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Bette Davis Bette Davis David Thomson "She could look demure while behaving like an empress. Blonde, with eyes like pearls too big for her head, she was very striking, but marginally pretty and certainly not beautiful... But it was her e… OL14914234W
Danny Glover Danny Glover Gloria Blakely Chronicles the life and career of African-American actor Danny Glover up to 2000, describing his rural Georgia childhood, his success in "The Color Purple" and the "Lethal Weapon" movies, and his wor… OL16046471W
Johnny Depp Johnny Depp Danny White Danny White reveals the inside story behind this enigmatic star, tracing his remarkable journey from schoolboy rebel to hell-raising rock star, through his years as teen idol and then award-winning m… OL16218061W
Barbra Barbra Allegra Rossi "She has performed for adoring audiences in nightclubs, on TV, on Broadway, and in movies. Won Oscar, Emmy, Tony, and Grammy awards. And sold 140 million albums worldwide. She is Barbra Streisand -- … OL16624640W
The man who saw a ghost The man who saw a ghost Devin McKinney "Henry Fonda's performances--in The Grapes of Wrath, Young Mr. Lincoln, The Lady Eve, 12 Angry Men, On Golden Pond--helped define "American" in the twentieth century. He worked with movie masters fro… OL16715105W
Furious love Furious love Sam Kashner Draws on access to Elizabeth Taylor herself, the family of Richard Burton, and Taylor's personal correspondence to chronicle the twenty-five-year relationship between the two stars, a tumultuous unio… OL17812823W
Hello, gorgeous Hello, gorgeous William J. Mann In 1960, Barbra Streisand was just a seventeen-year-old Jewish girl with plenty of talent and even more ambition. Four years later, she had taken over Broadway as the star of Funny Girl, and had thre… OL17921203W
Marilyn, a biography Marilyn, a biography Norman Mailer Profiles the Hollywood star's tragic life and explores her complexity as a woman and actress. OL1822221W
You must remember this You must remember this Robert Wagner The legendary actor and best-selling author of Pieces of My Heart offers a nostalgic look at Hollywood's golden age, touring favorite hotspots and exploring period business practices before the adven… OL19707502W
Jack Nicholson Jack Nicholson Thompson, Peter In this explosive biography, writer and investigative journalist Peter Thompson catches Nicholson in his unguarded, off-screen moments to examine the contradictions of his personality: secretive yet … OL1994942W
American titan American titan Marc Eliot From the New York Times best-selling biographer of Jimmy Stewart and Clint Eastwood comes a major, in-depth look at one of the most enduring American film icons of all time. OL19987074W
Kirk and Anne Kirk and Anne Kirk Douglas,Anne Douglas,Marsha Newberger "Film legend Kirk Douglas and his wife Anne look back on a lifetime filled with love and drama both on and off the screen. Sharing priceless correspondence with each other as well as the celebrities … OL20059945W
Frank & Ava Frank & Ava John Brady pages OL20672473W
How to be a movie star How to be a movie star William J. Mann From her days as a youthful minx at Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) to her post-studio reign as America's lustiest middle-aged movie queen. A up- close look at a girl who grew up with fame, who learned ear… OL24270415W
Buster Crabbe Buster Crabbe Jerry Vermilye "Crabbe was the only actor to play the roles of Tarzan, Flash Gordon, and Buck Rogers. Crabbes career included more than 100 B-movies and program Westerns, a TV series, and a physical fitness enterpr… OL2658378W
A passion for life A passion for life Donald Spoto "Born in England to socially ambitious parents, Elizabeth Taylor was catapulted into child stardom and molded by MGM into the great violet-eyed beauty of postwar America. Along the way, she also beca… OL59067W
Ruth Harriet Louise and Hollywood glamour photography Ruth Harriet Louise and Hollywood glamour photography Robert Dance "When Ruth Harriet Louise joined Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the studio with "more stars than there are in heaven," she was twenty-two years old and the only woman working as a portrait photographer for the… OL6209200W
Lucky Man Lucky Man Michael J. Fox This memoir discusses Michael J. Fox’s life--growing up in Canada and then becoming a national television star in the U.S. at the age of 19. Fox reveals the excess and temptations he fell into as a y… OL7917945W
Tabloid Prodigy Tabloid Prodigy Marlise Elizabeth Kast A former newspaper writer details her two-year tenure as a tabloid reporter for Globe Communications, during which she used various disguises and dubious tactics to obtain details about the lives of … OL8502792W