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Le flambeur
By Darry Cowl. 1986
Tout le monde connaît Darry Cowl et son humour. Ce que l'on ne sait pas, c'est ce que cache ce…
masque comique: un homme dévoré par le démon du jeu, le jeu qui a été pour lui, des années durant, une drogue aussi dure que l'héroïne. 1986.Gabin-Dietrich: un couple dans la tourmente
By Patrick Glâtre. 2016
Certaines histoires dépassent de loin la fiction et semblent plus grandes que la vie même. Il en va ainsi de…
celle que vécurent Jean Gabin et Marlene Dietrich, ce couple mythique du septième art : elle, l'Ange bleu, avait quitté l'Allemagne aux premières heures du Reich ; lui, Gueule d'amour, s'est exilé pour échapper à la France de la collaboration. À leur rencontre en 1941, ils connaissent tour à tour les fastes et les rivalités d Hollywood, la grande mobilisation américaine puis l'ère du soupçon, instruite méthodiquement par le FBI. Mais c'est en dehors des plateaux de cinéma qu'ils joueront le rôle de leur vie. Quand Moncorgé rejoint les Forces françaises libres, Lily Marlene part sur le front encourager les GI : tous deux livreront ainsi le combat contre I'ennemi nazi, pour défendre la liberté. 2016.Last girl before freeway: the life, loves, losses, and liberation of Joan Rivers
By Leslie Bennetts. 2016
Joan Rivers was more than a legendary comedian; she was an icon and a role model to millions, a fearless…
pioneer who left a legacy of expanded opportunity when she died in 2014. Her life was a dramatic roller coaster of triumphant highs and devastating lows: the suicide of her husband, her feud with Johnny Carson, her estrangement from her daughter, her many plastic surgeries, her ferocious ambition, and her massive insecurities. But Rivers' career was also hugely significant in American cultural history, breaking down barriers for her gender and pushing the boundaries of truth-telling for women in public life. 2016.Late innings: a baseball companion
By Roger Angell. 1982
Covers the five turbulent seasons of baseball from the spring of 1977 through the autumn of 1981 during the height…
of the game's greatest popularity at the gate. Describes the bitter labour conflicts and the strike that followed, as well as the remarkable performances of such baseball giants as Willie Stargell, Carl Yastrzemski, and Tom Seaver. Sequel to "Five Seasons". Bestseller 1982.Laughing on the outside: the life of John Candy
By Martin Knelman. 1996
Knelman chronicles John Candy's early life in Toronto, his days with Second City and SCTV, his Hollywood career, and his…
venture into sports ownership. While portraying Candy as warm and generous, as well as very gifted, Knelman also discusses the anxieties and insecurities in Candy's character. 1996.Lauren Bacall by myself
By Lauren Bacall. 1978
The first autobiography of Lauren Bacall. The actress candidly recounts her adventures as a Hollywood starlet, her celebrated marriage to…
Humphrey Bogart, and her life and loves after Bogart's death. 1978.Histoire de ma vie
By Charlie Chaplin, Jean Rosenthal. 1964
Lana--the lady, the legend, the truth: The Lady, The Legend, The Truth
By Lana Turner. 1982
Hier, aujourd'hui et demain
By Sophia Loren. 2014
Les mémoires de S. Loren, dans lesquels l'actrice italienne, qui a tourné plus de 80 films, revient sur sa carrière,…
mais également sa vie privée, ses amours, ses amis, ses enfants. 2014.Juliette Drouet: la prisonnière sur parole
By Henri Troyat. 1997
Biographie qui nous fait revivre la vie tourmentée de cette actrice décriée qui a été la maîtresse de Victor Hugo…
pendant cinquante ans, ce qui fut, sans contredit, son meilleur rôle. Celui-ci ne s'était d'ailleurs pas trompé en lui écrivant en 1833 : "Si mon nom vit, votre nom vivra".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.Great moments in Canadian baseball
By Brian Kendall. 1995
Starting with the first recorded Canadian baseball game in 1838, this book provides 27 famous events. Many events were performed…
by Americans in Canadian playing fields, such as Babe Ruth's first professional home run. Grades 3-6. 1995.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.