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The Fifty-Year Friendship of Henry Fonda and James Stewart
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New York Times best-selling author Scott Eyman tells the story of the remarkable friendship of two Hollywood legends who, though different in many ways, maintained a close friendship that endured all of life's twists and turns.
Henry Fonda and James Stewart were two of the biggest stars in Hollywood for 40 years. They became friends and then roommates as stage actors in New York, and when they began making films in Hollywood, they roomed together again. Between them they made such memorable films as The Grapes of Wrath, Mister Roberts, Twelve Angry Men, and On Golden Pond; and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Destry Rides Again, The Philadelphia Story, It's a Wonderful Life, Vertigo, and Rear Window.
They got along famously, with a shared interest in elaborate practical jokes and model airplanes, among other things. Fonda was a liberal Democrat, Stewart a conservative Republican, but after one memorable blow-up over politics, they agreed never to discuss that subject again. Fonda was a ladies' man who was married five times; Stewart remained married to the same woman for 45 years. Both men volunteered during World War II and were decorated for their service. When Stewart returned home, still unmarried, he once again moved in with Fonda, his wife, and his two children, Jane and Peter, who knew him as Uncle Jimmy.
For Hank and Jim, biographer and film historian Scott Eyman spoke with Fonda's widow and children as well as three of Stewart's children, plus actors and directors who had worked with the men - in addition to doing extensive archival research to get the full details of their time together. This is not another Hollywood story, but a fascinating portrait of an extraordinary friendship that lasted through war, marriages, children, careers, and everything else.
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One of the top box-office draws of the 1960s and '70s with now-classics such as The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, The Thomas Crown Affair, and Bullit, Steve McQueen is renowned as one of the most exciting actors ever to come out of Hollywood. Now, in Steve McQueen: A Biography, best-selling author Marc Eliot gives unique insight into McQueen's life, from his films to his three marriages, many affairs, and struggles with addictions.
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- De Cill en 10-27-11
De: Marc Eliot
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Everybody Thought We Were Crazy
- Dennis Hopper, Brooke Hayward, and 1960s Los Angeles
- De: Mark Rozzo
- Narrado por: Jason Culp
- Duración: 12 h y 9 m
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Los Angeles in the 1960s: riots in Watts and on the Sunset Strip, wild weekends in Malibu, late nights at The Daisy discotheque, openings at the Ferus Gallery, and the convergence of pop art, rock and roll, and the New Hollywood. At the center of it all, one inspired, improbable, and highly combustible couple—Dennis Hopper and Brooke Hayward—lived out the emblematic love story of ’60s L.A.
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Wonderful!
- De Rob en 06-07-22
De: Mark Rozzo
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Pictures at a Revolution
- Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood
- De: Mark Harris
- Narrado por: Lloyd James
- Duración: 17 h y 19 m
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Here is the epic human drama behind the making of the five movies nominated for Best Picture in 1967 - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, The Graduate, In the Heat of the Night, Doctor Dolittle, and Bonnie and Clyde - and through them, the larger story of the cultural revolution that transformed Hollywood and America forever.
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Would It Be Too Much To Ask?
- De Casey Keller en 12-31-08
De: Mark Harris
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Furious Love
- Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century
- De: Sam Kashner, Nancy Schoenberger
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
- Duración: 17 h y 36 m
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He was a tough-guy Welshman softened by the affections of a breathtakingly beautiful woman; she was a modern-day Cleopatra madly in love with her own Mark Antony. For nearly a quarter of a century, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton were Hollywood royalty, and their fiery romance - often called "the marriage of the century" - was the most notorious, publicized, and celebrated love affair of its day.
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Paul Boehmer needs more practice
- De Brenda Miller en 06-16-10
De: Sam Kashner, y otros
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Something Wonderful
- Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway Revolution
- De: Todd S. Purdum
- Narrado por: Todd S. Purdum
- Duración: 10 h y 53 m
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They stand at the apex of the great age of songwriting, the creators of the classic Broadway musicals Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, and The Sound of Music, whose songs have never lost their popularity or emotional power. Even before they joined forces, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II had written dozens of Broadway shows, but together they pioneered a new art form: the serious musical play.
