Anita Pallenberg, instantly recognisable as a member of The Rolling Stones rock n roll circus in the Sixties and Seventies, was no docile groupie. Fluent in four languages, she partied with the jet set in Rome, met Warhol, Ginsberg and Ferlinghetti in New York, was at home with London s leading lights of popular culture and went on to star in over ......
The Bewitched Life and Career of Elizabeth Montgomery
Based on author Herbie J Pilato's exclusive interviews with Elizabeth Montgomery prior to her death in 1995, Twitch Upon a Star includes insider material and commentary from several individuals associated with her remarkable life and career before, during, and after Bewitched, including her classic feature films The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell ......
ISBN-13: 9781589797499
(Hardback)
Publisher: GLOBE PEQUOT Imprint: TAYLOR TRADE PUBLISHING
Born Alfred Reginald John Truscott-Jones, Welsh American actor Ray Milland (1907-1986) appeared in more than 135 theatrical releases between 1929 and 1985 and on radio, television, and the stage, while also becoming a film director; Milland's extensive canon across such a period is remarkable, especially considering his lack of formal training, ......
Cole Porter (1891-1964) remains one of America's most popular composer-songwriters, known for the many urbane, witty, romantic songs he wrote for stage musicals and Hollywood films. Porter was unique among his contemporaries for writing both the music and lyrics for his compositions. To this day, several of his numbers-"Night and Day," "I've Got ......
American actress and socialite Diana Barrymore (1921-1960) was a figure often overshadowed by her famous lineage and tragic narrative. In Too Fast, Too Short: The Life of Diana Barrymore, author Jennifer Ann Redmond illuminates Barrymore's complex world, revealing a woman caught between the glittering facade of Hollywood and the dark shadows of ......
If Julia Child stood for anything, it was the pleasure found in sharing good food with good people, working hard and being content (even when things aren't going your way), and living with joy and abandon. In Karen Karbo's new book, Julia Child Rules, she shares the universal themes we can all learn from the master of French cooking and shows us ......
Lauren Bacall (1924-2014), or Betty, as she was known to friends, was one of the last great movie stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Her career spanned seven decades and was one of the longest and most distinguished in the history of show business. Yet it wasn't easy. After becoming a star at nineteen with her first film, To Have and Have Not ......
The first definitive volume in more than fifty years on the extraordinary star of Pickup on South Street, Three Coins in the Fountain, and Niagara
From 1947 to 1955, Jean Peters (1926–2000) appeared in films opposite such Hollywood leading men as Tyrone Power, Marlon Brando, Burt Lancaster, Spencer Tracy, ......
