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69366 SECRET LIFE OF MARILYN MONROE by J. Randy Taraborrelli


Here is the final word on the life of one of the most fascinating and elusive icons of the 20th century. Not just the impossibly beautiful movie star or the insecure celebrity, this is Marilyn as you have never seen her - the loyal daughter, the loving sister, the complex woman caught up in a lifelong quest to belong. By interviewing new sources speaking publicly about Marilyn for the first time, an acclaimed biographer draws sympathetic portraits of the women who were so influential in the actress’ life, including her mentally ill mother, her foster mother, her legal guardian and her half-sister. Here are her love affairs with Sinatra, DiMaggio and Miller, and new info on her relationships with the Kennedys - Bobby, Jack and Pat. The author examines the evidence that exists to underpin the many theories published about the latter part of her life and comes to a conclusion that will surprise many. He reveals for the first time the shocking scope of Marilyn’s own mental illness and the lonely battle she fought with her own mind. 500 paperback pages with b/w archive photos, many never before published, notes and filmography.


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HISTORY by Michael Holroyd Subtitled The Dramatic Lives of Ellen Terry, Henry Irving and Their Remarkable Families. While revealing how two giants of the theatre left an artistic legacy that influenced the modern world, this bewitching biography also embraces the history of the theatre in late 19th and 20th century Britain. The dramatis personae reads like a Who’s Who of the theatre as our


protagonists interact with the celebrities of their day, among them George Bernard Shaw, who wrote love letters to Ellen Terry, and Sarah Bernhardt. Unexpectedly, the story starts with the death of Ellen at the age of 21! Worry not - all becomes clear. The Terry family were strolling players who travelled the theatre circuits and Ellen made her first appearance on stage as soon as she could walk. She was an enchantress with natural beauty. People saw her as an unblemished symbol of pure romance yet she is revealed to have been living with a married man by whom she later had two children and her love life was chequered. Her life and that of her descendants was to be a rollercoaster ride. Henry Irving seemed eminently unsuited to the stage. For a start he had a stammer but, miraculously, when he was on stage, it vanished. His mother believed that, by becoming an actor, his soul was damned. Because of their close relationship on stage, the public thought that he and Ellen would marry but they remained just good friends. Nonetheless, his death had a shattering effect on her. Together, they had established an incredibly influential base at the Lyceum Theatre, where they enacted Shakespeare on an epic scale and took the company on sparkling and lucrative international tours. 620 gripping paperback pages with line drawings, b/w archive photos, colour plates. £10.99 NOW £5


69528 SO YOU WANNA BE A


DIRECTOR? by Ken Annakin No autobiography was ever quite like this. Endorsed by such luminaries as Julie Christie, Dorothy McGuire, Charles Bronson and Robert Wagner and introduced by Lord Attenborough and Mike Leigh, it tells the personal story of one of the greatest international film directors, following him through Africa, India, Malaysia, Scandinavia, China,


Europe and America as Ken Annakin directed, produced and wrote over 50 feature films. These included such international box office successes as Around the World in 80 Days, Hotel Sahara, Three Men in a Boat, Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines and the popular Huggetts films. On this compelling journey through his life, he deals with sex-mad producers and drug-addicted actors and copes with studio politics that could scupper multi-million dollar films, all with diplomacy and a never- failing sense of humour. The number of famous people with whom he worked reads like an A-list of celebrities and he seems to have evoked fond memories from all of them, Brits, Americans, Scandinavians, Asians, Africans and Europeans alike. This book is both a diverting memoir and a key contribution to the history of cinema. 285 paperback pages with b/w archive photos and filmography.


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68078 THEATRICAL WORLD OF ANGUS MCBEAN


by Fredric Woodbridge Wilson


The photography of Angus McBean embraces more than three full decades of the history of British theatre. His work includes most of the memorable productions of the Old Vic Company and of what is now the Royal Shakespeare Company, many opera productions at Glyndebourne and the Royal Opera House, ballet and operetta at Sadler’s Wells and West End productions of plays and musicals. He photographed countless plays starring John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson and Alec Guinness, not to mention younger stars of the time such as Audrey Hepburn, Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. The splendid photos in this book are taken direct from the Harvard University collection’s original negatives. 176 large pages bursting with b/w archive photos with a note on the Angus McBean Archive, index of subjects by name, index of productions by title and photographer’s negative numbers. £32.95 NOW £13


68091 CULT FILMS: Book and Six Postcards by Will Dodson


Campy and kitschy, the book is packed with rare movie stills, posters and special features. Plan 9 From Outer Space featuring Bela Lugosi, Rocky Horror Picture Show,


Eraserhead, The House on Haunted Hill, Faster Pussycat Kill! Kill! and Super Fly are the six giant sized postcards, suitable for mailing, included in the handy convenient folder. These alone are worth the price! $14.99 NOW £4