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Fabulous book about Rodgers & Hammerstein!!!
- De BigWally en 06-27-18
De: Todd S. Purdum
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Without Lying Down
- De: Cari Beauchamp
- Narrado por: Holly Palance
- Duración: 20 h y 3 m
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Cari Beauchamp masterfully combines biography with social and cultural history to examine the lives of Frances Marion and her many female colleagues who shaped filmmaking from the early teens through the 1940s. Frances Marion was Hollywood's highest paid screenwriter - male or female - for almost three decades, wrote almost 200 produced films and remains the only woman to win two Academy Awards for original screenwriting (The Big House and The Champ).
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A Must Read
- De Robert Wallace en 03-19-19
De: Cari Beauchamp
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Can I Go Now?
- The Life of Sue Mengers, Hollywood's First Superagent
- De: Brian Kellow
- Narrado por: Suzanne Toren
- Duración: 13 h y 6 m
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A lively and colorful biography of Hollywood's first superagent - one of the most outrageous showbiz characters of the 1960s and 1970s, whose clients included Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Faye Dunaway, Michael Caine, and Candice Bergen. Before Sue Mengers hit the scene in the mid-1960s, talent agents remained quietly in the background. But staying in the background was not possible for Mengers.
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A little long.
- De Doris en 11-29-15
De: Brian Kellow
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By Myself and Then Some
- De: Lauren Bacall
- Narrado por: Lauren Bacall
- Duración: 6 h y 49 m
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The epitome of grace, independence, and wit, Lauren Bacall continues to astound generations with her audacious spirit and on-screen excellence. Together with Humphrey Bogart, she produced some of the most electric scenes in movie history, and their romance on and off screen made them Hollywood's most celebrated couple.
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Wish it had been unabridged
- De Grace en 04-28-14
De: Lauren Bacall
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This Is Your Captain Speaking
- My Fantastic Voyage through Hollywood, Faith, and Life
- De: Gavin MacLeod
- Narrado por: Gavin MacLeod
- Duración: 8 h y 52 m
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The remarkable life, career, and faith journey of the star of The Love Boat and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. For 16 years, millions of Americans welcomed Gavin MacLeod into their living rooms every Saturday night. This veteran of stage and screen transformed himself from a seasoned character actor into the leading, lovable father-figure of The Love Boat at the height of TV's boom years. For more than 30 years, Gavin MacLeod has served as the global ambassador for Princess Cruises.
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Get to know Gavin as a person, not the actor
- De Don Lance en 11-16-13
De: Gavin MacLeod
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Street Gang
- The Complete History of Sesame Street
- De: Michael Davis
- Narrado por: Caroll Spinney
- Duración: 8 h y 21 m
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When the first episode aired on Nov. 10, 1969, Sesame Street revolutionized the way education was presented to children on television. It has since become the longest-running children's show in history, and today reaches 8 million pre-schoolers on 350 PBS stations and airs in 120 countries. Street Gang is the compelling and often comical story of the creation and history of this media masterpiece and pop culture landmark.
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An important subject, but hardly gripping
- De Scott T. Hards en 09-24-10
De: Michael Davis
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Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted
- And All the Brilliant Minds Who Made the Mary Tyler Moore Show a Classic
- De: Jennifer Armstrong
- Narrado por: Amy Landon
- Duración: 11 h y 21 m
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Mary Tyler Moore made her name as Dick Van Dyke's wife on the eponymous show; she was a cute, unassuming housewife that audiences loved. But when screenwriters James Brooks and Allan Burnes dreamed up an edgy show about a divorced woman with a career, network executives replied: "Americans won't watch television about New York City, divorcées, men with mustaches, or Jews." But Moore and her team were committed, and when the show finally aired, in spite of tepid reviews, fans loved it.
