James Dean
by Frederic P Miller, Agnes F Vandome, and John McBrewster
Acting is Life Everything Else is Just Rehearsal School Planner 2019-2020
by Happy Planners And Journals
Actors Dream For A Lifetime Train And Study For Years Work On Set For Hours For Seconds Of Screen Time The Joy Of Acting
by German Banuelos
This biography of Natalie Wood (born Natasha Zakharenko), beautiful star of "West Side Story" and "Rebel Without a Cause", goes from a childhood dominated by her frustrated, alcoholic mother, through her love affairs and marriage (twice) to Robert Wagner, to an addiction to sleeping pills and her premature death by drowning at the age of 43. The author spent three years in researching Wood's life story, to reveal it tinged from the start with tragedy and drama. Wood grew up fast - a lonely misfi...
Considine Shaun : Bette & Joan: the Divine Feud (Hbk)
by Shaun Considine
A provocative, highly engaging essay on the art of pretending on the stage, on screen, and in daily life Does acting matter? David Thomson, one of our most respected and insightful writers on movies and theater, answers this question with inte
Mnemodrama in Action
This book provides an introductory guide to the experiments in actor training conducted by the Italian theatre maker Alessandro Fersen in his studio laboratory in Rome between 1957 and 1983. This work resulted in the creation of Mnemodrama, a “drama of memory”. The technique was designed by Fersen to provide actors with a psychic training. By entering a state of trance, they were able to access previously hidden dimensions of their personas, using techniques inspired by ancient ritual practices....
David Hasselhoff
by Frederic P Miller, Agnes F Vandome, and John McBrewster
Following her biographies of Orson Welles and Roman Polanski, the author offers an account of the life and film career of the "Love Goddess" whose smouldering image hid a tragic secret which fame and love affairs with glamorous men could do nothing to heal. "If this was happiness", said Orson Welles, "imagine what the rest of her life had been!" Margarita Cansino was a shy child, thrust into the sordid limelight by her ambitious father as his dancing partner. His exploitation and abuse set a pat...