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681) Nina Wu
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An aspiring actress gets a big break to play a lead character in a spy thriller set in the 1960s, but the required nudity, explicit sex scenes, and belittlements from the director take a psychological toll and she begins to suffer paranoid fantasies about a mysterious woman.
682) The great Antonio
Author
Series
Publisher
A TOON Book
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
Tells the true story of Antonio Barichievich, the larger-than-life Montréal strongman.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (360 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
On April 24, 1924 the movies changed forever. The studio opened and soon assembled the most stars. MGM reigns as Hollywood's class act and legendary entertainment empire. Full of memorable film clips, rare interviews, behind-the-scenes footage and insider information, this is a mother lode for film fans. Profiles perfectionist moguls, glamorous and charismatic actors, innovative filmmakers and landmark movies. Experience the dramatic and romantic...
684) Wishful drinking
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 76 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
As she demonstrates in this uproarious and often poignant performance, Carrie Fisher is not just an accomplished actress, screenwriter and best selling author. She's the offspring of showbiz royalty, daughter of celebrated actress Debbie Reynolds and crooner Eddie Fisher, whose very public affair with Elizabeth Taylor ended a storybook marriage. Revealed is the not-so-glittering side of being a celebrity, combining wry wit and raw facts to humanize...
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
322 pages ; 21 cm
Description
"From the beloved author of Just My Type and Lease on Love comes a new romantic comedy in which a former actress-turned-screenwriter finds herself back in the spotlight, only for her romantic lead to be the one man she can't stand"--
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A tribute to the icons of early television and an entertaining retrospective on the golden age of television comedy. Includes footage from shows such as "The Milton Berle show", "The Ed Sullivan show", "The Jack Benny show", "The Red Skelton show", "I love Lucy", and "The Honeymooners." Six years in the making, the program features exclusive in-depth interviews with an unprecedented collection of TV's early stars.
687) Lulu in Hollywood
Author
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
xlvi, 115 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 23 cm.
Description
Eight autobiographical essays by Brooks, on topics ranging from her childhood in Kansas and her early days as a Denishawn and Ziegfeld Follies dancer to her friendships with Martha Graham, Charles Chaplin, W. C. Fields, Humphrey Bogart, William Paley, G. W. Pabst, and others are collected here. New to this edition is the revelatory "Why I Will Never Write My Memoirs" by Brooks and "The Girl in the Black Helmet" by Kenneth Tynan, which brought about...
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
292 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"It seems lately that Poppy Lively is invisible to everyone but the IRS. After her accountant absconded with her life savings, newly bankrupt Poppy is on the verge of losing her home when an old flame, now a hotshot producer, gives her a surprising way out: a job in costumes on a Hollywood film set. It's a bold move to pack her bags, keep secrets from her daughter, and head to Los Angeles, but Poppy's a capable person-how hard can a job in wardrobe...
Author
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
261 pages ; 25 cm
Description
"Discovering that his troubled adult daughter has been kidnapped, a washed-up movie star with no money to pay the ransom turns to his closest friends, a legendary Hollywood stunt man and a disgraced former LAPD detective, to get her back"--
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
pages cm
Description
"Discover the work of the greatest writer in the English language as you've never encountered it before by pre-ordering internationally renowned actor Dame Judi Dench's SHAKESPEARE: The Man Who Pays The Rent - a witty, insightful journey through the playsand tales of our beloved Shakespeare. Taking a curtain call with a live snake in her wig... Cavorting naked through the Warwickshire countryside painted green... Acting opposite a child with a pumpkin...
Author
Publisher
Redhook
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
471 pages ; 25 cm
Description
"1968: Actress Gemma Turner once dreamed of stardom. Unfortunately, she's on the cusp of slipping into obscurity. When she's offered the lead in a radical new horror film, Gemma believes her luck has finally changed. But L'Etrange Lune's set is not what she expected. The director is eccentric, and the script doesn't make sense. Gemma is determined to make this work. It's her last chance to achieve her dream-but that dream is about to derail her life....
696) Candy
Publisher
Thinkfilm
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Dan is a poet who falls in love with two kinds of Candy: a woman of the same name and heroin. As Dan goes from a smart-aleck to someone trying to find a vein to inject, Candy changes from an actress to a streetwalker and then a madwoman. Starting in Sydney, the two eventually end up in Melbourne to try and go clean, but they fail. This leads them to turn to finding money and heroin, while other posessions and attachments become unimportant.
697) Frances
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
p2011.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (173 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This biopic explores the true story of Frances Farmer, a mold-breaking actress from Seattle who moved to Hollywood, Calif., and gained notoriety for her unconventional attitude. After being lured to New York under false pretenses, dealing with her overbearing mother and an addiction to alcohol lead to a mental collapse. Institutionalized, Farmer is abused by patients and staff alike. Following her release, Farmer hosts a local Indianapolis TV show...
698) Shakespeare's scribe
Author
Series
Shakespeare stealer volume 2
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
vi, 265 pages ; 20 cm
Description
In plague-ridden 1602 England, a fifteen-year-old orphan boy, who has become an apprentice actor, goes on the road with Shakespeare's troupe, and finds out more about his parents along the way.
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
xvii, 458 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"Set against the glittering backdrop of Los Angeles during the gin-soaked Jazz Age and the rise of Hollywood, this debut book celebrates Anna May Wong, the first Asian American movie star, to bring an unsung heroine to light and reclaim her place in cinema history"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Forge Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
206 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
"A killer is reenacting the deaths of Hollywood's blond bombshells, and Valentino must stop him before it's too late in Loren D. Estleman's Brazen. UCLA film archivist and sometime film detective Valentino doesn't take friend and former actress Beata Limerick very seriously when she tells him that she quit acting because of the curse on blond actresses. Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, Thelma Todd, Sharon Tate... they all had more fun, but none of...
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