment during World War II, tracing the development of ENSA and USO Camp Shows Inc. - the two largest civilian entertainment agencies ever - and the rise of Service entertainment : the GI shows, Stars in Battledress, the RAF Gang Shows, Unit and Divisional concert parties. This is the story of the Hollywood stars, stars of stage, screen and radio, and the unknowns who took their talents to war, based on official records, personal reminiscences and contemporay accounts and photographs. Profusely illustrated. NOT EX LIB A1F. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 007355

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Keywords: Ensa, Mesa, Army Concert Parties, Stars in Battledress, Raf Gang Shows, Abca Play Unit, Uso Camp Shows 0354042017

FORD, DAN

The Unquiet Man - the Life of John Ford

London, William Kimber. 1979, First Edition. (ISBN: 0718300599). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with no inscriptions (Fine apart from the indentation of an erased price to front endpaper) with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First UK edition. ix + 324 pages. 38 illustrations. John Ford's grandson's presentation of the life story of the great director is the most complete and candid portrait to date. In fact, Lindsay Anderson judged it 'probably the best biography of a Hollywood director ever written'. With complete access to the John Ford papers, Dan Ford's portrait of his grandfather shows his human frailties as well as his unsurpassed professionalism. Hard-driving, hard-drinking, profane, crusty, but above all brilliant - almost everyone who worked with him came to love him. 16. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 009181

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Keywords: Hollywood Film Directors 0718300599

FOWLER, JAMES

Images of Showbusiness from the Theatre Museum, V and a

London, Methuen. 1982. (ISBN: 0413399907). Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good clean, tight and unmarked copy. Preface by Alexander Schouvaloff, curator. The Theatre Museum is about live performance and the objects in this book have been selected to help recapture and explain that elusive art, all objects were also chosen for an exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum prior to the Theatre Museum's opening in 1984 at Covent Garden's Flower Market. Lavishly illustrated with full descriptive text. A1F. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007406

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Keywords: Theatre Museum, Show Business 0413399907

FREEDLAND, MICHAEL

So Lets Hear the Applause - the Story of the Jewish Entertainer

London, Valentine Mitchell. 1984, First Edition. (ISBN: 0853032157). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Topol. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. 262 pages. Illustrations by Topol. The book is the story of the phenomenon of the Jewish contribution to show business. Names like Sohie Tucker, Eddie Cantor, Fanny Brice, Jack Benny, George Burns and towering above them all Al Jolson. Then there is Danny Kaye and the music makers like Gershwin, Berlin, Kern and Rodgers and Hammerstein. Also included are the Marx brothers, Barbara Streisand, Larry Adler, Ron Moody, Frankie Vaughan, Bud Flanagan, Steven Spielberg, Zero Mostel, Mel Brooks, Bob Dylan, Woody Allen - and Topol who has illustrated this book. 21. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 009765

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Keywords: Jewish Contribution to Show Business 0853032157 Topol

FRICKE, JOHN

Judy Garland - World's Greatest Entertainer

London, Little Brown. 1992. (ISBN: 0316903051). Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is price clipped. 256 pages. The first complete visual record of Judy Garland's five decades in show business. For the first time, every aspect of her extraordinary career is celebrated in the author's collection of 600 photographs. From movie stills to behind-the-scenes rarities, from portraits to posters, from candid shots with co-stars to unique items from Garland collections worldwide. Complemented by a text that re-creates each chapter of Garland's professional life and enriched by scores of primary critical quotes and comments. PLEASE NOTE : A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.12 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 2. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 010236

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Keywords: Judy Garland Photographic Tribute 0316903051

FUCHS, CYNTHIA (EDITED BY)

