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2141) My lucky star: a novel
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
361 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Publisher
Cohen Media Group
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (6 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 15 cm)
Language
Français
Description
Paris, 1967. Jean-Luc Godard, is shifting from revolutionizing cinema to becoming a revolutionary tout court. His female star is Anne Wiazemsky, writer Francois Mauriac's granddaughter, sixteen years his junior. Anne and Jean-Luc have been dating since 1966 and they marry this very year. She admires Jean-Luc's originality, intelligence, wit and boldness while he loves Anne's freshness and - admiration of him. But May 1968 puts their marriage to the...
2145) The glamorous dead
Author
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
303 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
1940s. When a human thumb is discovered near a Hollywood nightclub, the police identify its owner: it belongs to Rosemary-- and so does the body buried beneath it. Rosemary stood out on the Paramount lot: she was the one destined for a movie marquee. When an LAPD detective thinks Penny Harp is the murderer, she's determined to prove her innocence-- with a little help from Barbara Stanwyck. But Penny isn't telling her partner a secret that could...
2146) Fame
Language
English
Description
Passions will be tested and young hearts will be broken. Ultimately, talent, dedication and hard work will triumph. Centers around a group of dancers, singers, musicians and actors at the New York City High School of Performing Arts, and their spirited drive to live out their dreams of stardom. In an incredibly competitive atmosphere, each student must shine amidst the tumult of school work, deep friendships, budding romance and self-discovery.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
xi, 225 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Explores the writing and staging of Verdi's three triumphant Shakespearian operas: Macbeth, Othello, and Falstaff. An Italian composer who couldn't read a word of English but adored Shakespeare, Verdi devoted himself to operatic productions that authentically incorporated the playwright's texts. Wills focuses on the intense working relationships both Shakespeare and Verdi had with the performers and producers of their works.
2148) The chaperone
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Society matron Norma Carlisle volunteers to accompany future Jazz Age star and free spirit Louise Brooks for a summer in New York. But why does she want to go? It's a story full of surprises, about who these women really are, and who they eventually become.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Winston Greene, a has-been film star, wakes one morning to find his six-year-old granddaughter at his bedside--traumatized, unattended, and gripping onto a thumb drive. She comes bearing video proof that her mother, Win's troubled adult daughter, has been kidnapped by a murderous gang demanding all his 'movie money' for her safe return. But what they don't know is... his movie money is long gone. Unable to go to the police for fear the kidnappers...
Author
Publisher
Crown Archetype
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvii, 331 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Wild and Crazy Guys opens in 1978 with Chevy Chase and Bill Murray taking bad-tempered swings at each other backstage at Saturday Night Live, and closes 21 years later with the two doing a skit in the same venue, poking fun at each other, their illustrious careers, triumphs and prat falls. In between, Nick de Semlyen takes us on a trip through the tumultuous '80s, delving behind the scenes of movies such as National Lampoon's Vacation, Beverly Hills...
Publisher
Breaking Glass Pictures
Pub. Date
2014, ©2010.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (78 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In this feature documentary, anti-gay religious groups meet the gay Jesus play. The film follows the troupe, playwright, and audiences across the U.S. and around the world on a five-year journey of Terrence McNally's passion play, where voices of protest and support collide on one of the central issues facing the LGBT community, religion-based bias related to issues of civil rights, marriage equality, and separation of church and state.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Tells the true story of how Nichelle Nichols used her platform as Lieutenant Uhura on Star trek to inspire and recruit a new generation of diverse astronauts and many others in the space and STEM fields.
2153) The innocent spy
Author
Series
DI Ted Stratton novels volume 1
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
449 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Film legend recalls his remarkable life of nearly eight decades-a heralded actor who's played the roles he wanted, unchecked by the racism and typecasting so rife in the mostly all-white industry in which he triumphed. Billy Dee Williams was born in Harlem in 1937 and grew up in a household of love and sophistication. As a young boy, he made his stage debut working with Lotte Lenya in an Ira Gershwin/Kurt Weill production where Williams ended up...
Author
Publisher
GoodKnight Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xi, 371 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Presenting the first in-depth look at the life of America?s boy next door, Jimmy Stewart, this book spans from when he joined the United States Army Air Corps to his return to Hollywood as a changed man who embarked on the production of America?s most beloved holiday classic.
2158) Third girl from the left
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
272 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
xvi, 218 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
For more than thirty years, William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody entertained audiences across the United States and Europe with his Wild West show. Scores of books have been written about Cody's fabled career as a showman, but his involvement in the film industry -- following the dissolution of his traveling show -- is less well known. In this book, Sandra K. Sagala chronicles the fascinating story of Cody's venture into filmmaking during the early cinema...
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