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Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 383 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Today, women are ascendant in stand-up comedy, even preeminent. They make headlines, fill arenas, spawn blockbuster movies. But just a few decades ago, the very idea of a female comedian seemed, to most of America, like a punch line. And it took a special sort of woman?indeed, a parade of them?to break and remake the mold. In on the Joke is the story of a group of unforgettable women who knocked down the doors of stand-up comedy so other women could...
Author
Language
English
Description
An apartment house-turned-hotel, Chateau Marmont is perched above the Sunset Strip like a fairytale castle. The Chateau has welcomed the most iconic and iconoclastic personalities in film, music, and media. And much of what's happened inside the Chateau's walls has eluded the public eye -- until now. Levy recounts the wild revelries and scandalous liaisons, the creative breakthroughs and marital breakdowns, the births and deaths that the Chateau has...
3) Dolce vita confidential: Fellini, Loren, Pucci, paparazzi, and the swinging high life of 1950s Rome
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxii, 447 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A romp through the worlds of fashion, film, and titillating journalism that made 1950s Rome the sexiest capital on the planet. In the 1950s, Rome rose from the ashes of World War II to become a movable feast for film, fashion, creative energy, tabloid media, and bold-faced libertinism that made 'Italian' a global synonym for taste, style, and flair. Old money, new stars, fast cars, wanton libidos, and brazen news photographers created a way of life...
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