67337 ELIZABETH by J. Randy Taraborrelli A legendary screen icon, the epitome of beauty, Elizabeth Taylor has long been surrounded by the aura of fame and notoriety. Taraborrelli examines her eight marriages to seven men including her abusive relationship with Nicky Hilton, her attraction to swashbuckling Mike Todd and the complex, incendiary Taylor-Burton love affair that continued for decades and never truly died. Despite the broken marriages and highly public battles with substance abuse and chronic illness, Elizabeth found new success and sustenance in family, friendship and philanthropy. 548pp in paperback with b/w photos. £8.99 NOW £3


68038 EDGE OF MIDNIGHT: The Life of John Schlesinger by William Mann


In writing this authorised biography, the author chronicles the famous director’s life and career, from his early documentary days at the BBC to his emergence as one of the four Angry Young Men of British film in the 1960s. Not forgotten are the Academy Award for the X-rated Midnight Cowboy, the glittering nights as a Hollywood host and the massive stroke in 2003 which caused his death. John Schlesinger will most be remembered for his intellectual middle-class perspective, his interest in other cultures and races, and his commitment to film-making that dealt with the problems of trying to face compromise in one’s life and relationships. Of particular note in his films was his focus on homosexual characters shown as normal, loving human beings. 628 pages with b/w archive photos. $27.95 NOW £8


67963 IMAGES: My Life In Film by Ingmar Bergman


Bergman directed more than 50 movies and was also a director of plays, as well as a playwright and novelist. In this book, he focuses on a career as a director, screen- writer and producer that spanned 40 years, during which such classics as The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries and Fanny and Alexander were born, along with many others. He comments, brilliantly and always cogently, on his failures as well as his successes, and on the themes that bind his work together. He reflects on his concerns, anxieties and moments of happiness and on the relationship between life and art. 444 paperback pages with filmography. $26.99 NOW £5


67892 SOUTH PACIFIC COMPANION by Laurence Maslon


This book follows the fascinating evolution of a collection of short stories by James Michener which prompted Rodgers and Hammerstein to craft a musical masterpiece whose enduring appeal never seems to fade. Here, for the discerning music lover, is an indispensable guide to this chunk of musical history, with stunning images from stage and screen and historical pictures from the war in the Pacific which started it all. It features loads of favourite lyrics, and insights into how the songs were written, covering the stage show, the film and performances up to the present day Broadway revival. A complete history tracks the key figures throughout World War Two. 192 large pages, colour and b/w. £25 NOW £6


67761 JOSEPH P. KENNEDY’S HOLLYWOOD YEARS: The First and Only


Outsider to Fleece Hollywood by Cari Beauchamp Patriarch of the all-powerful Kennedy clan, before his family could dominate American politics Joe Kennedy had first to make his fortune. From 1926 to 1930 his high-octane blend of finance, mergers and uncompromising


business dealing saw him simultaneously running three movie studios as well as spearheading the talkie revolution, creating the prototype for the modern entertainment empire and ruining the careers of two of Hollywood’s most sensational stars, one of them his mistress, Gloria Swanson. Beauchamp shows how he did it, lining his pockets to an almost unimaginable degree along the way. During his time in the film industry he produced over 100 films. He went on to forge a political career which climaxed with the inauguration of the first ever Irish-American president, his son John Fitzgerald Kennedy. B/w photos. 505pp. £25 NOW £6


67382 MY WORD IS MY BOND: The Autobiography


by Roger Moore and Gareth Owen Opinion has it that Sir Roger’s autobiography is the funniest film memoir since David Niven’s The Moon’s a Balloon, but it is more than that. This is a warm, winning mix of self-deprecation and praise for family, friends and colleagues, from which he emerges as a figure every bit as dashing, but rather better natured, than any he has played on screen. Think of The Saint and Bond. Here, he recollects his stellar career and the amazing cast of characters he has worked and played with over the years. His good-natured charm and wicked sense of humour shine through. 416 paperback pages with colour and b/w photos. £8.99 NOW £4.50


69025 BAD BOY DRIVE by Robert Sellers


Subtitled “The Wild Life and Fast Times of Marlon Brando, Dennis Hopper, Warren Beatty and Jack Nicholson”, this is precisely what you get. Four men for whom the normal rules of behaviour did not apply, mainly because they simply found them too wearisome to bother with, they boozed, snorted and shagged their way into Hollywood legend, and along the


way changed the craft of film acting and the way movies were made forever. A brilliant, relentless whistle-stop tour of jaw-dropping sexual activity, Herculean misbehaviour and all-out excess. It is a miracle they survived! Brando, Nicholson and Beatty all lived on Mulholland Drive, a long and winding road that snakes up one of the prettiest hillsides in Hollywood and,


