VALLANCE, TOM

The American Musical

New York, A.S. Barnes. 1970, First. (ISBN: 0489076539). Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good unmarked copy in card covers.An illustrated guide to 500 key figures in the American Musical and index to over 1,750 films. 192 pages. Illustrated throughout. 51. Very Good/No Jacket.

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N° du livre: 010221

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Mots-clés: American Musical Guide 0489076539

VICKERS, HUGO

Loving Garbo - the Story of Greta Garbo, Cecil Beaton and Mercedes de Acosta

London, Jonathan Cape. 1994, First Edition. (ISBN: 0224030728). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good+ clean and unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket which is not price clipped. First edition, First Printing. 276 pages. 33 illustrations. The extraordinary story of Greta Garbo and two of her greatest loves - Merceded de Acosta and Cecil Beaton. Mercedes de Acosta was a notorious figure who hade been brought up as a boy, took a girlfriend on her honeymoon, and claimed 'I can get any woman from any man'. Her conquests included Isadora Duncan, Eva le Gallienne, and Marlene Dietrich. She and Garbo enjoyed a solitary idyll on Silver Lake in the Sierra Nevada before living together in Hollywood. Beaton first met his heroine at a party in in 1932, but it was to be a more than a decade before they became lovers, and despite Garbo's possessive friends and the increasingly sinister Mercedes, dressed in a highwayman's cape and silver-buckled shoes, Garbo and Beaton spent many passionate months together in New York and California. L. Very Good/Very Good.

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N° du livre: 009011

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Mots-clés: Cecil Beaton, Mercedes de Acosta, Marlene Dietrich, Isadora Duncan, Eva le Gallienne 0224030728

WALKER, ALEXANDER

Bette Davis

London, Pavilion. 1986, First. (ISBN: 1851450165). Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with dustjacket which is not price clipped. A large format volume of 192 pages. Photo illustrations throughout. Film poster endpapers.After 55 years in the film industry Bette Davis has made over 90 films. Alexander Walker, who has known Bette Davis for 20 years, has pieced together her early life, from her dramatic entrance - she was born during a thunderstorm in 1908 - and unhappy childhood - her parents separated when she was six - to her promising career on the New York stage, interrupted in 1930 when Bette and her mother moved to Hollywood. The subsequent film career was by no means an instant success. In this elegant celebration Walker identifies the extraordinary qualities that enabled Bette Davis to survive the Hollywood system and become one of its most durable actresses. Filmography. PLEASE NOTE : A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.03 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 3. Near Fine/Very Good.

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N° du livre: 010239

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Mots-clés: Bette Davis 1851450165

MATTHEW-WALKER, ROBERT

Broadway to Hollywood - the Musical and the Cinema

London, Sanctuary. 1996, First Edition. (ISBN: 1860741452). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good+ copy with laminated boards which has a small neat name and date to front pastedown. With the advent of sound movies in the 1920's the importance of music in the cinema grew and with the arrival of colour and the technical developments in recording, film makers were given a fabulous palette with which to realise the transfer of Broadway hits to the screen. The author relates the history of this genre with much never-before published material and reminiscences from the film makers, composers and stars themselves. Profusely illustrated. NOT EX LIB A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.0 KILO WHICH MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COST 2. Very Good/No Jacket.

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N° du livre: 005167

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Mots-clés: Cinema, Musicals, Broadway Hits 1860741452

WATSON, IVAN

What Shall I Film? - How to Find Ideas for Movies

Hertfordshire, Fountain Press. 1975, First Edition. (ISBN: 0852424329). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with complete dustjacket. The author was a columnist for Movie Maker and reveals the secrets of professional scriptwriters, how to construct more themes, stories and original script ideas. His approach is practical and down-to-earth and the book is bristling with ideas that can then be developed. Photograph illustrations. A1E. Fine/Very Good.

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N° du livre: 005162

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Mots-clés: Film Making, Scriptwriting 0852424329

WILLIAMS, EMLYN

Emlyn - an Early Biography 1927-1935 - a Sequel to George 1905-1927

London, The Bodley Head. 1973, First Edition. (ISBN: 0370104838). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine copy with price clipped dustjacket which has chipping to top G+. The second volume of memoirs by the actor dramatist with unconventional encounters with such diverse characters as Charles Laughton, Sir John Gielgud, Sybil Thorndike, Mrs. Patrick Campbell, Edgar Wallace, Edith Evans, Epstein et al. NOT EX LIB 11. Near Fine/Good.

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N° du livre: 001925

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Mots-clés: Actor, Dramatist, Biography 0370104838

WILLIAMSON, AUDREY

Theatre of Two Decades

London, Rockliff. 1951, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gilt title on red cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is a neat inscription and date to front endpaper "From The East Dean Players" else very clean and unmarked. A Very Good + copy. Dustjacket is complete with a removal to top and with wear and chipping. Foreword by J.C. Trewin. A fascinating and detailed work by the theatre historian author covering 1930-1950, which features the rise of Gielgud, memorable performances of opera and the dawn of many careers. 71 black and white photographs and colored frontispiece. NOT EX LIB 11. Very Good/Poor.