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An Interesting Story That Never Quite Gets Told
- De S. Blythe en 07-26-13
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Starmaker
- Life as a Hollywood Publicist with Farrah, The Rat Pack, & 600 More Stars Who Fired Me
- De: Jay Bernstein
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 12 h y 32 m
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Revealingly candid, this Hollywood memoir is the story of Jay Bernstein, an entertainment industry fixture who helped launch and sustain the careers of many celebrities including Farrah Fawcett and Suzanne Somers. From his childhood in Oklahoma City and his first job in a Hollywood mail room to the ownership of his own public relations firm and his work as a television producer, Bernstein’s life is chronicled in his own words.
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Very Entertaining
- De patrick en 09-27-15
De: Jay Bernstein
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Jimmy Stewart
- The Truth Behind the Legend
- De: Michael Munn
- Narrado por: Mark Whitten
- Duración: 11 h y 22 m
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In this definitive biography of one of Hollywood's most beloved stars, Michael Munn reveals the truth behind the diffident, earnest and kindly persona of Jimmy Stewart. Drawn from the author's formal interviews and informal meetings with the star and his friendship with Stewart's wife, Gloria, is this portrait of a man who came from the Presbyterian traditions of Pennsylvania to become one of the silver screen's enduring legends.
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Don't waste your money
- De Deann en 09-01-21
De: Michael Munn
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Possessed
- The Life of Joan Crawford
- De: Donald Spoto
- Narrado por: Christina Delaine
- Duración: 12 h y 27 m
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New York Times best-selling author Donald Spoto has brilliantly explored the lives and careers of numerous Hollywood stars and entertainment icons. In Possessed, his subject is the inimitable Joan Crawford, one of the most electrifying divas of the Golden Age of American film. A more thorough, revealing, and sympathetic portrait of the often maligned movie star - most notably lambasted, perhaps, in the scandalous best seller, Mommie Dearest - Possessed is a fascinating study of the real Joan Crawford, a remarkable actress, businesswoman, mother, and lover.
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An concise assessment of Joan's life
- De Walter Solley en 10-17-20
De: Donald Spoto
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Don Rickles
- The Merchant of Venom
- De: Michael Seth Starr
- Narrado por: Johnny Heller
- Duración: 9 h y 56 m
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The Merchant of Venom traces Don Rickles's career from his rise in the 1950s to a late-in-life resurgence thanks to the Toy Story franchise, his role in Martin Scorsese's Casino, and scores of TV appearances from Carson to Seth Meyers. In the intervening decades, Rickles conquered every medium he worked in, including film, television, and on stage. He was idolized by a generation of younger comedians including Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, and Jay Leno, and performed in the shadow of a shocking open secret: he was the nicest man in town.
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Wonderful book!
- De EJ en 09-30-24
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The Garner Files
- A Memoir
- De: James Garner, Jon Winokur
- Narrado por: Michael Kramer
- Duración: 9 h y 14 m
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After suffering physical abuse at the hands of his stepmother, James Garner left home at fourteen. He became Oklahoma's first draftee of the Korean War and was awarded with two Purple Hearts before returning to the United States and settling in Los Angeles to become an actor. Working alongside some of the most renowned celebrities, including Julie Andrews, Marlon Brando, and Clint Eastwood, Garner became a star in his own right, despite struggles with stage fright and depression.
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What a disappointment.
- De Linda en 11-14-11
De: James Garner, y otros
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Confidential Confidential
- The Inside Story of Hollywood's Notorious Scandal Magazine
- De: Samantha Barbas
- Narrado por: Donna Postel
- Duración: 12 h y 53 m
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In the 1950s, Confidential magazine, America's first celebrity scandal magazine, revealed Hollywood stars' secrets, misdeeds, and transgressions in gritty, unvarnished detail. Deploying a vast network of tipsters to root out stars' sexual affairs, drug use, and sexuality, publisher Robert Harrison destroyed celebrities' carefully constructed images and built a media empire. Confidential became the best-selling magazine on American newsstands in the 1950s, surpassing Time, Life, and the Saturday Evening Post. Confidential's spectacular rise was followed by an equally spectacular fall.
