Popular cult author and show business insider James Parish exposes the scandals that rocked Tinseltown Nothing intrigues the public more than a good, juicy scandal. Add a famous Hollywood star or two to the mix and the nation is hooked. The Hollywood Book of Scandals provides the full account of 32 big, provocative scandals―complete with all the sexy, scintillating, and often shocking details. Written by veteran show business chronicler James Robert Parish, this book dishes the full dirt on:
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<li> Bob Crane’s mysterious death </li>
<li> Elizabeth Taylor’s seduction of Eddie Fisher </li>
<li> Robert Mitchum’s arrest for drug possession </li>
<li>Judy Garland’s public meltdown </li>
<li> Errol Flynn’s trial for statutory rape </li>
<li> Winona Ryder’s shoplifting trial</li>
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More than 100 black-and-white celebrity photos offer readers a close-up look at the leading players in these sordid dramas.

The Hollywood Book of Scandals : The Shocking, Often Disgraceful Deeds and Affairs of Over 100 American Movie and TV Idols

Parish, James

Reference

McGraw=Hill

For fans of musicals, singing, Hollywood history, and the lives of stars, no other work equals this new three-volume reference to the on- and off-camera careers of more than 100 performers who made major contributions to the American screen musical. From June Allyson to Mae West, Hollwood Songsters provides a detailed narrative-ranging from 2,000 to 5000 words each-of the lives and careers of stars forever etched in our memories. Each description is informative, engaging, and fun, yet the scrupulous attention to detail and accuracy ensures that even the most knowledgeable scholar will learn something new. Each entry includes a filmography, discography (of both albums and CDs), Broadway appearances, radio work, television appearances and series,and a full-page photo of the subject. A complete index of names of performers, films, and songs rounds out the work. This is the ideal reference work for everyone one from the mildly curious to the hard-core fan.

Hollywood Songsters: Singers Who Act and Actors Who Sing: A Biographical Dictionary

Biographies & Memoirs

Pitts, Michael

Arts & Literature

Routledge

Part of the Encore Film Book Classics series, this is a reprint of the original text to The Leading Ladies by James Robert Parish and Don E. Stanke.  Each of these major Hollywood movie stars had her own very special blend of glamour, persistence, and magnetism. One was a flippant, saucer-eyed, wisecracking blonde. Another was a sharp-edged rugged individualist. A third was delicate-looking, a demure pretty heroine with great reserves of strength. All six major talents profiled in this volume were uniquely themselves. But they had one thing in common: the tenacity and adaptability to survive in the Hollywood film business for many decades. They were the great, indestructible Leading Ladies.   JOAN BLONDELL: “I play Joan Blondell, and I play her the best the I can.”  JOAN CRAWFORD: “A Star will last always, as in the heavens. A personality will go down just as quick as it appears.”  BETTE DAVIS: “I survived because I was tougher than everybody else.”  OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND:  “I love to work. It’s something I need very much.”  ROSALIND RUSSELL: “It’s okay to have talent. But talent is the least of it. In a performance or a career, you’ve got to have vitality.”  BARBARA STANWYCK: “I’m the best action actress in the world. I can do horse drags, jump off buildings, and I have the scars to prove it.”   The six lengthy career studies in The Leading Ladies are enhanced by detailed filmographies and expansive personal narratives of these inimitable Hollywood stars that are full of insights into what made them such enduring, unforgettable Tinseltown legends.

Leading Ladies

Rainbow Books, Inc.

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