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There and Back Again: An Actor's Tale - A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Lord of the Rings
Sean Astin, Joe Layden, Joe Layden · back to the book
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Rob Lowe · 344 pages
A teen idol at fifteen, an international icon and founder of the Brat Pack at twenty, and one of Hollywood's top stars to this day, Rob Lowe chronicles his experiences as a painfully misunderstood child actor in Ohio uprooted to the wild counterculture of mid-seventies Malibu, where he embarked on his unrelenting pursuit of a career in Hollywood.
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Robert Evans · 480 pages
An autobiographical account of the life and times of Robert Evans, Hollywood producer who worked on Love Story, Rosemary's Baby, The Godfather, Marathon Man, Chinatown The Cottonwood Club and many other films.
If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor
Bruce Campbell · 324 pages
I Want It Now! a Memoir of Life on the Set of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Julie Dawn Cole · 250 pages
An Unsuitable Boy
Karan Johar, Poonam Saxena · 352 pages
xiii, 216 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cm
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride
Cary Elwes, Joe Layden · 272 pages
From actor Cary Elwes, who played the iconic role of Westley in *The Princess Bride*, comes a first-person account and behind-the-scenes look at the making of the cult classic film filled with never-before-told stories, exclusive photographs, and interviews with costars Robin Wright, Wallace Shawn, Billy Crystal, Christopher Guest, and Mandy Patinkin, as well as author and screenwriter William Gol
With Nails: The Film Diaries Of Richard E. Grant
Richard E. Grant · 320 pages
Halfway To Hollywood: Diaries 1980 to 1988
Michael Palin · 666 pages
This second volume of Michael Palin's diaries covers the 1980s, a decade in which the ties that bound the Pythons loosened as they forged their separate careers. After a live performance at the Hollywood Bowl, they made their last performance together in 1983 in the hugely successful 'Monty Python's Meaning of Life'.
Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman
Alan Rickman · 469 pages
My Happy Days in Hollywood: A Memoir
Garry Marshall · 276 pages
A lighthearted account by the producer and director of such productions as "Laverne & Shirley" and "Pretty Woman" traces his Bronx childhood, role in shaping A-list celebrity careers, and personal philosophies about life and entertainment.
Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography
Neil Patrick Harris, David Javerbaum · 294 pages
The Emmy Award-winning star of How I Met Your Mother shares his experiences as a child star, Broadway performer and father in an over-the-top, humorous account creatively designed in the style of the popular interactive adventure series.
Hollywood Monster: A Walk Down Elm Street with the Man of Your Dreams
Robert Englund, Alan Goldsher
Wishful Drinking
Carrie Fisher · 163 pages
Fisher comes clean (well, sort of) with the crazy truth that is her life, in her first-ever memoir.
I Blame Dennis Hopper: And Other Stories from a Life Lived In and Out of the Movies
Illeana Douglas
"In 1969, Illeana Douglas' parents saw the film Easy Rider. Like many folks of that generation, the groundbreaking film transformed them. Taking Dennis Hopper's words, "That's what it's all about man", to heart, they abandoned what Illeana had hoped would be her comfortable upper middle class life for a childhood filled with hippies, goats, free spirits, and free love. Illeana writes, "Since it wa
Myrna Loy: Being and Becoming
James Kotsilibas-Davis, Myrna Loy
The Million Dollar Mermaid
Esther Williams, Digby Diehl · 416 pages
The Elephant to Hollywood
Michael Caine · 406 pages
Caine shares the spectacular story of his life, from his humble upbringing in London's poverty-stricken Elephant and Castle to his military service and lively adventures to legendary meetings with fellow stars and his glittering five-decade career.
Poirot and Me
David Suchet, Geoffrey Wansell
Swanson on Swanson
Gloria Swanson · 535 pages
Once the most famous woman in the world, she still found time to be a loving mother. Worshipped by the world's most dynamic men on screen, and off, and adored by no less than six husbands, directed by such powerhouses as Chaplin, DeMille, Stroheim, Billy Wilder, she surrendered her will to no man. Offered a million-plus tax free dollars by Paramount, she defied the studio to become her own boss. S
'Tis Herself
Maureen O'Hara · 313 pages
In a candid, behind-the-scenes memoir, the legendary Hollywood beauty and beloved star of such classics as "The Quiet Man" and "Miracle On 34th Street" looks back on her varied life and career.
I Am Spock
Leonard Nimoy · 342 pages
Leonard Nimoy's portrayal of the ever-logical Vulcan, Mr. Spock, is one of the most recognizable, loved, and pervasive characterizations in popular culture. He had been closer to the phenomenon of Star Trek than anyone, having played the pivotal role of Spock in the original series, in six motion pictures, and in a special two-part episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. I AM SPOCK gives us Nim
Pieces of My Heart: A Life
Robert J. Wagner, Scott Eyman · 393 pages
In this moving memoir, Robert J. Wagner opens his heart to share the romances, the drama, and the humor of an incredible lifeHe grew up in Bel Air next door to a golf course that changed his life. As a young boy, he saw a foursome playing one morning featuring none other than Fred Astaire, Clark Gable, Randolph Scott, and Cary Grant. Seeing these giants of the silver screen awed him and fueled his