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Fascinating! Painstaking Research & Documentation
- De A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. en 05-22-19
De: Samantha Barbas
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Marlene Dietrich
- The Life
- De: Maria Riva
- Narrado por: Christa Lewis
- Duración: 33 h y 32 m
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With intimate detail, author Maria Riva reveals the rich life of her mother, Marlene Dietrich, the charismatic star of stage and screen whose career spanned much of the 20th century. Opening with Dietrich's childhood in Schöneberg, Riva's biography introduces us to an energetic, disciplined, and ambitious young actress whose own mother equated show business with a world of vagabonds and thieves.
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Wow
- De Tabitha McIntyre en 10-03-20
De: Maria Riva
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Jimmy Stewart
- The Truth Behind the Legend
- De: Michael Munn
- Narrado por: Mark Whitten
- Duración: 11 h y 22 m
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In this definitive biography of one of Hollywood's most beloved stars, Michael Munn reveals the truth behind the diffident, earnest and kindly persona of Jimmy Stewart. Drawn from the author's formal interviews and informal meetings with the star and his friendship with Stewart's wife, Gloria, is this portrait of a man who came from the Presbyterian traditions of Pennsylvania to become one of the silver screen's enduring legends.
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Don't waste your money
- De Deann en 09-01-21
De: Michael Munn
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Possessed
- The Life of Joan Crawford
- De: Donald Spoto
- Narrado por: Christina Delaine
- Duración: 12 h y 27 m
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New York Times best-selling author Donald Spoto has brilliantly explored the lives and careers of numerous Hollywood stars and entertainment icons. In Possessed, his subject is the inimitable Joan Crawford, one of the most electrifying divas of the Golden Age of American film. A more thorough, revealing, and sympathetic portrait of the often maligned movie star - most notably lambasted, perhaps, in the scandalous best seller, Mommie Dearest - Possessed is a fascinating study of the real Joan Crawford, a remarkable actress, businesswoman, mother, and lover.
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An concise assessment of Joan's life
- De Walter Solley en 10-17-20
De: Donald Spoto
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Don Rickles
- The Merchant of Venom
- De: Michael Seth Starr
- Narrado por: Johnny Heller
- Duración: 9 h y 56 m
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The Merchant of Venom traces Don Rickles's career from his rise in the 1950s to a late-in-life resurgence thanks to the Toy Story franchise, his role in Martin Scorsese's Casino, and scores of TV appearances from Carson to Seth Meyers. In the intervening decades, Rickles conquered every medium he worked in, including film, television, and on stage. He was idolized by a generation of younger comedians including Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, and Jay Leno, and performed in the shadow of a shocking open secret: he was the nicest man in town.
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Wonderful book!
- De EJ en 09-30-24
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The Garner Files
- A Memoir
- De: James Garner, Jon Winokur
- Narrado por: Michael Kramer
- Duración: 9 h y 14 m
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After suffering physical abuse at the hands of his stepmother, James Garner left home at fourteen. He became Oklahoma's first draftee of the Korean War and was awarded with two Purple Hearts before returning to the United States and settling in Los Angeles to become an actor. Working alongside some of the most renowned celebrities, including Julie Andrews, Marlon Brando, and Clint Eastwood, Garner became a star in his own right, despite struggles with stage fright and depression.
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What a disappointment.
- De Linda en 11-14-11
De: James Garner, y otros
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Confidential Confidential
- The Inside Story of Hollywood's Notorious Scandal Magazine
- De: Samantha Barbas
- Narrado por: Donna Postel
- Duración: 12 h y 53 m
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In the 1950s, Confidential magazine, America's first celebrity scandal magazine, revealed Hollywood stars' secrets, misdeeds, and transgressions in gritty, unvarnished detail. Deploying a vast network of tipsters to root out stars' sexual affairs, drug use, and sexuality, publisher Robert Harrison destroyed celebrities' carefully constructed images and built a media empire. Confidential became the best-selling magazine on American newsstands in the 1950s, surpassing Time, Life, and the Saturday Evening Post. Confidential's spectacular rise was followed by an equally spectacular fall.
