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Author
Publisher
It Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
viii, 552 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A rare glimpse into the life of the troubled filmmaker who directed "Rebel Without a Cause" traces the evolution of this creative genius, from his small-town roots to his success and ultimate alienation and banishment from Hollywood.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 820 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the history of American popular culture, there is no more dramatic story--no swifter or loftier ascent to the pinnacle of success and no more tragic downfall--than that of Orson Welles. In this magisterial biography, Patrick McGilligan brings young Orson into focus as never before. He chronicles Welles's early life growing up in Wisconsin and Illinois as the son of an alcoholic industrialist and a radical suffragist and classical musician, and...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The fourth and last child of Max and Kitty Kaminsky, Mel Brooks was born on his family's kitchen table in Brooklyn, New York, in 1926, and was not quite three-years-old when his father died of tuberculosis. Growing up in a household too poor to own a radio, Mel was short and homely, a mischievous child whose birth role was to make the family laugh. Beyond boyhood, after transforming himself into Mel Brooks, the laughs that came easily inside the...
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