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Steve Martin: The Unauthorized Biography

Lenburg, Greg

Biographies & Memoirs

St.Martin's Press

Book by Besser, Joe, Lenburg, Jeff, Lenburg, Greg

Once a Stooge, Always a Stooge

Literature & Fiction

LENBURG, Jeff

Besser, Joe

Genre Fiction

Roundtable Pub

About the Author\nJOE BESSER was in show business for more than 65 years. He worked in every aspect of show business: vaudeville and Broadway, radio, motion pictures and television. As Joe once said, "I've done everything except radar!" Joe's long list of credits include 28 motion picture roles, among them three starring feature films and his own short-subject series for Columbia Pictures, fifty-six known radio show appearances, including his years as a regular on Milton Berle's Let Yourself Go (1945), Tonight on Broadway (1946) and The Vaughn Monroe Show (1946-1947), and more than 290 television appearances, including animated cartoons. His most noted television characters were the malevolent brat"Stinky" on The Abbott and Costello Show and Mr. Jillson, the superintendent, on The Joey Bishop Show, and is best remembered, worldwide, for his association with the Three Stooges.\nJEFF LENBURG, besides being a foremost authority on the Three Stooges comedy team, is the author of 35 books,both fiction and non-fiction, including The Three Stooges Scrapbook, more than 18 celebrity memoirs and biographies,and seven books on the history of animated cartoons, including acclaimed"cartoon Bible," The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons, now in its third edition. He and his twin brother Greg were lifelong friends of the comedian and served as his press agents.\nGREG LENBURG is co-author with Jeff of the authorized, definitive history, The Three Stooges Scrapbook and biography of comedian Steve Martin, Steve Martin: The Unauthorized Biography. A former radio newscaster and journalist, he has also authored and/or published under Abby Books, which he founded, a line of more than 70 handsomely illustrated movie poster books.\nREVISED AND EXPANDED AND BESSER THAN EVER! 
WITH 425 NEVER-BEFORE-PUBLISHED ILLUSTRATIONS 
For more than six decades, Joe Besser brought gales of laughter to millions—in vaudeville, on Broadway, on radio, in motion pictures, and on television. From his days working as a bumbling assistant to the world-famous Thurston the Magician, he carved out success with his own act—that of a childlike sissy who brandished his foils with a flick of the wrist and such hilarious verbal assaults as “Ooh, you crazy you!” and “Not so f-a-s-t!” From stage to film and television screens, the famed roly-poly comedian left an indelible mark–from starring in his own feature films and short-subject series for Columbia Pictures, to dishing out huge laughs on scores of popular programs of the day, most notably as the malevolent brat “Stinky” on The Abbott and Costello Show, to stepping in to replace Shemp Howard after his death as a member of Three Stooges comedy team. Followed by countless more laugh out-loud performances in movies and on television, from playing the frustrated superintendent, Jillson, on The Joey Bishop Show to voicing Saturday morning cartoons, his legacy still lives on today, thanks to reruns of his classic work. Illustrating a passing age of American humor, ONCE A STOOGE, ALWAYS A STOOGE tells the whole story. Jam-packed with timeless remembrances, Besser vividly recounts it all–the personal ups and downs, the classic skits and routines that became his hallmark, and behind-the-scenes stories of show business icons who enriched his life and career, including Abbott and Costello, Fred Allen, Jack Benny, Milton Berle, Sammy Davis, Jr., Jerry Lewis, Olsen and Johnson, and many others. This thoroughly revised and expanded edition contains scores of previously unpublished anecdotes and material throughout, including hundreds of new, many rare and one-of-a-kind illustrations and extensive appendices of the legendary funnyman’s stage, film, radio and TV appearances, that round out this charming, thoughtfully written, fully updated and expanded memoir. 
PRAISE FOR THE ORIGINAL EDITION:\n“An affectionate, thoroughly enjoyable remembrance of a lifetime spent on the road and on the screen.” LOS ANGELES TIMES\n“A fascinatin

