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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In 1934, a friend brought fledgling actress Vivien Leigh to see Theatre Royal, where she would first lay eyes on Laurence Olivier in his brilliant performance as Anthony Cavendish. That night, she confided, he was the man she was going to marry. There was just one problem: she was already married-and so was he. TRULY, MADLY is the biography of a marriage, a love affair that still captivates millions, even decades after both actors' deaths. Vivien...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"From the magical moments on set as Draco Malfoy to the challenges of growing up in the spotlight, get a backstage pass into Tom Felton’s life on and off the big screen. Tom Felton’s adolescence was anything but ordinary. His early rise to fame in beloved films like The Borrowers catapulted him into the limelight, but nothing could prepare him for what was to come after he landed the iconic role of the Draco Malfoy, the bleached blonde villain...
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor had one of the most fascinating, glamorous and tempestuous relationships of the 20th century - the two most famous movie stars of their day who played out every high and low of their love affairs, multiple marriages and divorces right in the public eye. The movie follows their private and public relationship played out against their ill-fated appearance in a 1983 revival of Noel Coward's stage play. Tempestuous,...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Capturing both his distinctive voice and his very soul, the actor shares his troubled, working-class upbringing in Scotland to the enormous effort that has gone into the making of the legend across theater, film, and television we know today.
Author
Publisher
Century
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
British actor and singer Michael Crawford tells the story his idyllic childhood in wartime England, his early struggles to make a name for himself in show business, his wife and children, and other aspects of his personal and professional life.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
In a follow-up to his 1995-1996 memoir, My Name Escapes Me, the acclaimed late British star of stage and film again shares his observations of modern life from the English countryside perspective, re-reading Dickens, experimenting with Chinese cooking, and reveling in Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of Romeo and Juliet.
17) Filmworker
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
This documentary chronicles the relationship between filmmaker Stanley Kubrick and his right-hand man, Leon Vitali. Vitali starred in Kubrick's 1976 movie "BARRY LYNDON" but abandoned his acting career to collaborate with the director on films such as "THE SHINING," "FULL METAL JACKET" and "EYES WIDE SHUT." Featuring Vitali's personal photos and videos, as well as interviews with Kubrick's other industry co-workers, including Ryan O'Neal, Stellan...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Albert Finney was a Salford-born, homework-hating bookie's son who broke the social barriers of British film. He did his share of roistering, and yet outlived his contemporaries and dodged typecasting to become a five-time Oscar nominee and one of our most durable international stars. Bon vivant, perennial rebel, self-effacing character actor, charismatic charmer, mentor to a generation of working-class artists, a byword for professionalism, lover...
19) More fool me
Author
Publisher
The Overlook Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"By his early thirties, Stephen Fry--writer, comedian, star of stage and screen--had, as they say, "made it." Much loved on British television, author of a critically acclaimed and bestselling first novel, with a glamorous and glittering cast of friends, he had more work than was perhaps good for him. As the '80s drew to a close, he began to burn the candle at both ends. Writing and recording by day, and haunting a never ending series of celebrity...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"From her first theatrical roles as a teenager in York to her scene-stealing performances as 'M' in the James Bond films, Dame Judi Dench's professional life has consisted of non-stop acting, leading to numerous accolades, including an Academy Award for her performance as Queen Elizabeth I in Shakespeare in Love. Behind the Scenes is a candid blend of reminiscences and photos, many of them never-before-seen from her personal collection. It's a uniquely...
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