Dashing to the End
The Ray Milland Story
The engaging and detailed first biography of the Oscar-winning Welsh actor
One Tough Dame
The Life and Career of Diana Rigg
A detailed biography of the esteemed actress, before, during, and after The Avengers
Jean Peters
Hollywood's Mystery Girl
The first definitive volume in more than fifty years on the extraordinary star of Pickup on South Street, Three Coins in the Fountain, and Niagara
She Damn Near Ran the Studio
The Extraordinary Lives of Ida R. Koverman
The first biography of Hollywood’s political matchmaker, kingmaker, and MGM’s movie star maker
José Ferrer
Success and Survival
The first major biography of the Puerto Rican director and Tony- and Oscar-winning actor
The Life of Dick Haymes
No More Little White Lies
A biography of the superstar crooner, his rise, fall, and struggle for a second act
The Lost World of DeMille
Published at long last, a great film historian’s biography of the director who invented Hollywood
The Brothers Mankiewicz
Hope, Heartbreak, and Hollywood Classics
The first dual biography of two Hollywood icons
Sterling Hayden's Wars
A biography of a master sailor, war hero, and one of the most unusual and troubled stars of the Golden Era of Hollywood
Winnie Lightner
Tomboy of the Talkies
The biography of the spunky “Song a Minute Girl,” the first actress to have her spoken words censored
Dan Duryea
Heel with a Heart
The biography of a devoted family man best known for his roles as abusive villains
Madeline Kahn
Being the Music, A Life
The first biography of the great comedic actress and star of stage and screen
She Could Be Chaplin!
The Comedic Brilliance of Alice Howell
The first book-length appreciation of one of the most important comediennes of the silent film era
Van Johnson
MGM's Golden Boy
The only full-length biography of this immensely popular screen star of the 1940s and 1950s
Sitting Pretty
The Life and Times of Clifton Webb
The autobiography of one of the top moneymakers in the history of Twentieth Century-Fox
Mary Wickes
I Know I've Seen That Face Before
The full story of one of Hollywood’s most accomplished character actresses
A Girl's Got To Breathe
The Life of Teresa Wright
A biography of the Oscar-winning American actress
A Real American Character
The Life of Walter Brennan
The first biography of the prodigiously hard-working actor who embodied the Western ideal
Marilyn Monroe
A Life of the Actress, Revised and Updated
The first biography to focus on the American icon’s acting craft
Joan Blondell
A Life between Takes
The first major biography of an actress with a long and lustrous career in film and television
The Search for Sam Goldwyn
A biography that parts the curtain on the true story behind Hollywood’s original movie mogul
Garden of Dreams
The Life of Simone Signoret
A biography of the stunning French movie star and her complex marriage to singer Yves Montand
Zachary Scott
Hollywood's Sophisticated Cad
A biography of the stage and screen star who could never escape the role of dashing villain
Gloria Swanson
Ready for Her Close-Up
A biography of the Queen of Hollywood and her decades of successes and comebacks in film, art, fashion, and journalism
Lew Ayres
Hollywood's Conscientious Objector
A biography of the accomplished actor and staunch pacifist who changed the way America considers grounds for conscientious objection
Hollywood Enigma
Dana Andrews
A biography of the great noir actor who perfected the male mask of steely impassivity
Barbara Stanwyck
The Miracle Woman
A biography of the savvy, sexy, and inspirationally hardworking actress
Hollywood Madonna
Loretta Young
The first comprehensive biography of the talented devout Catholic who deceived the world by falsely adopting her love child
Forever Mame
The Life of Rosalind Russell
A biography of the full and rewarding life of a Golden Age star
Alice Faye
A Life Beyond the Silver Screen
The biography of 20th Century Fox’s beloved, velvet-voiced beauty