Scott Eyman: 11 books
Print the Legend
The Life and Times of John Ford
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2012
"When the legend becomes fact, print the legend." This line comes from director John Ford's film, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, but it also serves as an epigram for the life of the legendary filmmaker.
Through a career that spanned decades and included work on dozens of films -- among them...
by Scott Eyman
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
The New York Times bestselling biography of John Wayne: “authoritative and enormously engaging…Eyman takes you through Wayne’s life, his death, and his legend in a detailed, remarkably knowledgeable yet extremely readable way” (Peter Bogdanovich, The New York Times Book Review).
John...
Hank and Jim
The Fifty-Year Friendship of Henry Fonda and James Stewart
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
“[A] remarkably absorbing, supremely entertaining joint biography” (The New York Times) from bestselling author Scott Eyman about the remarkable friendship of Henry Fonda and James Stewart, two Hollywood legends who maintained a close relationship that endured all of life’s twists and turns.
Henry...
The Speed of Sound
Hollywood and the Talkie Revolution 1926-1930
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 1997
It was the end of an era. It was a turbulent, colorful, and altogether remarkable period, four short years in which America’s most popular industry reinvented itself.
Here is the epic story of the transition from silent films to talkies, that moment when movies were totally transformed and...
Lion of Hollywood
The Life and Legend of Louis B. Mayer
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2008
Lion of Hollywood is the definitive biography of Louis B. Mayer, the chief of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer—MGM—the biggest and most successful film studio of Hollywood’s Golden Age.
An immigrant from tsarist Russia, Mayer began in the film business as an exhibitor but soon migrated to where the...
Empire of Dreams
The Epic Life of Cecil B. DeMille
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2010
BEST KNOWN AS THE DIRECTOR of such spectacular films as The Ten Commandments and King of Kings, Cecil B. DeMille lived a life as epic as any of his cinematic masterpieces.
As a child DeMille learned the Bible from his father, a theology student and playwright who introduced Cecil and his older...
Ernst Lubitsch
Laughter in Paradise
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015
“Highly recommended” (Library Journal): The only full-length biography of legendary film director Ernst Lubitsch, the director of such Hollywood classics as Trouble in Paradise, Ninotchka, and The Shop Around the Corner.
In this groundbreaking biography of Ernst Lubitsch, undeniably one...
Pieces of My Heart
A Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
In this moving memoir, Robert J. Wagner opens his heart to share the romances, the drama, and the humor of an incredible life
He grew up in Bel Air next door to a golf course that changed his life. As a young boy, he saw a foursome playing one morning featuring none other than Fred Astaire,...
I Loved Her in the Movies
Memories of Hollywood's Legendary Actresses
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Film and television actor and New York Times bestselling author Robert Wagner’s memoir of the great women movie stars he has known.
In a career that has spanned more than sixty years Robert Wagner has witnessed the twilight of the Golden Age of Hollywood and the rise of television, becoming...
You Must Remember This
Life and Style in Hollywood's Golden Age
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
A New York Times bestseller and a “charming tribute” (Kirkus) to Hollywood’s most beloved era
Film and television star Robert Wagner has been delighting audiences for more than sixty years, and his many fans flocked to bookstores when he began to record his memories on the page. In his...
by Robert Coogan, Jane Donawerth, Molly J. Scanlon
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2018
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