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N° du livre: 002616

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RIZZO, WILLY AND LUCOVICH, PIERRE DE

Mes Stars - L'Album Secret de Willy Rizzo

Paris, Editions Filipacchi. 2003, First. (ISBN: 2850187720). Couverture Rigide, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Petite indentation à l'avant. Marilyn Monroe, Jane Fonda, John Wayne, Brigitte Bardot, Marion Brando, Jack Nicholson, mais aussi Picasso, Yves Saint Laurent, Jean-Paul Goude ou Monica Bellucci, Bruce Willis, Sean Penn.. Pilier de Paris Match durant vingt ans, Willy Rizzo a photographié les stars et les mannequins du monde entier, mais aussi le procès de Nuremberg ou l'Indochine en guerre.. C'est sa vie de spectateur privilégié qu'il nous fait partager dans ce livre, écrit en collaboration avec Jean-Pierre de Lucovich. Plus encore qu'un album de magnifiques photos, voici le témoignage - nostalgique mais lucide - d'un homme qui a été l'ami des plus grands. Il nous parle d'eux avec tendresse et humour, au gré des souvenirs d'une vie fort remplie et des meilleures images qu'il a su capter. VEUILLEZ NOTER : Un livre lourd de 1.9 kilo Poids non emballé exigeant des frais de port supplémentaires. 5. Très Bon/Très Bon.

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N° du livre: 010760

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Mots-clés: 2850187720

WILSON, A.E.

Playgoer's Pilgrimage

London, Stanley Paul. 1948. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gilt title on black cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally clean and unmarked with a little foxing to closed edges. Not dated but probably 1948. 28 photographic illustrations. Foreword by Dame Sybil Thorndike. The life story of the drama critic Albert Edward Wilson which covers people, places and events in his professional life. Includes provincial theatres and plays. C3C. Very Good/No Jacket.

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N° du livre: 001955

Catalogue: Theatre / Acting / Cinema / Plays

Mots-clés: Theatre, Drama Critics, Biography

WORSLEY, T.C.

The Fugitive Art - Dramatic Commentaries 1947-1951

London, John Lehman. 1952, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with dustjacket which has three small repaired closed tears and a little wear to edges and is not price clipped. 263 pages. 16 illustrations. In the three years in which he has contributed dramatic criticism to The New Statesman and Nation, T.C. Worsley has won for himself a reputation among those interested in the theatre. This selection of articles covers the years 1947-1951, a period when the English theatre was in a lively state of ferment. The conventional three-act drama seemed to be passing out of favour: actors and audiences alike seemed to rejoice in the return of verse to the theatre as in the plays of T.S. Eliot and Christopher Fry: the producer was becoming a dominant figure and the names of Tyrone Guthrie, Peter Brook, Michael Benthall were as well known as the actors: the taste was for large-scale, lavishly mounted productions of the classics. 2. Near Fine/Good.

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N° du livre: 009902

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Mots-clés: English Theatre Criticism

WYKES, ALAN

H.G. Wells in the Cinema

London, Jupiter. 1977, First. (ISBN: 0904041174). Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with dustjacket which has a little creasing to top edge and is not price clipped. A large format volume of 176 pages. 118 illustrations. The films of H.G. Wells have kept audiences spellbound, from Charles Pathe's first production of The Invisible Man, retitled The Invisible Thief, in 1909, to the latest all star cast spectacles. Here is an unparalleled opportunity to sample the films and to relive through many vivid scenes and dramatic moments portrayed here, the imaginative fantasies of the master of science fiction. A1F. Fine/Very Good.

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N° du livre: 010986

Catalogue: Theatre / Acting / Cinema / Plays

Mots-clés: Film History, Science Fiction 0904041174

YABLONSKY, LEWIS

George Raft

San Francisco, Mercury House. 1989. (ISBN: 091651563X). Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine copy which has a small name and address label to title page. 288 pages. 34 illustrations. Critical acclaim for the book: 'The story of my good friend George's climb from the rowdy speakeasy clubs on Broadway in the twenties to the top of Hollywood stardom is an exciting American saga. Reading George's biography by Lew Yablonsky is the next best thing to being there." - Frank Sinatra; "A great story. George was an important and exciting star. When better men like George are made - then I'll make them." - Mae West. 50. Near Fine/No Jacket.

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N° du livre: 009378

Catalogue: Theatre / Acting / Cinema / Plays

Mots-clés: American Movie Actors, Hollywood, Hell's Kitchen, 1920's 091651563x

ZINNEMANN, FRED

Fred Zinnemann - an Autobiography

London, Bloomsbury. 1992, First Edition. (ISBN: 07475113114). Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. A large format volume of 256 pages. Fred Zinnemann has written a unique eyewitness account, recalling 50 years of film-making and more than 20 major films. Here, in the director's own voice, is the story of the making of such films as High Noon, From Here to Eternity, Oklahoma!, A Man for All Seasons, The Day of the Jackal, Julia and The Nun's Story. Zinnemann tells it all with generosity and a wry sense of humour; he is aided by more than 400 superb photographs which, in a novel way, form a visual narrative of his life and work. He cast Deborah Kerr 'against type' with Burt Lancaster in From Here to Eternity which caused a stir, however the film received 8 Oscars. He was responsible for the screen debuts of Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift and Meryl Streep. Other actors and actresses he has worked with read like a Who's Who of the movie business and include Spencer Tracy, Gary Cooper, Orson Welles, Grace Kelly, Deborah Kerr, Audrey Hepburn, Vanessa Redgrave, Frank Sinatra and Sean Connery. PLEASE NOTE: A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.24 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 22. Fine/Fine.

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N° du livre: 009417

Catalogue: Theatre / Acting / Cinema / Plays

Mots-clés: American Film Directors, Autobiography 07475113114