Written by Barry Norman each chapter contains a biographical sketch of the following stars:
Clark Gable, Errol Flynn, Spencer Tracy, Gary Cooper,
Humphrey Bogart, Joan Crawford, Ronald Colman, Jean Harlow, Judy Garland and Charles Laughton.

The Hollywood Greats

Arts & Photography

NORMAN, Barry

Performing Arts

Arrow

Bobby Lennox, a successful London realtor and ex-boxing champion, is a frequent victim of mistaken identity, whether from his questionable resemblance to film actor Michael Caine, or now due to a mixup that convinces some mobsters that he's a hit man - one who can get rid of a Hollywood producer and his beautiful wife. But when the wife turns out to be Lennox's former girlfriend, he has to prevent the murder he was hired to commit, following a trail that leads him through the inner circles of the Los Angeles elite and into a startling case of treachery and deceit.

The Birddog Tape

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

st.martins press

The film greats

Humor & Entertainment

Hodder And Stoughton Ltd.

Barry Norman's witty, informative and hugely enjoyable account of the development of Hollywood's film industry.

Talking Pictures

Business & Money

Hodder&Stoughton Ltd

Barry Norman's Film Greats

W.H.Smith

In the official tie-in with the acclaimed 10-part series show on Turner Broadcasting, Norman traces the evolution of the studios from the advent of sound to the present. 225 photos including 75 in full-color.

The Story of Hollywood

Television

Plume

Traces the history of Hollywood since the introduction of sound in 1927, with detailed accounts of the decline of the big studios, the role of censorship, the rise of the genre film, and the impact of World War II and postwar blacklisting on the industry

The Story of Hollywood Companion book to the TV series

New American Library NAL

F.Watts

See You in the Morning

Barry Norman's candid, witty and moving account of life, love, marriage and loss.      Barry Norman is one of the nation's most popular and enduring broadcasters. Journalist, writer and presenter, he is best known for having fronted the BBC's flagship Film programme for more than 25 years. While working as a gossip columnist for The Daily Sketch, Barry met a pretty, talented young journalist called Diana Narracott, when they were sent to cover the same news story. Within a year they were married, their union lasting until Diana's untimely death in 2011.In this heartfelt memoir, Barry introduces us to the remarkable woman he knew so well and loved so deeply. He traces their careers and lives together, describing how Diana moved from being an accomplished journalist, to mother-of-two, to best-selling author. Through his writing, we grow to love Diana's irrepressible nature, fierce intelligence, her sense of fun and even her stubbornness.Writing in his entertaining, inimitable style, Barry shows how, like any couple, he and Diana had their disagreements but that the deep-rooted love and respect they had for each other ultimately ensured a long and happy marriage. With heart-breaking honesty, he shares the difficulty he and their family faced while Diana was fighting ill-health, as well as the pain he still feels at the loss of his wife who he describes as 'the best friend a man could ever hope for'.

See You In the Morning

Biographies & Memoirs

Black Swan.

For more than thirty years, Barry Norman established himself as the authority on cinema and has become the funniest, most iconoclastic and astute film reviewer we have. He fronted the seminal BBC film programme from 1972 until three years ago when he decided to move to Sky, maintaining his justly-deserved reputation as the nation's infallible guide to the best and worst that cinema had to offer. During his time on television and working as show business editor at the Daily Mail, Barry met and fraternised with the cinematic greats - stars, directors and producers - and he now tells all in an honest, clever and humorous insider's look at the worlds of journalism, broadcasting and film. Barry Norman also explores the myths about the stars, the allegedly glamorous life of the movies and even gets to the bottom of his supposed catch-phrase. From early childhood spent in a film family, And Why Not? covers Hitler dropping bombs in Barry's back garden, his life of crime as a seven-year-old, his father's distinguished career as a film editor, producer and then director for the world-famous Ealing Studios among others and his mother's larceny. It also describes his years as a journalist in southern Africa and Fleet Street and then the strange twist of fate which led him into an unsought career on television. On the way, it takes in encounters with such well-known riffraff as Laurence Olivier, Richard Burton, Liz Taylor and Anthony Hopkins, all of whom he liked a lot, Peter Sellers and Bruce Willis, whom he didn't like at all, John Wayne, who tried to hit him and Robert De Niro, who didn't actually hit him but may well have thought seriously about doing so.

And Why Not?: Memoirs of a Film Lover

Memoirs

Simon & Schuster Intl

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