Once a Stooge, Always a Stooge: The Autobiography of Hollywood's Most Prolific Funnyman

Arts & Literature

Moonwater Press

The golden age of westerns are back in a rip roarin,’ first-of-its kind poster art book! “Great Silent Western Stars Poster Art Book” is a tribute to the actors who pioneered this art from between 1903 and 1929 and who paved the way for such legendary movie cowboys as John Wayne, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Randolph Scott, Clint Eastwood and others. Included are poster art from the films of Broncho Billy Anderson, Harry Carey, Gary Cooper, Dustin Farnum, Hoot Gibson, William S. Hart, Jack Holt, Buck Jones, Ken Maynard, Tim McCoy, Tom Mix, Will Rogers and Fred Thomson. This book is the first and only collection of one-sheet posters, lobby cards, insert cards and other promotional materials from silent westerns, spanning nearly three decades. In all, there are nearly 80 pieces of poster art, the majority in full color, and organized by year of release. Also included is an index for easy reference. Whether you’re a western movie fan, collector or historian, you’ll love “Great Silent Western Stars Poster Art Book.”

Great Silent Western Stars Poster Art Book: Starring Broncho Billy Anderson, Harry Carey, Gary Cooper, Dustin Farnum, Hoot Gibson, William S. Hart, ... McCoy, Tom Mix, Will Rogers and Fred Thomson

Humor & Entertainment

Movies

Createspace Independent Pub

Elvis Presley Movie Poster Book

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Actress and singer Judy Garland is best remembered for her role as Dorothy in the 1939 musical fantasy film, “The Wizard of Oz”, in which she sang the classic Academy Award-winning ballad, “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” Although “The Wizard of Oz” skyrocketed Garland to stardom, she is also remembered for her musical and dramatic roles, especially her “backyard musicals” with the legendary Mickey Rooney. In all, during a 40-year career, she made 32 feature films, in addition to doing voice over work for two more. The “Judy Garland Movie Poster Book” presents, for the first time in color, full page posters from all of Garland’s films. There are all here: “Meet Me in St. Louis” (1944), “The Harvey Girls” (1946), “Ziegfeld Follies,” “Easter Parade” (1948), “The Pirate” (1948), “Presenting Lilly Mars” (1953), “A Star is Born” (1954), “Judgement at Nuremberg” (1961) and many more. As an added treat, a sample of posters are included which were used to promote her films when they were released in foreign countries.66 Pages/Color on White Paper

Judy Garland Movie Poster Book

Marx Brothers Movie Poster Book

In over four dozen films, Chinese detective Charlie Chan solved mysteries and crimes that baffled authorities. Based on the character created by author Earl Derr Biggers, Chan first appeared in silent serials. In 1929 he had a small role in the early sound film, “Behind the Curtain.” The “Charlie Chan Movie Poster Book” presents posters and poster art from *Chan films from 1931-1949 featuring Warner Oland, Sidney Toler and Roland Winters in the title role. Also included is the controversial “Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen” (1981) starring Peter Ustinov. It’s a collection even No.1 son would be proud to have. 66 Pages/Color on White Paper

