Performing Arts category: 25753 books
Montgomery Clift: A Biography
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012
Bosworth’s unforgettable portrait of one of Hollywood’s most magnetic, timeless, and tragic stars—Montgomery Clift
From the moment he leapt to stardom with the films Red River and A Place in the Sun, Montgomery Clift was acclaimed by critics and loved by fans. Elegant, moody, and strikingly...
I Am Spartacus!
Making a Film, Breaking the Blacklist
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
A “lively” memoir by the Hollywood legend about the making of Spartacus, with a foreword by George Clooney (Los Angeles Times).
One of the world’s most iconic movie stars, Kirk Douglas has distinguished himself as a producer, philanthropist, and author of ten works of fiction and memoir....
The Billy Bob Tapes
A Cave Full of Ghosts
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
There is—and could only ever be—one Billy Bob Thornton: actor, musician, Academy Award-winning screenwriter, and accidental Hollywood badass. In The Billy Bob Tapes, he leads us into his Cave Full of Ghosts, spinning colorful tales of his modest (to say the least) Southern upbringing, his bizarre...
by Anna Kendrick
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
The New York Times bestselling collection of humorous autobiographical essays by the Academy Award–nominated actress and star of Up in the Air and Pitch Perfect.
Even before she made a name for herself on the silver screen starring in films like Pitch Perfect, Up in the Air, Twilight, and...
American Rebel
The Life of Clint Eastwood
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
In American Rebel, bestselling author and acclaimed film historian Marc Eliot examines the ever-exciting, often-tumultuous arc of Clint Eastwood's life and career.
As a Hollywood icon, Clint Eastwood--one of film's greatest living legends--represents some of the finest cinematic achievements...
Melissa Explains It All
Tales from My Abnormally Normal Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
Melissa Joan Hart explained it all-from dating to bullies-in her groundbreaking role as Clarissa Darling on Clarissa Explains It All. She cast a spell on millions more viewers as Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. Now, in Melissa Explains It All, Melissa tells the frank and funny behind-the-scenes stories...
Marlene Dietrich
The Life
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
New York Times Bestseller: A “greatly entertaining” biography of the glamorous, mysterious German-born actress, written by her daughter (The New York Times).
With intimate detail, author Maria Riva reveals the rich life of her mother, Marlene Dietrich, the charismatic star of stage and...
by Kelsey Miller
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2018
A Mental Floss Best Book of 2018
A Bustle Book to Know in October
An InStyle 10 Books You Won't Be Able to Put Down This October
**SIX FRIENDS THAT BECAME A FAMILY.
A TELEVISION SHOW THAT BECAME A PHENOMENON.**
Today, Friends is remembered as an icon of ’90s comedy...
I Know Where I'm Going
Katharine Hepburn, A Personal Biography
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2010
• The private Hepburn in her own words: Katharine Hepburn draws on a series of interviews Chandler conducted with the actress during the 1970s and 1980s. Chandler also interviewed director George Cukor; Hepburn co-stars Cary Grant and James Stewart; and Laurence Olivier, Ginger Rogers, and other...
The Partnership
Brecht, Weill, Three Women, and Germany on the Brink
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
Among the most creative and outsized personalities of the Weimar Republic, that sizzling yet decadent epoch between the Great War and the Nazis' rise to power, were the renegade poet Bertolt Brecht and the rebellious avant-garde composer Kurt Weill. These two young geniuses and the three women vital...
Step Right Up!
Memoirs of a Sword Swallower
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2015
Daniel P. Mannix's father and grandfather were distinguished navel officers who expected Daniel to keep up the family tradition. Daniel tried, he really did, but when all those attempting to mold him into a respectable cadet eventually gave up, well, what else can a navel academy...
Footprints on Broadway
My Journey to the Feet of the Stars
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
FOOTPRINTS ON BROADWAY is a personal memoir of "a journey to the feet of the stars." During his thirty-six years with Capezio Dance as Director of Theatrical Sales and Fittings, David Shaffer fit cast members for hundreds of Broadway Shows, National Tours, as well as Regional and Community...
The Making of Markova
Diaghilev's Baby Ballerina to Groundbreaking Icon
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
As improbable as it is inspiring, the story of one of the greatest ballerinas of the twentieth century; her fortitude and reinvention; and her journey from the Ballets Russes, Balanchine, and Matisse to international stardom
In pre–World War I England, a frail Jewish girl—so shy she barely...
by Graham McCann
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2016
The authoritative biography of Britain's most subversive twentieth-century clown from celebrated biographer Graham McCann, author of Dad’s Army and Morecambe & Wise. Please note that this edition is text only and does not include any illustrations. The rambling perambulations, the catchphrases,...