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Fragments: [poèmes, écrits intimes, lettres]
By Bernard Comment, Marilyn Monroe, Stanley Buchthal, Tiphaine Samoyault. 2010
Ce livre permet d’atteindre la réalité du mythe de Marilyn Monroe, de découvrir la sensibilité exacerbée, la véritable créativité, qui…
se cachaient derrière l’image de la blonde pulpeuse à laquelle on voulut à tout prix - les studios d’Hollywood les premiers - la réduire. On découvrira dans ce livre les textes de l’actrice : fragments, notes, poèmes, correspondance, et même recettes de cuisine. Tous ces documents nous révèlent la grâce d’un être fragile, sujet à une perpétuelle introspection et en permanente quête d’amour. Quelques descriptions de nature sexuelle. 2010.Doris Day: the untold story of the girl next door
By David Kaufman. 2008
By telling Doris Day's previously untold story, journalist Kaufman takes readers to the epicentre of American popular culture. While Day…
symbolized virtuous America to the rest of the world - especially in her heyday, the 1950s and early 1960s - both she and that era are still perceived as being far more innocent and carefree than they really were. In fact, Day was a real-life Cinderella who regretted having gone to the ball, and whose series of princes proved far less than charming. 2008.Judy Garland: the secret life of an American legend
By David Shipman. 1992
The author, drawing heavily on remembrances by show business associates and friends, reveals the private life of one of Hollywood's…
most popular and multi-talented performers. Shipman reveals Garland's life to be one filled with tragedy and abuse. He delves into family history, Garland's vaudeville debut as Frances "Baby" Gumm, the MGM years, her tumultuous romances, and the addictions that ultimately ended her career and her life at the age of forty-seven. Strong language. 1992.Cagney
By John McCabe. 2002
Drawing on countless hours of interviews with James Cagney that were not used in Cagney's autobiography, John McCabe has written…
a searching chronicle of a major actor's life and career. 2002.This is the story of four of the greatest thespian boozers who ever walked - or staggered - off a…
film set into a pub. It's a story of drunken binges of near biblical proportions, parties and orgies, broken marriages, drugs, riots and wanton sexual conquests. They got away with it because of their extraordinary acting talent and because the public loved them. They were truly the last of a breed, the last of the movie hellraisers. Includes strong language. 2010.Knee deep in paradise
By Brett Butler. 1996
Comedian known for her starring role in the sitcom "Grace under fire" takes a serious look at her past. Abandoned…
by her father at an early age, Butler later faced her mother's depression, her own alcoholism, and an abusive first husband. Strong language, violence, and some descriptions of sex. 1996.Kirk and Anne: letters of love, laughter, and a lifetime in Hollywood
By Kirk Douglas, Anne Douglas, Marsha Newberger. 2017
Painstakingly maintained by Anne over the course of more than six decades and never before made public, this correspondence includes…
candid details of Kirk and Anne's (often turbulent) courtship and marriage, set against the backdrop of Kirk's screen triumphs in films ranging from Lust For Life to Paths of Glory and Spartacus. Through the letters themselves and Kirk and Anne's words, never-before-told stories emerge about the legendary stars they knew so well: Lauren Bacall, Frank Sinatra, Burt Lancaster, Marlene Dietrich, Gregory Peck, Cole Porter, John Wayne, Tony Curtis, and son Michael Douglas; fascinating first-hand accounts of Hollywood film sets and dinner parties; exotic tales of travel to over forty countries as goodwill ambassadors. There are personal stories of presidents and first ladies, and powerful memories of both joy and sadness. 2017.King of comedy: the life and art of Jerry Lewis
By Shawn Levy. 1996
This is an honest portrait of the controversial comic star, Vegas icon, film director and philanthropist, and the story of…
more than 50 years of show-biz history. It shows Lewis as a man driven to achieve for his own sake, and for the sake of giving to others around the world. 1996.Kate: the woman who was Hepburn
By William J Mann. 2006
Mann's careful research on the longstanding rumours about Hepburn's lesbianism suggests that she lived her life as a man with…
little empathy for women's issues. He also shatters the legend of her romance with Spencer Tracy, establishing a pattern of relationships in which Hepburn played emotional caretaker to a series of alcoholic, closeted homosexuals. He describes Hepburn's rocky relationships with Hollywood studios and with the press, and depicts her final decline into alcoholism and depression. Some strong language. 2006.Keep on dancing: an autobiography
By Sarah Churchill, Paul Medlicott. 1981
Keeping secrets: An Autobiography
By Suzanne Somers. 1988
As the child of an alcoholic parent, the entertainer reveals her lack of self-esteem and inability to face reality that…
plagued her childhood and adult years. She plunged from one crisis to the next until she turned to Al-Anon for help. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. c1988.Kate: the life of Katharine Hepburn
By Charles Higham. 1975
An authorized biography of the elusive actress. The daughter of New England parents, Hepburn crashed the theatre as a headstrong…
girl in 1932 and has been acting ever since. Strong language. 1975.June Allyson
By Frances Spatz Leighton, June Allyson. 1982
The famous Hollywood star tells of her acting career, her seventeen-year bittersweet marriage to actor Dick Powell, the hard times…
after her husband's death, and her current life. Includes candid memoirs of her relationships with Judy Garland, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Stewart and John F. Kennedy. 1982.Judy and I: my life with Judy Garland
By Randy Schmidt, Sid Luft. 2017
The third of Judy Garland's five husbands, Sid Luft was the one man in her life who stuck around. He…
was chiefly responsible for the final act of Judy's comeback after she was unceremoniously booted off the MGM lot. He produced the iconic, Oscar-nominated film A Star Is Born and expertly shaped her concert career. Luft did not complete his memoir, and it was not published during his lifetime. Randy L. Schmidt, acclaimed editor and author, seamlessly pieced together the final section of the book from extensive interviews with Luft. 2017.Julie Andrews: a life on stage and screen (Basic Ser.)
By Robert Windeler. 1997
Julie Andrews has been a star since she was twelve years old. This sympathetic biography chronicles her career on stage…
and in films. It deals with her concern over the issue of typecasting, her years in the professional wilderness, and her successful comeback which confirmed her great talent. 1997.Judy Holliday, only child: Only Child
By William Holtzman. 1982
Biography of the film star who is best remembered for her portrayal of Billie Dawn in "Born Yesterday." Her success…
was balanced by an indictment by the senate committee on unconstitutional activities, and an early death from cancer at age 42. 1982.Judy
By Gerold Frank. 1975
A well documented and sympathetic portrait of Judy Garland, the American singer and movie actress. It captures the ironies and…
complexities of the system that made her a star and destroyed her at the same time. 1975.Burt Lancaster: an American life
By Kate Buford. 2008
This biography offers a portrait of the star of Atlantic City, From Here to Eternity and Elmer Gantry (for which…
he won a Best Actor Oscar). Lancaster emerges as a man of restless energy, relentless curiosity and continual development as an actor: a star every bit as interesting offscreen as on. Includes strong language. 2008.Josephine
By Josephine Baker, Jo Bouillon, Mariana Fitzpatrick. 1977
Cary Grant: a biography
By Marc Eliot. 2006
Cary Grant is Hollywood's most fascinating and timeless star. Born Archibald Leach in Bristol, England, he went on to become…
the movies' favourite romantic lead, remarkably, for over thirty-five years. As this new biography shows, however, Grant's sparkling on-screen image hid a tumultuous private life and a tortured soul: five marriages, numerous affairs and even an eleven-year relationship with Randolph Scott. 2006.