Performing Arts category: 25753 books

A larger-than-life narrative of the making of the classic film, marking the rise of America as a superpower, the ascent of Hollywood celebrity, and the flowering of Texas culture as mythology. Featuring James Dean, Rock Hudson, and Elizabeth Taylor, Giant is an epic film of fame and materialism,...

Arron Crascall is one of the UK's leading social media stars. Millions watch his videos online and he's guaranteed to bring a little bit of hilarity into your day. This book is his take on the world. The things that are important to Arron. The good, the bad and the stupid (there's a lot of...

This book explores the new performativity in art theory and practice, examining ways of rethinking interpretive processes in visual culture. Since the 1960s, visual art practices - from body art to minimalism - have taken contemporary art outside the museum and gallery; by embracing theatricality...

Claudette Colbert's mixture of beauty, sophistication, wit, and vivacity quickly made her one of the film industry's most famous and highest-paid stars of the 1930s and 1940s. Though she began her career on the New York stage, she was beloved for her roles in such films as Preston Sturges's The Palm...

This book is a focused biographical account of the life of Oscar Winning Hollywood actress, Vivien Leigh. It profiles her early life and how her career took off in Hollywood. This book also highlights her most important achievements as an actress before describing her last days and how she passed away.

This book is a focused biographical account of the life of Oscar Winning Hollywood actress, Mary Pickford. It profiles her early life and how her career took off in Hollywood. This book also highlights her most important achievements as an actress before describing her last days and how she passed away.

This book is a focused biographical account of the life of Oscar Winning Hollywood actress, Bette Davis. It profiles her early life and how her career took off in Hollywood. This book also highlights her most important achievements as an actress before describing her last days and how she passed away.

This book is a focused biographical account of the life of Oscar Winning Hollywood actress, Helen Hayes. It profiles her early life and how her career took off in Hollywood. This book also highlights her most important achievements as an actress before describing her last days and how she passed away.

This book is a focused biographical account of the life of Oscar Winning Hollywood actress, Janet Gaynor. It profiles her early life and how her career took off in Hollywood. This book also highlights her most important achievements as an actress before describing her last days and how she passed away.

Ronald Reagan, a former actor and one of America's most popular presidents, married not one but two Hollywood actresses. This book is three biographies in one, discovering fascinating connections among Jane Wyman (1917-2007), Ronald Reagan (1911-2004), and Nancy Davis (b. 1921-2016). Jane Wyman,...

From the late 1940s to the early '60s, Marilyn Monroe appeared in barely thirty movies, beginning with bit parts and moving on into supporting roles for such films as The Asphalt Jungle, All About Eve, and Clash by Night. She soon shot to international fame and gained prominent roles in a number of...

For every actor beginning a career in Hollywood, this indispensable guide will lay out a clear and comprehensible path with tried-and-true advice. Up-to-date resources and new interviews with recently established actors experiencing the current movieland scene-as well as the timeless voices of established...

Stone himself serves as guide to this no-holds-barred retrospective—an extremely candid and comprehensive monograph of the renowned and controversial writer, director, and cinematic historian in interview form. Over the course of five years, **Academy Award-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone **(Midnight...

Throughout his career, movie journalist Tim Lammers has talked with director Tim Burton and the key players who helped bring the stop-motion films The Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride, and Frankenweenie to life. Now for the first time, Lammers has assembled the stories from Burton and his band...