Auto/Biography-Entertainers from Gilt Edge Books

Gathered here are Betty's wit and wisdom, her observations and intuitions. She recounts for us stories and adventures ( and misadventure,too ) shared with many of her favorite friends. In these pages we meet the woman behind the endearing celebrity. Neat bookplate to fep. Name to bottom of acknowledgement page. A very interesting read and a clean, bright collectible item.… Read more about this item

Toronto: Methuen, 1984. Burt Lancaster accomplished and acclaimed film actor will be rememberred for many wonderful films: From Here To Eternity, Elmer Gantry, The Birdman of Alcatraz, etc. Here in this account of his life's journey and career, you will find this actor's biography very interesting. The book also gives sixteen pages of photographs on heavier semi-gloss stock. Minty Clinch… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday & Company Inc., 1978. This is a biography of one of Hollywood's most prolific and talented film-makers, John Huston. Huston's magical masterful direction has produced dozens of American film clasics: The Matlese Falcon, The African Queen, The Night of The Iguana, etc. John Huston is a remarkable story - an epic tale of a man… Read more about this item

New York: Villard Books, 1987. Are You Lonesome Tonight? is a tragic and touching love-story - the most compelling portrait of the "King" ever published. Twenty six chapters, epilogue, biography and a section of photographs on heavier semi-gloss stock provided. A sharp-cornered, clean copy in a photo illustrated, price-intact dust jacket. Fans of Elvis Presley will surely enjoy reading… Read more about this item

South Brunswick and New York/ London: A.S. Barnes and Company/Thomas Yoseloff Ltd, 1975. 223pp includes index. It takes a special breed of actor to be a successful loser. These were "Hollywood's Other Men". Some spent their careers in that category, others moved up to stardom, still others were leading men first, then slipped to other manhood. With some 300 illustrastions… Read more about this item

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1989. "All My Best Friends" is the grand story of a great passion in the author's life - show business and the legendary stars. It is the history of modern show business, as George Burns has lived it. They were all his best friends: Jolson and Jessel, Cantor and Durante; the Marx Brothers and… Read more about this item

New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, 1970. Eileen Fulton star of the CBS-TV daytime program "As The World Turns" now tells her own story. This is an action-packed amusing story that takes her from school plays in North Carolina to the summits of television fame. She tells what it is really like to succeed on your own terms in… Read more about this item

New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1976. She'll take you on whirlwind trips across continents and oceans, with "Annie Get Your Gun" and "Hello Dolly", into television studios, behind the scenes with the theatre greats and into homes of her friends and family. A number of photographs are present. Bookplate to fep,dj price-clipped. Photo of Mary martin on… Read more about this item

New York: Delacorte Press, 1989. Tony Randall's wit, intelligence, prodigious memory, and unreasonable love of story telling is amply demonstrated in this vastly entertaining collection of show business stories. B/W photos are present. Erratum laid in. Photo dust jacket price intact.. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990. Illustrated with b/w photos. Publisher's afterword by Richard Schickel. Behind that most fabulous of faces was always a mystery. In this extraordinary book the real Garbo is revealed for the first time as the very human woman she was. Antoni Gronowicz, the late, acclaimed poet and novelist, first met Garbo in 1938, over… Read more about this item

New York: The Viking Press 1971 Book Club Edition. Kanin shares his vision of Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, individually and as a team. They were one couple everyone knew of but no one really knew anything about. What kept these two - so opposite in taste and technique - so fiercely together for twenty-seven years? Black boards… Read more about this item

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1988. Price intact dust jacket. This is the story of a woman who made America laugh for forty years, and who selected the sickest child in the orphanage as her own. Gracie is a love story that will make readers laugh and cry told by one of the countries greatest stars of motion pictures, concerts,… Read more about this item

Ketchum, ID: Randt & Company, 1987. The first major biography of Johnny Carson, the soft-spoken humorist, whose tremendous popularity has made him one of the wealthiest and most influential men in America. Based on hundreds of interviews and documentary information gathered by the author and four researchers, "Carson: The Unauthorized Biography" presents a great American success story. Illustrated with b/w… Read more about this item

New York: Appleton-Century, 1964. Illustrated with eight pages of photographs. " Her Life, Her Loves, Her Future." An intimate, informed, yet objective, and fair portrait of a rare human being, revealing the basic underlying patterns of her controversial and unconventional life. Previous owner's name to ffep.. 1st Ed. Stated. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1989. A sensitive , intimate portrait of the greatest matinee idol of them all- by the passionate woman who lived with and loved him. Illustrated with a number of b/w photos.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Harper & Row, 1988. Introduction by Elizabeth Taylor. Here is the completely candid and intimate portrait of Richard Burton by the brother who knew him best. Filled with revealing anecdotes plus many previously unpublished photographs from family collections. Photo illustrated price intact jacket.. 1st Us Edition Stated. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York: M. Evans and Company, Inc., 1965. 254pp. This book is a collection of her thoughts,reminiscences, and ancedotes, as well as selected pieces from her favorite writers. Helen Hayes had won the highest honours of stage, screen and television and was dubbed "First Lady of the American Theatre." Previous owner's name to ffep, bookplate to front pastedown.… Read more about this item

New York: M. Evans and Company, Inc., 1968. After years of unwillingness to discuss her private world-she has looked beyond her legend and directly at life's lessons as she was forced to learn them. The friend of Woolcott, Benchley, Fitzgerald, Harpo Marx and Dietrich. The lady who became and remained our "First Lady of the Theatre." This autobiography provides… Read more about this item

New York,: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1979. This is Sophia, telling you not just what she wants you to know, but everthing - turning herself inside out and filling the pages with the pain, sorrow, joys, wisdoms, frustrations, and dreams which have constituted her life. There are 40 pages of photographs and filmography. Blue boards - lighter blue cloth… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1977. "Vivien Leigh: A biography" is an experience that holds its audience spellbound through the final act. One of the most talented, beautiful and tormented actresses who ever captured the public imagination is brought into brilliant focus in this definitive, intimate portrait of her life...and the glittering worlds in which she lived. … Read more about this item