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Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing
This is the first book-length study of Carmen Miranda in English. It traces her origins as a radio singer, recording artist and film star in Brazil in the 1930s, before exploring in depth her Hollywood screen roles and the construction of her long-l..
26.44£
In her 2008 bestseller, 'Girls Like Us', Sheila Weller gave us a surprisingly intimate portrait of three icons: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon. Now she turns her focus to one of the most loved, brilliant, and iconoclastic women of our t..
31.62£
Brand: Hachette Book Group USA
A definitive new account of the professional and personal life of one of Hollywood's most unforgettable, influential stars. Archie Leach was a poorly educated, working-class boy from a troubled family living in the backstreets of Bristol. Cary Grant..
27.90£
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing
I cook here, create here,make here be as much of life as I canbecause outside of thisI'm not safe,I don't know the way.Chef tells the gripping story of how one woman went from being a haute-cuisine head chef to a convicted inmate running a prison ki..
15.23£
Brand: Edinburgh University Press
As Chinese performers have become more visible on global screens, their professional images - once the preserve of studios and agents - have been increasingly relayed and reworked by film fans. Web technology has made searching, poaching, editing, p..
25.22£
Brand: Omnibus Press
With an introduction by Sir Roger Moore. Cinema Sex Sirens centres around a select number of actresses who capitalised on their natural beauty during this era. They range from cinematic legends to some whose names are barely known by the general pub..
27.10£
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing
What happens when someone tells you that you're the answer to the riddle of life? What happens when a stranger in Starbucks gives you something that will change your world forever? What happens if the world starts to fall asleep, hour by hour?City S..
15.41£
Clint Eastwood (b. 1930) is the only popular American dramatic star to have shaped his own career almost entirely through films of his own producing, frequently under his own direction; no other dramatic star has directed himself so often. He is als..
83.67£
Brand: Edinburgh University Press
Columbo is fifty years old. A global smash in the 1970s, it is now a cult TV favourite. What is the reason for this enduring popularity? In this fascinating exploration of a television classic, David Martin-Jones argues that Columbo reveals how our..
25.23£
Brand: Transworld
The inside of Derren Brown's head is a strange and mysterious place. Now you can climb inside and wander around. Find out just how Derren's mind works, see what motivates him and discover what made him the weird and wonderful person he is today. Obs..
15.50£
Arnon Milchan has led an extraordinary life. The kind of life one would read about in a John Le Carre spy novel or in a movie made by Hollywood colleagues Steven Spielberg or Oliver Stone. This is the story of a secret agent, of nuclear proliferatio..
25.64£
A prolific playwright, Sam Shepard (1943-2017) wrote fifty-six produced plays, for which he won many awards, including a Pulitzer Prize. He was also a compelling, Oscar-nominated film actor, appearing in scores of films. Shepard also published eight..
30.14£
Brand: Texas Tech University Press
Dean Smith has taken falls from galloping horses, engaged in fistfights with Kirk Douglas and George C. Scott, donned red wig and white tights to double Maureen O'Hara, and taught Goldie Hawn how to talk like a Texan.He's dangled from a helicopter o..
35.20£
ISBN: 9781781961254Publisher: Fantom Films LimitedImprint: Fantom Films LimitedPublished date: 01 Sep 2014Language: EnglishWeight: 78gHeight: 137mmWidth: 191mmSpine width: 10mm..
13.40£
Brand: Omnibus Press
A biography of Kenny Everett, based on intricate documentary research as well as interviews with colleagues, friends and enemies. It not only gets under the skin of the man who reinvented television, but also gives a taste of the times. It captures ..
25.78£
Brand: University of Chicago Press
Werner Schroeter was a leading figure of New German Cinema. In more than forty films made between 1967 and 2008, including features, documentaries, and shorts, he ignored conventional narrative, creating instead dense, evocative collages of image an..
35.54£
Brand: Edinburgh University Press
Diana Dors became one of Britain's most successful sex symbols in the 1950s and remained a major celebrity until her death in 1984. This book examines both her acting method and her celebrity. It provides a detailed analysis of Dors' performance in ..
99.92£
Annie Rosar became famous above all for her comic roles alongside Hans Moser and Paul Hörbiger before, during and after the Second World War. This first biography presents a woman who, despite all political and private catastrophes, was able to thri..
98.17£
Doug Stanhope is one of the most critically acclaimed and stridently unrepentant comedians of his generation. What will surprise some is that he owes so much of his dark and sometimes uncomfortably honest sense of humor to his mother, Bonnie. It was..
19.81£
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing
This unique and comprehensive study reviews the practice of leading American directors of Shakespeare from the late 19th to the end of the 20th century. Charles Ney examines rehearsal and production records, as well as evidence from diaries, letters..
32.19£
ISBN: 9781907443619Publisher: Islands Book TrustImprint: The Islands Book TrustPublished date: 31 Oct 2014DEWEY: 791.45028092DEWEY edition: 23Language: EnglishNumber of pages: xii, 155 , 36 unnumbered of platesWeight: 242gHeight: 131mmWidth: 199mmSp..
11.36£
Brand: University of Toronto Press
Miguel de Cervantes's experimentation with theatricality is frequently tied to the notion of revelation and disclosure of hidden truths. Drawing the Curtain showcases the elements of theatricality that characterize Cervantes's prose and analy..
71.96£
Brand: Springer Publishing
This book examines the theatrical movement-based pedagogy of Jacques Lecoq (1921-1999) through the lens of the cognitive scientific paradigm of enaction. The conversation between these two both uncovers more of the possible cognitive processes at wo..
80.20£
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing
This book explores the foundation and work of the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA) and other entertainment organisations such as CEMA and Stars in Battledress. These organisations ensured that troops in all theatres of the Second W..
11.36£