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1) Angel
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Orphaned at a young age, the lives of Rosie, Gavin, Nell, and Kevin are irrevocably intertwined. Rising from poverty, all four go on to stunning success: Rosie as an award-winning costume designer; Gavin as a world-renowned Hollywood actor; Nell as the head of a global public relations company; and Kevin as the head of the NYPD Crime Intelligence Commission and a leader in the fight against organized crime. Told with the broad scope and narrative...
Language
English
Formats
Description
Humphrey Bogart plays one of his rare comedy roles in this jaunty excursion about three convicts - Joseph (Bogart), Albert (Aldo Ray) and Jules (Peter Ustinov) - who are plotting their escape from Devil's Island. Fate intervenes when they hide out with kindly, but inept Felix (Leo G. Carroll) and his family. Felix manages a store for his arrogant cousin Andre (Basil Rathbone), who makes the fatal mistake of stealing Albert's pet, a poisonous snake....
4) Just a dream
Publisher
Showtime Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001.
Language
English
Description
Henry is a boy from a small town in the middle of nowhere. A big picture studio comes to town, stirring hope and countless dreams.
5) Fame
Author
Series
Firstborn volume 1
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dayne Matthews is at the top of the Hollywood lista successful, popular actor with a bright future. He has everything a man could wantfame, fortune, and friends. But his heart is pulling him toward a woman and a family who have no idea how their lives are tied to his. Dayne Matthews is at the top of the Hollywood lista successful, popular actor with a bright future. He has everything a man could wantfame, fortune, and...
Series
W.C. Fields comedy collection volume 2
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
W.C. Fields' last starring role in a feature-length film consists mainly of a series of flashbacks-- a number of disjointed, funny and bizarre scenes spoofing his own cinematic career, Hollywood and the filmmaking industry.
7) State & Main
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
In order to save money on production costs, a movie production crew moves into a small town in Vermont. The crew soon discovers that their much needed "prop" has burned down, the star can't keep his pants zipped, the starlet won't take off her top and the locals want a piece of the action.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
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Description
With fame, fortune and fans galore, silent screen idol Don Lockwood thought he had it all. But one look at aspiring actress Kathy Seldon, and he knew exactly what he was missing. Now he's swinging from lampposts, singing in the raindrops and ready for love. With talking pictures on the rise, Don sets out to make a musical with the woman of his dreams, but one thing stands in his way, his jealous co-star who wants Don--and the leading role--all to...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon
Pub. Date
c2007.
Language
English
Description
Playwright and screenwriter Mamet gives us a subversive inside look at Hollywood from the perspective of a filmmaker who has always played the game his own way. Who really reads the scripts at the film studios? How is a screenplay like a personals ad? Whose opinion matters when revising a screenplay? Why are there so many producers listed in movie credits? And what do those producers do, anyway? Refreshingly unafraid to offend, Mamet provides hilarious,...
12) The cottage
Author
Language
English
Description
Facing destitution after decades of Hollywood fame, silver screen legend Cooper Winslow finds unexpected friends in tenants Mark Friedman and Jimmy O'Connor after Mark's teenage children bring renewed life to Cooper's carefully ordered estate.
Author
Series
Shopaholic volume 7
Language
English
Description
"#1 New York Times bestselling author Sophie Kinsella returns to her beloved Shopaholic series with Becky Brandon (nee Bloomwood) newly arrived in Hollywood and starry-eyed. She and her two-year-old daughter, Minnie, have relocated to L.A. to join Becky's husband, Luke, who is there to handle PR for famous actress Sage Seymour. Becky can't wait to start living the A-list lifestyle, complete with celebrity sightings, yoga retreats, and shopping trips...
14) The star
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A fading movie star is convinced that she needs only one good picture to reestablish her popularity and fortune.
15) Sailor song
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
After writing two books in the early 1960s, both now established as American classics, Ken Kesey abandoned the novel in its established form. Over the past twenty-five years he has written many shorter pieces, but only now, with Sailor Song, brings his considerable powers once again to bear on a full-scale undertaking, giving us a unique and powerful novel about America. Set in the near future, the story takes us to the Alaskan village of Kuinak,...
16) Pictures
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
Series set during the silent film era in a British studio. The heroine wants to become a star and the hero is a writer whose script is inspired by her dreams. The writer doesn't realize that she is in love with him, or that he is falling in love with her. She wants to star in his film, but other more influential women also compete for the role.
18) Le gai savoir
Publisher
Koch Lorber
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
Français
Description
Emile and Patricia stumble across each other in an abandoned TV studio. They meet for 7 nights to carry out a 3-year plan to create a new cinema. The plan results in a parade of sounds and images, while Emile, Patricia, and Godard (as the narrator) comment on the film which is being created, taken apart, and assembled in front of the viewer.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Charlize works as the personal assistant to Hollywood's sexiest movie star. Her current squeeze, a photographer, has just left for two months of filmmaking in Paris. She has developed tingly feelings for the hunky producer of her boss's new movie. The underlying reason for all this confusion? Charlize has just served as her younger sister's maid-of-honour and she hears the clock ticking.
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