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The autobiography of actor/producer Wilcoxon's (1905-1984) career during his almost 30-year association with Cecil B. DeMille. Beginning in 1933 and culminating with DeMille's death in 1959, Wilcoxon, together with collaborator Orrison, works from diaries, letters, business journals, scrapbooks, tap
Lose yourself in the Golden Age of Hollywood-and discover the story of the man who helped create it. Hollywood in the 1920s: the motion picture industry is booming, and Irving Thalberg knows it takes more than guts and gumption to create screen magic that will live forever. He's climbed all the way to head of production at newly merged Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and is determined to transform Leo the Lion into an icon of the most successful studio in town. The harder he works, the higher he soars. But at what cost? The more he achieves, the closer he risks flying into oblivion. A frail and faulty heart shudders inside this chest that blazes with ambition. Thalberg knows that his charmed life at the top of the Hollywood heap is a dangerous tightrope walk: each day-each breath, even-could be his last. Shooting for success means risking his health, friendships, everything. Yet, against all odds, the man no one thought would survive into adulthood almost single-handedly ushers in a new era of filmmaking. This is Hollywood at its most daring and opulent-the Sunset Strip, premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, stars like Clark Gable, Greta Garbo, Jean Harlow, Joan Crawford-and Irving is at the center of it all. From the author of the Hollywood's Garden of Allah novels comes a mesmerizing true-life story of the man behind Golden Age mythmaking: Irving Thalberg, the prince of Tinseltown. Martin Turnbull's Hollywood's Garden of Allah novels have been optioned for the screen by film & television producer, Tabrez Noorani.
In 1952 at the age of five years old, Lion Leatherton is told that his mother has passed away. A few days after the funeral, Lion discovers that his brother Sid was killed in a car accident under suspicious circumstances, leaving him to live alone with Henry, his abusive father. On the day Lion returns home from overseas, he is stunned to learn that Sid is alive. Sid tells him that their uncle Billy Ray was responsible for his accident and how he is proudly using semi-famous reputation for being a pimp and a sheriff to publish his life story. Sid enlightens Lion how Billy Ray threatened their parents for years because they refused to sign over the deed to several blocks of the historical Fort Worth Stockyards, which is worth millions of dollars. With his family secrets behind him, Lion graduates from college. After a few years, Lion discovers that he has a serious illness. With nothing to lose, he moves in with Sid and becomes an actor. Unfortunately, Billy Ray is represented by the same theatrical agent who is trying to sell his screen rights. Unexpectedly, Lion meets Annie , the love of his life. To his surprise, he begins to make a name for himself as an actor and becomes friends with a few powerful Hollywood insiders. After constantly being harassed by Billy Ray, Lion is forced to physically express his anger. Billy Ray promises revenge. During the next few years, Billy Ray makes an appearance on the set each time Lion works on a project. Lion becomes tired of being preoccupied with Annie's safety and breaks off their engagement. Realizing he is mentally exhausted, he makes a vow never to audition again after a life-changing meeting in Los Angeles, and he accepts an entry-level position at a television network affiliate.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “The great Crusader king Richard the Lionheart comes alive in all his complex splendor in this masterpiece of medieval tapestry.”—Margaret George A.D. 1189. After the death of his father, Henry II, and the early demise of two of his brothers, Richard is crowned King of England and immediately sets off for the Holy Land. This is the Third Crusade, marked by internecine warfare among the Christians and extraordinary campaigns against the Saracens. Richard’s surviving brother, the younger John, is left behind—and conspires with the French king to steal his brother’s throne. Only their mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, now freed from decades of captivity, remains to protect Richard’s interests and secure his destiny. In this engrossing saga, Sharon Kay Penman delivers a novel of passion, intrigue, battle, and deceit. Lionheart is a sweeping tale of a heroic figure—feared by his enemies and beloved by those he commanded—who became a legend in his own lifetime. “[Sharon Kay] Penman displays her usual grasp of sweeping historical events as well as an uncanny ability to get inside the hearts and minds of her real-life characters. Her reputation for character-driven, solidly detailed historicals is richly deserved.”—Booklist “The beautifully described settings and the characters’ interactions are simply outstanding.”—The Historical Novels Review “Penman takes historical writing to a whole new level.”—The Sacramento Bee “[A] gritty, unsentimental, and richly detailed epic.”—Publishers Weekly Don’t miss the exclusive conversation between Sharon Kay Penman and Margaret George at the back of the book.
This unique collection of interviews covers the broad spectrum of film directing experience--from first timers to award-winning veterans. Allowed to respond with anonymity, the directors provide candid answers to a wide variety of topics that convey the challenges and rewards of the filmmaking process.
A behind-the-camera portrait of the late George Stevens' 1965 "Holyland," which he built in Utah's Monument Valley in order to film The Greatest Story Ever Told.Darby reveals startling details of the final surgery that scarred the film, along with the critiques that deeply wounded Stevens.
Edward Bernds came to Hollywood in 1928 to help United Artists make the transition to sound. He worked with some of the most notable directors in Hollywood including Frank Capra, Leo McCarey, and Howard Hawks. Though Bernds loved sound work, he had higher aspirations, and hoped to become a writer and director. His first breakthrough came during the mid-1940s on Columbia shorts starring the Three Stooges. Bernds worked with Moe, Larry, Curly, Shemp, and company for over twenty years as the Stooges' favorite director. A second breakthrough came when he wrote and directed feature length films, among them the science fiction classics: World Without End, Return of the Fly, Spacemaster X7, and Zsa-zsa Gabor's Queen of Outer Space. Edward Bernds witnessed all of the profound changes that Hollywood underwent from the advent of sound to the start of the Easy Rider era. Fortunately for students and fans of film, he tells his story in this fascinating and vivid account of his life in Hollywood.