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such was the regularity of their professional visits there, the cops nicknamed it Bad Boy Hill. Hopper, always the outsider, lived in Mexico and Venice Beach, but he did make Jack a star. B/w photos and a wealth of wonderful quotes. You will be laughing out loud by the first few pages. 322pp. £17.99 NOW £6


65376 75 YEARS OF DC COMICS by Paul Levitz


In 1935, DC Comics founder Major Malcolm Wheeler- Nicholson, published New Fun No.1, the first comic book with all-new, all-original comic material. An XL edition even Superman might have trouble lifting. Over 2000 colour images, covers and interiors, original illustrations (including Wonder Woman’s invisible jet!), photographs, film stills and collectibles are reproduced using the latest technology in digital reproduction to bring the storylines, the characters and their creators to vibrant life as they have never been seen before. Telling the tales behind the tomes is 35-year DC veteran Paul Levitz whose in- depth essays trace the company’s history from its pulp origins through to the future of digital publishing. Massive foldout timelines and an in-depth appendix including biographies of the artists, writers, editors, publishers and actors who cast the spell are all here. Heavyweight tome in box and carry handle. 12½” x 18", 720 pages. U.K. delivery only. Full price publication, winner of the 2011 Eisner Comic Industry Award for Best Comics-Related Book of the Year. ONLY £135


69075 KATE: The Woman


Who Was Hepburn by William Mann


With the help of her never-before- interviewed family and friends, the author has created an intimate close-up that brings to life the private Katharine Hepburn. Reveals an ambitious yet vulnerable woman who overcame hurt and fierce obstacles to achieve fame and, ultimately, the artistry she desired. All the women she


was - including, briefly, a wife, a mistress, a loner and a rebel - are cunningly woven into a definitive portrait of a fascinatingly complex personality. 621 pages, archive photos. Paperback. £9.99 NOW £4.50


69081 NATALIE WOOD: A Life by Gavin Lambert


She spent her life in the movies. Her childhood is still there to see in ‘Miracle on 34th Street’, her adolescence in ‘Rebel Without a Cause’, her coming of age in ‘Splendour in the Grass’ and ‘West Side Story’ and countless other hit movies. From the moment Natalie Wood made her debut at the age of seven, to her shocking, untimely death in 1981 at just 43, the decades of her life are marked by movies that summed up America’s dreams. Here is the child actress at the mercy of a driven, controlling mother, her marriages, divorces, love affairs. Here too is her suicide attempt at 26, the birth of her children, her friendships and struggles. 370pp in paperback, photos. £8.99 NOW £3.50


68948 BLAZE OF OBSCURITY: Unreliable Memoirs V by Clive James


The fifth volume of autobiography which began with Unreliable Memoirs, Falling Towards England, May Week Was in June and North Face of Soho. Clive James has published collections of literary and TV criticisms, travel writing, verse and novels and here is perhaps his most brilliant book yet. The volume begins with what happened to Clive when he left Fleet Street in 1982 and went into television following the calamitous reception of his Charles Charming show in the West End. His creative upsurge extended itself into the construction of a novel entitled Brilliant Creatures. His Sunday night TV show about television was pulling in about 10 million viewers and the effects of savage young critics on his work is all too clear. Shows Clive James on top form both then and now. 326pp in paperback. £8.99 NOW £4


68789 GEORGE CLOONEY: The Illustrated


Biography by Shana Cushman Famed for his mysterious private life, unshakeable bachelorhood and fondness for partying, Clooney has carved out a unique place in Hollywood. He is respected for his talents as an actor, producer, writer and director, while simultaneously enjoying sex symbol status with women the world over. From a baseball wannabe in Kentucky to one of Hollywood’s most highly rated leading men, his story is that of a late bloomer. His breakthrough role was of Dr Doug Ross on the hit TV medical drama ER. Since then, he has starred in a run of box office hits, including the Ocean’s Eleven remake and its two sequels. He has also won or been nominated for Academy Awards as writer, actor and director. 160 paperback pages, colour plates and archive b/w photos. £12.99 NOW £5


68771 BOGIE: A Celebration of the Life and Films of Humphrey Bogart


by Richard Schickel and George Perry After starting out playing supporting roles and “B” movie leads in a series of routine gangster films, Bogart first leapt into the public’s imagination with High Sierra and then as Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon in 1941. Then in 1943 came Casablanca, in which for the time we saw the humanity behind the wisecracking tough-guy, a humanity which was fully realised in his Oscar-winning role as Charlie Allnut in The African Queen (1952). His on-screen magnetism was unmatched, and his private life was equally entrancing. Already thrice-married when he met Lauren Bacall on the set of Passage to Marseille in 1944, they were married on 21 May 1945. They had two children and appeared alongside each other in four films, including The Big Sleep and Key Largo. 100 b/w stills and other photos, filmography. 192pp softback. £14.99 NOW £7.50