Spike Lee - Interviews - Conversations with Filmmakers

Jackson, Mississippi, University Press of Mississippi. 2002. (ISBN: 1578064708). Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy. xxxvi + 228 pages. Since 1986, when his first feature movie, She's Gotta Have It, achieved critical and commercial success, Spike Lee has been recognized for challenging audiences with controversial films and for sparking debates about race, sex, politics, and film production, and garnering award nominations along the way. Although he is a large figure in the race debate and in commentary about the consciousness of race in America, he expresses frustration with being labeled as a spokesperson for black America. This book collects the best interviews and profiles of America's most prominent African-American filmmaker. Articulate and deeply passionate, Lee reveals a degree of subtlety and wit that is often lost in sound bites and hedlines about him. 50. Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009423

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Keywords: American Film Directors, Spike Lee 1578064708

GALSWORTHY, JOHN

The Plays of John Galsworthy

London, Duckworth. 1929. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gilt title on green cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Closed edges faded and foxed but internally very clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket has fading to spine, some tears and wear. A thick volume of 1150 pages containing all 27 plays with the characters, the Theatres where first staged and also the cast of actors of the original productions for many of them. Includes 'The Roof' which was previously unpublished. A very good condition copy. A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.09 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST NOT EX LIB C3C. Very Good/Fair.

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Book number: 001156

Catalogue: Theatre / Acting / Cinema / Plays

Keywords: Galsworthy Complete Plays

GARDNER, AVA

Ava - My Story

London, Bantam. 1990, First. (ISBN: 0593021916). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with VG dustjacket which is not price clipped. 31 pages. 56 illustrations. Complete filmography. The legendary actress's frank autobiography in which she tells the truth about the three men she loved and married: Frank Sinatra, Mickey Rooney and Artie Shaw, the Hollywood she knew in the 1940's, her upbringing in North carolina - the daughter of a sharecropper, and the films she made with a host of stars. Here too with characteristic candour, she reveals her tempestuous private life: the three stormy marriages that ended in divorce; the passionate affairs with matadors and movie stars; the complex 20 year friendship with Howard Hughes, the battles on and off screen. C3B. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 010403

Catalogue: Theatre / Acting / Cinema / Plays

Keywords: Hollywood Actresses, Mickey Rooney, Frank Sinatra, Artie Shaw, Clark Gable, Omar Sharif, Mayerling 0593021916

RINGGOLD, GENE AND BODEEN, DE WITT

Chevalier - the Films and Career of Maurice Chevalier

New Jersey, The Citadel Press. 1973, First Edition. (ISBN: 0806503548). Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Gold title on blue cloth boards which have dust marking to top and bottom edges but no wear. Internally there is a very small mark to front endpaper else very clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket has light wear to edges and a small repaired closed tear. A large format volume of 245 pages. Profusely illustrated. Foreword by Rouben Mamoulian. Maurice Chevalier! The beloved boulevardier, the international Frenchman, the troubador who remains the symbol of all that is gay and insouciant and debonair. This is the complete record of Chevalier's career - as a circus acrobat, as a singer of bawdy songs, as the dance partner and lover of Mistinguett, the most celebrated woman in the French musical theatre, and as the first great romantic musical star of sound motion pictures. His life and career is a kaleidoscopic history of some seventy years in show business: the circus, the music halls, the theatre, the silent screen, the great Hollywood musicals, television spectaculars, and, of course, the one-man show, which he pioneered. PLEASE NOTE: A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.24 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST B2F. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 009875

Catalogue: Theatre / Acting / Cinema / Plays

Keywords: French Film and Theatre Star, Mistinguett 0806503548

GEORGE, NELSON

Blackface - Reflections on African-Americans and the Movies

New York, Harper Collins. 1994, First Edition. (ISBN: 0060171200). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket which has a little creasing to top edge. xv + 224 pages. Illustrations in the text. In this work, Nelson George turns a lifetime of movie-watching and an unexpected career in movie-making into a book that looks at the African-American screen image from both a historical and a personal viewpoint. Blackface blends stories and anecdotes about the actual experiences of going to, being in, and making movies today with the sharply edged cultural ctiticism that has made him one of America's most widely read and respected critics. 4. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 009442

