| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xviii, 213 p. ; 20 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-210). |
| Contents |
About the title -- Shooting stars (mostly at each other) -- Samuel Goldwyn, a king of producers (The Lord of Apocrypha) -- Groucho lays down the law ... yers -- Writers, producers & directors take on the stars -- Jack Warner (oh, brother!) -- What really happened at the party? Actress sets record straight [R] -- Y'don't say -- Mae West (the era of her ways) -- Hollywood's life is the spice of Variety -- Oscar Levant: more than a smattering of wit, music, movies, and pills -- George S. Kaufman (the great collaborator) -- The sweet bye and bye -- Michael Curitz (a director beyond words) -- Booray for Hollywood -- Harry Cohn (but some there were who liked him) -- S*x, Hollywood's favorite 3-letter word -- Men vs. women vs. men -- "Oh, wad some power the giftie gie us/to see oursels as ithers see us!" [sic] -- Terms of endearment -- Woody Allen (the nonpareil) -- "I do wish you would decline alcohol." "Okay, drink, drank, drunk." -- We need one (at least) new Oscar category -- Can't do it alone. |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- Quotations, maxims, etc.
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Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Quotations.
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| Added Author |
Shalit, Gene, 1936-
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| ISBN |
0312282729 |
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9780312282721 |
| Standard No. |
YDXCP 1881447 |
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NZ1 7020459 |
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AU@ 000023723547 |
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