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Fascinating! Painstaking Research & Documentation
- De A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. en 05-22-19
De: Samantha Barbas
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Marlene Dietrich
- The Life
- De: Maria Riva
- Narrado por: Christa Lewis
- Duración: 33 h y 32 m
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With intimate detail, author Maria Riva reveals the rich life of her mother, Marlene Dietrich, the charismatic star of stage and screen whose career spanned much of the 20th century. Opening with Dietrich's childhood in Schöneberg, Riva's biography introduces us to an energetic, disciplined, and ambitious young actress whose own mother equated show business with a world of vagabonds and thieves.
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Wow
- De Tabitha McIntyre en 10-03-20
De: Maria Riva
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Tied Up in Knotts
- De: Karen Knotts
- Narrado por: Karen Knotts
- Duración: 8 h y 55 m
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Much has been written about Don Knotts's career, especially about his iconic role as Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show, but personal views into the man himself are few and far between. In Tied Up in Knotts, a loving daughter provides a full-life narrative of her father: Don's difficult childhood in an abusive home, his escape into comedic performance, becoming a household name, his growth as a feature film actor, his failing health, and his family life throughout, leading to touching and hilarious moments that will make the listener laugh and cry.
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- De JIM HOWELL en 08-31-24
De: Karen Knotts
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City of Nets
- A Portrait of Hollywood in the 1940's
- De: Otto Friedrich, Glen David Gold - foreword
- Narrado por: P.J. Ochlan
- Duración: 25 h y 57 m
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In 1939, 50 million Americans went to the movies every week, Louis B. Mayer was the highest-paid man in the country, and Hollywood produced 530 feature films a year. One decade and five thousand movies later, the studios were faltering....
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Disjointed and flawed
- De A. N. Onymous en 01-18-22
De: Otto Friedrich, y otros
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Tragic Hollywood, Beautiful, Glamorous And Dead
- De: Jackie Ganiy
- Narrado por: Virtual Voice
- Duración: 10 h y 1 m
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Have you always been fascinated by the morbid side of Hollywood? Did you cut your teeth on books like Hollywood Babylon, and shows like Mysteries And Scandals? This book promises to deliver all the salacious details about the stars you remember, not for their films, but for their tragic short lives. What really happened to Natalie Wood aboard The Splendor that cold November night? Was Jayne Mansfield really decapitated? Just how decadent were the days of the silent movies? Maybe you think you've heard it all? Trust me, you haven't! Chock full of new details, shocking photos and even a ...
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Horrible AI narrator!
- De Anonymous User en 03-07-25
De: Jackie Ganiy
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Madness Under the Royal Palms
- Love and Death Behind the Gates of Palm Beach
- De: Laurence Leamer
- Narrado por: Todd McLaren
- Duración: 11 h y 5 m
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In March 1999, a Palm Beach matron and her socially ambitious husband invited the elite of the island for a dinner dance honoring Prince Edward. Among those dancing to the string orchestra that evening would be those accused of murder and spousal abuse, and others who would suffer fates both unseemly and unspeakable. Among the outer circle there would be murders, suicides, and fatal fires.
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Just what I've been waiting for
- De kk en 09-29-09
De: Laurence Leamer
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Harlow in Hollywood
- The Blonde Bombshell in the Glamour Capital, 1928-1937
- De: Darrell Rooney, Mark A. Vieira
- Narrado por: Christina Delaine
- Duración: 4 h y 36 m
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In her short decade in Hollywood, Jean Harlow created a new genre of movie star - her fans idolized her for her peerless image, her beautiful body, and her gorgeous façade. Harlow in Hollywood is the story of how a town and an industry created her, a story that's never been told before. In this book, renowned Harlow expert Darrell Rooney and Hollywood historian Mark Vieira team up to present the most beautiful - and accurate - book on Harlow ever produced.
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A quick listen
- De Michelle en 07-26-22
De: Darrell Rooney, y otros
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The Devil’s Candy
- The Anatomy of a Hollywood Fiasco
- De: Julie Salamon
- Narrado por: Julie Salamon
- Duración: 18 h y 17 m
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When Brian De Palma agreed to allow Julie Salamon unlimited access to the film production of Tom Wolfe's best-selling book The Bonfire of the Vanities, both director and journalist must have felt like they were on to something big. How could it lose? But instead Salamon got a front-row seat at the Hollywood disaster of the decade.
