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Lon Chaney Jnr, Basil Rathbone, Peter Lorre, Bela Lugosi and Robert Quarry: five noted 20th Century actors who all, at one time or another in their careers, became associated with horror film roles; and who all faced restrictive typecasting and had their own, more personal demons to battle. In...

LIONEL ATWILL: AN EXQUISITE VILLAIN by Neil Pettigrew Atwill starred in many classic films, including Captain Blood, To Be or Not to Be, Mystery of the Wax Museum, Murder in the Zoo, Mark of the Vampire, and many more. The biography also contains many never before seen photographs and was written...

Did The Inbetweeners Movie leave you wanting more!? Desperate to find out what Will, Simon, Jay and Neil are getting up to now?The Inbetweeners: Moving On will take you through all the best bits of the hit TV show and first film, catch up with what the four guys have been up to in shows like Chickens...

For over 100 years, the Elks Opera House has been a landmark of the cultural scene in Prescott, Arizona, and the western United States. In 1904, the people of Prescott raised $15,000 toward a performance hall to be included in the Elks Building. The original structure featured opera boxes that were later...

For ten years before the creation of Mickey Mouse, Walt Disney struggled with, failed at, and eventually mastered the art and business of animation. Most biographies of his career begin in 1928, when Steamboat Willie was released. That first Disney Studio cartoon with synchronized sound made its main...

Jo Collins is one of the most popular women to ever pose for Playboy Magazine. The editors of the publication discovered her while she was working as a page for a television show. The daughter of a wood cutter/apartment manager Collins was raised near Eugene, Oregon. Her fame has endured for decades...

Alan Ball: Conversations features interviews that span Alan Ball's entire career and include detailed observations and insights into his Academy Award-winning film American Beauty and Emmy Award-winning television shows Six Feet Under and True Blood. Ball began his career as a playwright in New York,...

From his appearance as Ronald Merrick in the television adaptation of The Jewel in the Crown to his recent role in the hit play King Charles III, Tim Pigott-Smith has been recognised as one of Britain's most loved contemporary actors. On stage his work encompassed the Bristol Old Vic, Royal Shakespeare...

This collection examines the work of Norman Corwin—one of the most important, yet understudied, media authors of all time—as a critical lens to view the history of multimedia authorship and sound production. Known as the “poet laureate” of radio, Corwin is most famous for his radio dramas,...

The first collection of its kind to bring together scholarly and practitioner perspectives, this book analyses the experiences, skills and techniques of actors when working on television. Featuring eleven chapters by internationally distinguished researchers and actor trainers, this collection examines...

My e-book leads off with the totally unexpected 1967 arrest of Joey Gibson, a Playboy Playmate whose nude pictorial had only recently run in the men's magazine. Gibson was apprehended in the company of a man and a woman in a West Hollywood apartment. Los Angeles Police Department vice agents arrested...

For the casual film fan, Henry Hathaway is not a household name. But in a career that spanned five decades, Hathaway directed an impressive number of films and guided many actors and actresses to some their most acclaimed performances. He also helped launch the Hollywood careers of numerous actors...

Gavin Bolton’s Contextual Drama is the result of more than two decades of study of Bolton’s theory and practice. For teachers and those in the caring professions, it will clarify the power of contextual drama as a beneficial learning medium for children and adults, both within and beyond the...

The whirlwind life of one of old Hollywood’s biggest stars. From the depths of a small mining village in Wales to a star of Hollywood’s silver screen, Richard Burton broke every rule in his quest for the American Dream. Burton made sure that he sipped the cup of life at its fullest. Twice...