Featured Player
James Curtis

The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1996

Mae Clarke, best known for her grapefruit-smeared appearance in Public Enemy, spent more than four decades in Hollywood, appearing in more than 100 feature films and nearly as many television appearances. In a series of candid and often poignant interviews during the last years of her life, she talks about her years in the movie and television business.
  
  











  



  
Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light17 reviews
Patrick Mcgilligan

Harper, 2003

Simply The Best

+ Sometimes difficult, but never a monster
+ Wonderfully comprehensive and objective!
+ Excellent biography of "The Master"
+ Best ever Biography?
  
  











  



  
Cagney by Cagney8 reviews
James Cagney

Doubleday, 2005

Cagney by Cagney : I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

+ a faraway fella...
+ A Wonderful Book!!!!!

I could not put this book down! I read it in a day! I recently rediscovered this book, and boy am I glad that I did. I love the passages about his early childhood they were so vibrant so full of life. His loving relationship with his mother and siblings. There were many funny stories like the ...
  
  











  



  
Starring Miss Barbara Stanwyck [Illustrated with 310 Photographs]4 reviews
Ella Smith

Random House Value Publishing, 1985

THE BEST CAREER BOOK EVER WRITTEN

+ ABSOLUTELY THE FINEST BOOK ABOUT STANWYCK
+ Extraordinary book - PLEASE SOMEBODY BRING IT BACK

Ella Smith's coffee-table book on the career of Barbara Stanwyck is, bar none, the finest of its kind that this writer has ever read. Instead of being content to merely list Stanwyck's films and reprint old reviews (in the tradition of most "Films of" books), Ella Smith has gone the extra ...
  
  











  



  
Harpo Speaks!82 reviews
Harpo Marx, Rowland Barber

Limelight Editions, 2004

i don't like to rate, but in this case........

+ excellent on so many levels.
+ Harpo Speaks - A Must Read!
+ HARPO LIED
+ very entertaining
  
  











  



  
Joan Blondell: A Life between Takes (Hollywood Legends)19 reviews
Matthew Kennedy

University Press of Mississippi, 2007

An compelling biography

+ One of the good ones.
+ Biographing Blondell

Matthew Kennedy does an excellent job in bringing to life this lovely, but now largely unsung, Hollywood star. He writes, not uncritically, but also with great affection, of her career and her life, with all its ups and downs. His research is impeccable and he makes the reader wish that he or she ...
  
  











  



  
Jean Arthur: The Actress Nobody Knew20 reviews
John Oller

Limelight Editions, 2004

An Intriguing Glimpse Inside Jean Arthur's World

+ The last word on the great Jean Arthur
+ Excellent Bio
+ The mystery continues...
+ Great Actress!! Sad Woman:(
  
  











  



  
Harpo Speaks!82 reviews
Harpo Marx, Rowland Barber

Limelight Editions, 2004

i don't like to rate, but in this case........

+ excellent on so many levels.
+ Harpo Speaks - A Must Read!
+ HARPO LIED
+ very entertaining
  
  











  



  
Cagney by Cagney8 reviews
James Cagney

Doubleday, 2005

Cagney by Cagney : I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

+ a faraway fella...
+ A Wonderful Book!!!!!

I could not put this book down! I read it in a day! I recently rediscovered this book, and boy am I glad that I did. I love the passages about his early childhood they were so vibrant so full of life. His loving relationship with his mother and siblings. There were many funny stories like the ...
  
  











  



  
Featured Player
James Curtis

The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1996

Mae Clarke, best known for her grapefruit-smeared appearance in Public Enemy, spent more than four decades in Hollywood, appearing in more than 100 feature films and nearly as many television appearances. In a series of candid and often poignant interviews during the last years of her life, she talks about her years in the movie and television business.
  
  











  



  
Starring Miss Barbara Stanwyck [Illustrated with 310 Photographs]4 reviews
Ella Smith

Random House Value Publishing, 1985

THE BEST CAREER BOOK EVER WRITTEN

+ ABSOLUTELY THE FINEST BOOK ABOUT STANWYCK
+ Extraordinary book - PLEASE SOMEBODY BRING IT BACK

Ella Smith's coffee-table book on the career of Barbara Stanwyck is, bar none, the finest of its kind that this writer has ever read. Instead of being content to merely list Stanwyck's films and reprint old reviews (in the tradition of most "Films of" books), Ella Smith has gone the extra ...
  
  











  



  
Jean Arthur: The Actress Nobody Knew20 reviews
John Oller

Limelight Editions, 2004

An Intriguing Glimpse Inside Jean Arthur's World

+ The last word on the great Jean Arthur
+ Excellent Bio
+ The mystery continues...
+ Great Actress!! Sad Woman:(
  
  











  



  
Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light17 reviews
Patrick Mcgilligan

Harper, 2003

Simply The Best

+ Sometimes difficult, but never a monster
+ Wonderfully comprehensive and objective!
+ Excellent biography of "The Master"
+ Best ever Biography?
  
  











  



  
Joan Blondell: A Life between Takes (Hollywood Legends)19 reviews
Matthew Kennedy

University Press of Mississippi, 2007

An compelling biography

+ One of the good ones.
+ Biographing Blondell

Matthew Kennedy does an excellent job in bringing to life this lovely, but now largely unsung, Hollywood star. He writes, not uncritically, but also with great affection, of her career and her life, with all its ups and downs. His research is impeccable and he makes the reader wish that he or she ...