Charlie Chan Movie Poster Book

Film noir is defined by one source as a “style or genre of cinematographic film marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, and menace.  Another source defines it as “a style of filmmaking characterized by elements such as cynical heroes, stark lighting effects, frequent use of flashbacks, intricate plots, and an underlying existentialist philosophy.” Both definitions are correct, but defining the genre isn’t that simple. Celebrated critic Roger Ebert found that out when he published his elaborate, 10-point “Guide to the Film Noir Genre” in 1995.  “Film Noir Poster Book: 1940-1945” presents color, full page posters from nearly 75 American films in the genre which were made during this period.   Films represented in this volume include, by year:  1940: “The Letter,”  “Stranger on the Third Floor,” “They Drive by Night,” and “Rebecca.”  1941:  “Among the Living,” “Blues in the Night,” “High Sierra,” “I Wake Up Screaming” (aka “Hot Spot”), “Johnny Eager,” “Ladies in Retirement,” “The Maltese Falcon,” “Out of the Fog,”  “Rage in Heaven,” “Suspicion,” “The Shanghai Gesture,” and “A Woman's Face.”  1942:  “Crossroads,” “The Glass Key,”  “Moontide,” “Street of Chance,” and “This Gun for Hire.”  1943: “Calling Dr. Death,” “The Fallen Sparrow,” “Journey into Fear,” “The Seventh Victim,” “Shadow of a Doubt,” and “Whispering Footsteps.”  1944: “Bluebeard,” “Christmas Holiday,” “Dark Waters,” “Double Indemnity,” “Experiment Perilous,” “Gaslight,”  “Guest in the House” (aka “Satan in Skirts”),” “Laura,”  “Lady in the Death House,” “The Lodger,” “The Mark of the Whistler,” “The Mask of Dimitrios,”  “Ministry of Fear,” “Murder, My Sweet (aka “Farewell, My Lovely”),” “Phantom Lady,” “Strangers in the Night,”  “The Suspect,”Voice in the Wind,”  “The Whistler,” and “The Woman in the Window.”  1945:  “Apology for Murder,” “Bewitched,” “Conflict,” “Cornered,” “Danger Signal,” “Dangerous Intruder,” “Detour,” “Escape in the Fog,” “Fallen Angel,” “The Great  Flamarion,” “Hangover Square,” “The House on 92nd Street,” “Jealousy,” “Johnny Angel,”  “The Lost Weekend,” “Mildred Pierce,” “My Name is Julia Ross,” “The Power of the Whistler,” “Scarlet Street,” “Spellbound,” “The Spider,” “The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry,” “Strange Illusion” (aka “Out of the Night”), “Two O'Clock Courage,” “The Unseen,” and “Voice of the Whistler.”  86 Pages/Color on White Paper

Film Noir Poster Book: 1940-1945

By the early 1930s, hundreds of B-westerns were being cranked out every year by studios. Their clean cut stars represented American values and ideals. They were heroes to the nation’s children who flocked to see their action films at Saturday matinees where the good guy always beat the bad guy. The “Classic Western Films Poster Book: 1930-1935” presents posters from nearly 40 westerns, from director Raoul Walsh’s widescreen film, “The Big Trail” (1930), to “Westward Ho” (1935), both starring John Wayne, and everything in between. Films represented in this volume include: 1930: "The Big Trail" and "Billy the Kid" 1931: "Cimarron," "Fighting Caravans" and "The Hard Hombre." 1932: "The Big Stampede," "Hidden Gold," "Law and Order," "Mark Off the Spur," "McKenna of the Mounted," "Texas Tornado" and "Two Fisted Law." 1933: "Phantom Thunderbolt," "Riders of Destiny," "Sagebrush Trail," and "Under the Tonto." 1934: "Belle of the Nineties," "Blue Steel," "Honor of the Range," "The Lucky Texan," "Mystery Mountain," "The Star Packer," "The Trail Beyond," "Viva Villa!," "Wagon Wheels," "When a Man Sees Red" and "When the Kellys Rode." 1935: "Annie Oakley," "Barbary Coast," "Border Brigands," "The Crimson Trail," "The Dawn Rider," "Fighting Shadows," "Lawless Range," "The New Frontier," "Paradise Canyon," " The Ruggles of Red Gap," "Timber Terrors" and "Westward Ho." Great western film stars represented include Richard Arlen, Wallace Beery, Buck Jones, Lane Chandler, Gary Cooper, Bob Custer, Richard Dix, Hoot Gibson, Walter Huston, Johnny Mack Brown, Ken Maynard, Tim McCoy, Tom Mix, Randolph Scott, Barbara Stanwyck and the Duke himself, John Wayne. 50 Pages/Color on White Paper

Classic Westerns Films Poster Book: 1930-1935: Starring Buck Jones, Hoot Gibson, , Buck Jones, Ken Maynard, Tim McCoy, Tom Mix, John Wayne and more.

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