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Fiasco
A longtime industry insider and acclaimed Hollywood historian goes behind the scenes to tell the stories of 15 of the most spectacular movie megaflops of the past 50 years, such as Cleopatra, The Cotton Club, and Waterworld. He recounts, in every gory detail, how enormous hubris, unbridled ambition, artistic hauteur, and bad business sense on the parts of Tinsel Town wheeler-dealers and superstars such as Elizabeth Taylor, Clint Eastwood, and Francis Ford Coppola, conspired to engender some of the worst films ever.
The Paramount Pretties
From the Peter Neil Issacs collection.
It's Good to Be the King
Discusses the personal life and professional career of comedy writer/actor/filmmaker Mel Brooks.
Whoopi Goldberg
Part of the Encore Film Book Classics series, this is a reprint of the original text to Whoopi Goldberg: Her Journey From Poverty to Megastardom by James Robert Parish. This insightful biography of Whoopi Goldberg traces the remarkable life and times of the internationally famous African-American actress, comedian, television personality, and author. This detailed volume goes behind the scenes to document Goldberg's humble beginnings in New York City to her later show business success. This success includes her winning of multiple industry awards, including an Oscar nomination for her touching performance in The Color Purple (1985) and an Academy Award for her vibrant role in Ghost (1990). I...
The Elvis Presley Scrapbook
Biographical illustrated scrap book of Elvis Presley.
Jet Li
Part of the Encore Film Book Classics series, this is a reprint of the original text to Jet Li: A Biography by James Robert Parish. Jet Li: A Biography is noteworthy as the first English-language biography of the martial arts superstar. Known as the "Gene Kelly of the action film," Jet Li was part of the wave of new Asian stars taking Hollywood by storm in the 1990s and early 2000s. Along with Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Jackie Chan, and Maggie Cheung, Jet Li kicked and punched his way out of the cult film underground and into global mainstream movie superstardom. This expansive narrative traces the star's engrossing journey from his humble birth in Beijing, his later life and career in Hon...
Prison Pictures from Hollywood
Pile out, you tramps. It's the end of the line, begins Caged, a remarkable on-screen study of women behind bars released by Warner Bros. in 1950.The well-defined conventions of this picture and almost 300 others in the prison film genre are examined. Four subgenres emerge: sociological studies (e.g., I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, 1932), raucous comedies (Stir Crazy, 1980), black action pictures (Riot, 1968) and exploitation entries (Chained Heat, 1983).Comprehensive cast/character and technical listings and an essay blending synopsis, contemporary review quotes, production details with costs and analysis are given for each feature. Fully indexed.
Hollywood's Great Love Teams
Part of the Encore Film Book Classics series, this is a reprint of the original text of Hollywood's Great Love Teams by James Robert Parish. Back when Hollywood stars cast their light across the land every night-and even on Saturday afternoon-the great love teams shone brightest of all. Great romance duos won the fans right from the start of the American film industry as Francis X. Bushman & Beverly Bayne, Harold Lockwood & May Allison pitched passionate if mute woo on the silver screen. These were the ancestors, but the best was yet to come. This volume focuses on 28 of the most popular teams ever to pair on the Hollywood screen. Ronald Colman & Vilma Banky . . . Greta Garbo & John Gilbert ...
The Fox Girls
Biographical sketches and the films of famous actresses who worked for Twentieth Century Fox.
Hollywood Bad Boys
From Rudolph Valentino to Kelsey Grammer, bestselling showbiz author Parish provides a roadmap to the stormy and sometimes wacky lives of Hollywood's most notorious leading men. 50 photos.