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Keywords: African-Americans in Movies, Film Criticism 0060171200

GIELGUD, JOHN (IN COLLABORATION WITH JOHN MILLER AND JOHN POWELL)

An Actor and His Time

London, Sidgwick and Jackson. 1975, First. (ISBN: 0283985739). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket. 253 pages. 12 colour plates and 112 black and white illustrations. In this book Sir John Gielgud tells the story of his life in the theatre, of the plays he starred in, and directed, of the actors and actresses he worked with - from Mrs. Patrick Campbell to Richard Burton - and of the theatres in which he has played - from New York to Rangoon. He also tells of the theatre he knew as a young man, the theatre that was run by the great actor/managers, men like Tree and du Maurier, and of the star actresses whose name alone could fill a theatre - Eleonora Duse, Sarah Bernhardt, and, of course, his own great-aunt, Ellen Terry. With the aid of many photographs from his own collection, he recounts not only his own life, but also a well documented history of the British theatre. A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.9 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COST 24. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 010420

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Keywords: English Theatres, Theatre History, British Actor, Autobiography 0283985739

GIELGUD, JOHN

An Actor and His Time

London, Sidgwick & Jackson. 1979, First Edition. (ISBN: 0283985739). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In collaboration with John Miller and John Powell. Silver title on brown cloth boards - a near Fine copy. Dustjacket has coloured photograph of Gielgud to front with photographs in black and white of some of his roles to rear and is near Fine.12 coloured plates and 111 black and white illustrations. A fascinating autobiography by undoubtedly one of the greatest actors of the twentieth century profusely illustrated with many photographs from his own collection. A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.9 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COST 24. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 000524

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Keywords: Actors, Stage, Films 0283985739

GILES, SARAH

Fred Astaire - His Friends Tak

London, Bloomsbury. 1988. (ISBN: 0747503222). Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine Dustjacket which is not price clipped. First UK edition. A large format book of 210 pages. over 200 photographs. For seven decades with a dozen different partners, on the stage, on the screen, on television, Fred Astaire was the heart and soul of dance. He was perfection. He was lass. He was irresistible. But who was he behind the top hat and tails? Here he comes to life in the words of the people who knew him best and loved him the most. Even the Queen Mother, the Rajmata of Jaipur and Nancy Reagan consented to express their feelings about the legend. PLEASE NOTE: A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.1 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST B2F. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 010856

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Keywords: Dancing 0747503222

GOODALL, NIGEL

The Secret World of Johnny Depp - the Intimate Biography of Hollywood's Best Loved Rebel

London, Blake. 2006. (ISBN: 1857825977). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustacket which is not price clipped. xix + 377 pages. 20 illustrations. Johnny Depp is Hollywood's best-loved rebel. In a career spanning two decades he has endeared himself to audiences as diverse as the roles he has played - adults, teenage girls, movie buffs and geeks alike have been charmed by his virtuoso eccentricity and willingness to take on unconventional films for a mass audience. From his debut in Nightmare on Elm Street, to Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow, and Chocolat, to the spectacular success of Pirates of the Caribbean, Johnny has reached a level of popularity with aufiences and respect from critics that most actors merely dream of. 11. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 010918

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Keywords: Hollywood, Pirates of the Caribbean 1857825977

PAYN, GRAHAM WITH DAY, BARRY

My Life with Noel Coward

New York, Applause. 1996. (ISBN: 1557831904). Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good+ clean. tight and unmarked copy which has a small inscription to half title page. First paperback printing. Includes the never before published theatre writings of Noel Coward. A vivid recollection of the great man by his lover, filled with intriguing tales, anecdotes about the master never heard before, and which is a touching, loving, honest and very revealing account. Profusely illustrated. 14. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006212

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Keywords: Biography British Actors, British Dramatists 1557831904