68096 HOLLYWOOD MUSICALS: And Six Postcards by Will Dodson


An American in Paris, West Side Story, Flying Down to Rio, Elvis Presley in Blue Hawaii, Cabin in the Sky and Hair (It’s Big!) are the six oversized colour postcards included in the handy convenient folder, alone worth the price of this book. From show-stopping classics like Singin’ In the Rain to big-budget fanfares like Busby Berkeley’s 42nd Street and to raunchy send-ups like The Rocky Horror Picture Show and modern box office sensations like Mama Mia! 72 page softback. $14.99 NOW £3.50


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68927 SHEPPERTON STORY: The History of the World-Famous Film Studio by Gareth Owen


Over eight decades, the magic of this grand stately home has been enjoyed by many famous stars and filmmakers the likes of Sir Alexander Korda, the Boulting Brothers, Stanley Kubrick, Humphrey Bogart, John Wayne, Charlie Chaplin, Deborah Kerr, Peter Cushing, Sir Alec Guinness, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hanks and Sir Michael Caine, to name but a few. They brought to life such films as The Third Man, Richard III, Dr Strangelove, Frankenstein, Alien, Robin Hood Prince of Thieves, Gladiator and The Da Vinci Code. This volume is the definitive history of the studios, including the stories of the financial worries that plagued productions and the inter-personal rivalries, but it also features contributions from the stars that graced the stages. 351 paperback pages, colour with b/w archive photos and filmography.


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68397 ORSON WELLES by Martin Fitzgerald Provides an individual review and analysis of each of Orson Welles’s films, plus a handy multimedia reference guide. A fat guy with a deep voice who drank a lot of sherry? An unreliable film-maker who always went over time and over budget? One of the most innovative storytellers of the last century? Orson Welles was all of this and more. He shocked Broadway with his all-black voodoo version of Macbeth, challenged the US government with his production of ‘The Cradle Will Rock’, and terrified America with his spoof radio broadcast of ‘The War of the Worlds’. Paperback, 160pp. £6.99 NOW £1.75


69017 SOMEBODY: Marlon


Brando by Stefan Kanfer Brando the actor and Brando the man were one and the same - complicated, dangerous, vulnerable. For his triumphs in On the Waterfront, The Godfather and The Last Tango in Paris, as well as his disasters in roles he took for money or on a whim, for the power of the portrayals he gave on screen and for his turbulent personal life, here we


are given the definitive life of this iconic artist. Kanfer constructs a compassionate view of Brando, his torments and his artistic legacy. Packed with juicy morsels to satisfy film buff readers. 352pp in illus paperback. £9.99 NOW £4


EROTICA / SEX The course of true love never did run smooth.


- William Shakespeare, Midsummer Night’s Dream


69623 PRIVATE UNDOING OF A PUBLIC SERVANT by Leonie Martel


Disgrace has never been sweeter than in this modern erotic novel that explores the psychology of a deviant female. Kirsten Caine, femme fatale and sexual subversive, aged 40, is an uncompromising deviant. She exacts her pleasures through the disciplinary art of male humiliation. Simon Charlesworth, Cabinet


Minister, 53, is undergoing a crisis. Party politics, domestic routine and thoughts of mortality have recently begun to crush his soul and he hungers for authentic experience and excitement. When these two very different personalities meet by chance one evening in a bar in Victoria Station, the wheels are set in motion for a descent in sexual excess and an exploration of the human condition at its most primal. Through a series of humiliating and extreme adventures, Charlesworth reaches for the oblivion of erotic ecstasy. But there is a high price to pay. 254pp in paperback.


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69352 MASSAGE SECRETS FOR LOVERS


by Dr Andrew Stanway Inspired by Tantra and Taoism and illustrated with sexually explicit drawings, this book explains exactly how men and women can arouse themselves and each other. Mood is important and the opening chapter deals with the preludes to arousal


including visualisation, harmonising and above all the belief that you can have longer lasting and more intense orgasms as a result of erotic massage. Massage kits include oil, lubricant and vibrators. Giving and receiving, exchanging roles, and the important task of keeping your partner informed about what you like all contribute to satisfaction. The erogenous zones of both men and women are identified and pictured, including the anus and lower rectum. The second section deals with Enhancing Your Sexual Skills. Self-pleasuring is where it starts and different techniques of arousal for both men and women are suggested, with a section on controlling the time taken before ejaculation and orgasm. Vibrators, pelvic muscle training and a Chinese egg will all strengthen a woman’s muscles to increase her and her partner’s pleasure, while penis weight-lifting is something that works for many men. The third section covers whole body massage and culminates in genital massage with step-by-step instructions and diagrams for both sexes. 144pp, softback.


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