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WHAT A GEM!!!
- De Momofour en 07-04-21
De: Julie Salamon
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Dangerously Funny
- The Uncensored Story of 'The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour'
- De: David Bianculli
- Narrado por: Johnny Heller
- Duración: 11 h y 32 m
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Decades before The Daily Show, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour proved there was a place on television for no-holds-barred political comedy with a decidedly antiauthoritarian point of view. In this explosive, revealing history of the show, veteran entertainment journalist David Bianculli tells the fascinating story of its three-year network run---and the cultural impact that's still being felt today.
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Poor narration
- De Jane en 01-20-11
De: David Bianculli
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Cary Grant
- A Brilliant Disguise
- De: Scott Eyman
- Narrado por: Angelo Di Loreto
- Duración: 17 h y 3 m
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Film historian and acclaimed New York Times best-selling biographer Scott Eyman has written the definitive, “captivating” (Associated Press) biography of Hollywood legend Cary Grant, one of the most accomplished — and beloved — actors of his generation, who remains as popular as ever today.
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Disappointing...
- De Amazon Customer en 11-02-20
De: Scott Eyman
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Pictures at a Revolution
- Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood
- De: Mark Harris
- Narrado por: Lloyd James
- Duración: 17 h y 19 m
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Here is the epic human drama behind the making of the five movies nominated for Best Picture in 1967 - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, The Graduate, In the Heat of the Night, Doctor Dolittle, and Bonnie and Clyde - and through them, the larger story of the cultural revolution that transformed Hollywood and America forever.
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Would It Be Too Much To Ask?
- De Casey Keller en 12-31-08
De: Mark Harris
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Steve McQueen
- A Biography
- De: Marc Eliot
- Narrado por: Marc Eliot
- Duración: 10 h y 55 m
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One of the top box-office draws of the 1960s and '70s with now-classics such as The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, The Thomas Crown Affair, and Bullit, Steve McQueen is renowned as one of the most exciting actors ever to come out of Hollywood. Now, in Steve McQueen: A Biography, best-selling author Marc Eliot gives unique insight into McQueen's life, from his films to his three marriages, many affairs, and struggles with addictions.
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- De Cill en 10-27-11
De: Marc Eliot
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The Genius of the System
- Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era
- De: Thomas Schatz, Steven Bach - preface
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
- Duración: 24 h y 32 m
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At a time when the studio is making a stunning comeback, film historian Thomas Schatz provides an indispensable account of Hollywood's traditional blend of business and art. Working from industry documents, Schatz traces the development of house styles, the rise and fall of careers, and the making - and unmaking - of movies, from Frankenstein to Spellbound to Grand Hotel. The Genius of the System gives the definitive view of the workings of the Old Hollywood and the foundations of the New.
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A Textbook on Old Hollywood
- De Charlie Morton en 05-26-23
De: Thomas Schatz, y otros
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Diamonds and Deadlines
- A Tale of Greed, Deceit, and a Female Tycoon in the Gilded Age
- De: Betsy Prioleau
- Narrado por: Beth Hicks
- Duración: 9 h y 31 m
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Among the fabled tycoons of the Gilded Age—Carnegie, Rockefeller, Vanderbilt—is a forgotten figure: Mrs. Frank Leslie. For twenty years she ran the country’s largest publishing company, Frank Leslie Publishing, which chronicled postbellum America in dozens of weeklies and monthlies. A pioneer in an all-male industry, she made a fortune and became a national celebrity and tastemaker in the process. Diamonds and Deadlines reveals the unknown, sensational life of the brilliant and brazen “empress of journalism”.
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Wonderful biography of forgotten gilded age publishing icon
- De Amazon Customer en 03-24-24
De: Betsy Prioleau
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- Mary
- 10-03-19
Loved it!
