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Michael Curtiz (1888-1962), famoso director de origen húngaro, comenzó como actor de teatro. Cuando llegó a Hollywood en 1926 ya había dirigido 60 películas. En Estados Unidos realizó más de 125 filmes y en 1943 recibio un oscar por su pelicula mas famosa, "Casablanca"

El estudio de la cinematografía de nuestro país a la luz de sus actores y actrices, es una original manera de contribuir a la escasa bibliografía sobre el cine español. No olvidemos que el intérprete encierra un significado singular y preponderante entre los elementos que componen la obra cinematografica y que para muchos, es mas sugerente aquella pelicula de Jose Isbert que su propio titulo o director. Cada entrada de Las estrellas de nuestro cine presenta una completa biografia valorativa, los trabajos fundamentales en teatro y television, la totalidad de las peliculas interpretadas, los premios recibidos, la bibliografia correspondiente, y una fotografia representativa de las grandes estrellas y actores secundarios de nuestro cine. Carlos Aguilar y Jaume Genover han llevado a cabo durante mas de cinco años un excepcional trabajo de investigacion acerca del colectivo de los actores y actrices que han protagonizado el cine español a lo largo de un siglo y han conseguido reunir 500 biofilmografias de interpretes españoles; es un libro de consulta concienzudo y ameno, preciso en el dato y espectacular en el material grafico, que constituye, desde la particular luz de nuestros interpretes, una perfecta panoramica de los cien años de cine español.

Puede que la mayor tragedia —en el campo del cine— de la inveterada costumbre española de vivir de espaldas a Portugal haya sido el escaso interes por una de las personalidades más destacadas de la c

London, November 1966.John Lennon can't speak, he can't take his eyes off a photo of a car in flames with the body of Paul McCartney inside. His friend is no longer there, and that means the Beatles are no longer there, either. But John wants to know the truth, and with George and Ringo, he starts to re-examine the final hours in Paul's life.Set in the magical atmosphere of Abbey Road Studios during the writing sessions for Sgt. Pepper, the definitive version of the legend of the Paul McCartney's death.

From Academy Awardwinning actress and bestselling author Shirley MacLaine, a collection of imaginative ruminations: Fun and thoughtful by turns and told in MacLaines feisty, funny voice, this should appeal to fans and doubters alike (Booklist).Beloved actress and bestselling author Shirley MacLaine contemplates everything from the everyday to the esoteric in this collection of ideas and observations, each of which begins with two simple, powerful words: What if?Taking this as her starting point, Shirley explores a wide range of mattersspiritual and secular, humorous and profound, earthbound and intergalactic, personal and universal. Along the way, she also reflects on joining the cast of Downton Abbey, receiving the prestigious American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement Award, and introducing a new puppy into her formerly one-dog home.

The number one bestseller and Sunday Times Humour Book of the Year by national treasure Bob Mortimer.The most life-affirming, joyful read of the year - Sunday TimesWinningly heartfelt The GuardianA triumph Daily MailBob Mortimers life was trundling along happily until suddenly in 2015 he was diagnosed with a heart condition that required immediate surgery and forced him to cancel an upcoming tour. The episode unnerved him, but forced him to reflect on his life so far. This is the framework for his hilarious and moving memoir, And Away

I'm so glad you had the life you did, Barbara. I'm sorry you can't remember, but my God, what a life! You haven't wasted a minute of it...'In December 2020, while the world was gripped with news of an imminent third lockdown, Scott Mitchell was visiting the care home where his partner and wife of 27 years - Dame Barbara Windsor - was being looked after. At the age of 83, after a career spanning seven decades and a seven-year battle with the debilitating effects of dementia, she was slipping away.Barbara's illness meant she could no longer remember her magical career, and so Scott sat by her bedside in her final days, telling her tales from their extraordinary life together. From the unlikely moment they met to the challenges they faced, and the highs and lows of a life shared in the limelight. For theirs was an incredibly passionate relationship, but also a turbulent one - and along with a life of love and laughter, together they endured the pressures of fame, drink and addiction, heartbreak and ultimately dementia.

The first authorised biography of eternal legend Elizabeth Taylor. Known for her glamorous beauty, soap-opera personal life and magnetic screen presence, Elizabeth Taylor was the twentieth century's most famous film star. Including unseen photographs and unread private reflections, this authorised biography is a fascinating and complete portrait worthy of the legend and her legacy.Elizabeth Taylor captures this intelligent, empathetic, tenacious, volatile and complex woman as never before, from her rise to massive fame at the age of twelve in National Velvet to becoming the first actor to negotiate a million-dollar salary for a film, from her eight marriages and enduring love affair with Richard Burton to her lifelong battle with addiction and her courageous efforts as an AIDS activist. Using Elizabeth's unpublished letters, diary entries and off-the-record interview transcripts as well as interviews with 250 of her closest friends and family, Kate Andersen Brower tells the full, unvarnished story of the classic Hollywood star who continues to captivate audiences the world over.

The actress, activist, and once infamous Playboy Playmate reclaims the narrative of her life in a memoir that defies expectation in both content and approach, blending searing prose with snippets of original poetry.In this honest, layered and unforgettable book that alternates between storytelling and her own poetry, Pamela Anderson breaks the mold of the celebrity memoir while taking back the tale that has been crafted about her.Her blond bombshell image was ubiquitous in the 1990s. Discovered in the stands of a football game, she was immediately rocket launched into fame, becoming Playboys favorite cover girl and an emblem of Hollywood glamour and sexuality. But what happens when you lose grip on your own lifeand the image the notoriety machine creates for you is not who you really are?Growing up on Vancouver Island, the daughter of young, wild, and unprepared parents, Pamela Andersons childhood was not easy, but it allowed her to create her own worldsurrounded by nature and imaginary friends. When she overcame her deep shyness and grew into herself, she fell into a life on the cover of magazines, the beaches of Malibu, the sets of movies and talk shows, the arms of rockstars, the coveted scene at the Playboy Mansion. And as her star rose, she found herself tabloid fodder, at the height of an era when paparazzi tactics were bent on capturing a celebritys most intimate, and sometimes weakest moments. This is when Pamela Anderson lost control of her own narrative, hurt by the media and fearful of the publics perception of who she wasand who she wasnt.Fighting back with a sense of grace, fueled by a love of art and literature, and driven by a devotion to her children and the causes she cares about most, Pamela Anderson has now gone back to the island where she grew up, after a memorable run starring as Roxie in Chicago on Broadway, reclaiming her free spirit but also standing firm as a strong, creative, confident woman.

Estrellas de Hollywood 1920-1960 es una obra dedicada a la historia del divismo en Hollywood y el nacimiento del glamour. En este libro se analiza el "proyecto de imagen" del cine americano que caracterizo el transcurso de nuestro siglo y que se va recorriendo a traves de la maravillosas fotografias de ochenta celebres divos. Se trata del recuerdo ironico y nostalgico de un Hollywood que practicamente ha desaparecido y del que todos somos hijos de un modo u otro.