I loved listening to the story of two of my beloved actors Henry Fonda and James Stewart. I loved hearing about their long friendship and all the highs and lows Of their lives off screen. Excellent narration
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- Gigi
- 03-29-21
Excellent insight into talented actors
Having enjoyed the movies of both actors, this book was very interesting. Seems well researched and narrated.
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- BCJ in RVA
- 12-09-17
Interesting story VERY well narrated
What does David Colacci bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
The narrator was able to adopt many of the featured personalities' (male and female) general voice/tone when speaking their 'lines," without it coming across as an over-the-top impersonation. As an Audible, it made it more interesting to listen to + he did the voices extremely well.
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- Marie T.
- 01-20-23
Wonderful Story
I’ve listened to it three times over the last five years. I’ve enjoyed it more with each listen. Classic Hollywood is facilitating and these two actors and their lives WERE Classic Hollywood!! Particularly Jimmy Stewart. And I only say that because Henry Fonda spent so much of his life on the stage, but part of the Hollywood scene just the same. I’m sure I’ll have another listen at some point. It was narrated beautifully!
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- MPAMIN
- 06-25-18
Fascinating look into these two actors' lives
Sometimes when one hears an audiobook or reads about Hollywood legends, it paints a picture so different that one can't enjoy seeing them in movies anymore. After all, acting is a job, and if people are doing their job then their personal life is their own business. I believe that as an adult. But I also know that through much of the 20th century, studios ran their actors' personal lives - with morals clauses, etc. They wanted the public to believe the actors weren't acting. Most did. Even now, people will judge people on TV and in the news by how they think they come across without knowing them personally at all....politicians, actors, news people. To some degree, anyone knowing they are appearing in front of a camera is acting.
As in most lives, Fonda and Stewart were complicated people - early on living together on a shoestring as actors in summer stock and in NYC - and competing for stage and screen roles. Both served in WWII in perilous positions, with Jimmy Stewart flying as a many dangerous bombing missions. Stewart continued his military career in the USAF Reserve and was promoted to a Brigadier General in 1959, retiring in 1968. Stewart was also only married once - Fonda a number of times. Yet they were very different people - Fonda was not a fan of the "red scare" perpetuated by Joseph McCarthy against Hollywood actors in the 50s. Stewart was a staunch conservative. They set aside their politics to remain lifelong friends.
The book doesn't pull any punches about the men's personal lives, but explains why and how their personas on screen sometimes reflected their real lives - and sometimes were the opposite. Loved the book - narration was very good.
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- Pat R. Berkery
- 06-14-18
Great book!
This was an excellent book, the story of Hank and Jim's friendship was well written and researched. I enjoyed all the quotes, and stories from family and friends. It warmed my heart to hear of the great friendship that they had with each and the other great friends they met in the University Players.
I would highly recommend this book.
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- Jim Getten
- 02-11-19
Excellent Story Of Two Great Actors
Could not stop listening. A very well told bio of the best years of Hollywood and its great stars. Special insights of everyone involved.
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- Max & Lucy
- 05-07-21
Some very interesting facts
These two were great friends but had the very rare courage to looks past their differences, especially politics....... They had 1 big argument then agreed, because of their friendship, to never discuss it again.
How different these two men were.. FONDA was married 5 times, STEWART married once for 40+ years
FONDA was more a stage actor where STEWART was more into movies..
FONDA was a very liberal democrat where STEWART was a conservative Republican
FONDA died at age 82, STEWART lived until age 89,,,,,,but in truth, Jimmy STEWART quite living 3 years earlier when his Gloria
died when he was 86..he lost the love of his life, and those who were close to him said, Jimmy was never the same. in fact,, it is reported that his last words were ;;;Now I am going to be with my Gloria....
Anyway, Listen to this book if you have any interest in either Fonda or Stewart, You'll be glad you did ! ! ! !
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- Cracker1951
- 08-12-20
Well written, researched, performed
Interesting work on the relationship between Jimmy Stewart and Henry Fonda. Not written for scandal and limited analyzing ….
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- Grant Wells
- 04-07-21
good
good story and very interesting history. never knew how closely they were friends behind the camera.
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