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Chaplin by Simon Louvish
Category: Biography
An Everyman who expressed the defiant spirit of freedom, Charlie Chaplin was first lauded and later reviled in the America that made him Hollywood's richest man. He was a figure of multiple paradoxes, and many studies have sought to unveil 'the man behind the mask'. But Simon Louvish's new book - follow ...Show more
Chaplin : The Tramp's odyssey by Simon Louvish
Category: Biography
An Everyman who expressed the defiant spirit of freedom, Charlie Chaplin was first lauded and later reviled in the America that made him Hollywood's richest man. He was a figure of multiple paradoxes, and many studies have sought to unveil 'the man behind the mask'. Louvish charts the tale of the Tramp ...Show more
Coffee with Groucho by Simon Louvish
Category: Stationery & Gift | Series: Coffee with... S.
The most illustrious men and women of the past would have much to teach us if only, by some miracle of time travel, we could borrow an hour or so of their time - and get them to tell us just what it was that really mattered to them, what really made a difference in their lives, and what their strongest ...Show more
Coffee with Groucho by Simon Louvish
Category: Other Gift | Series: Coffee With...Series
With a foreword by the actor, director, and playwright described as "the greatest living exponent of Groucho Marx's material" by "The New York Times, " and text by the author of Monkey Business, a biography of the Marx Brothers, this bio brings the wisecracking, cigar-chomping, eyebrow-raising comedian ...Show more
Mae West by Simon Louvish
Category: Biography
Presents an account of Mae West's legendarily sassy life and work. This work examines her early vaudeville career, her controversial Broadway shows, and her phenomenal film career, through to her larger-than-life Vegas and nightclub acts, and talks about her life with her companion-unto-death, Paul Nova ...Show more
Mae West: It Ain't No Sin by Simon Louvish
Category: Biography Memoir
Sex goddess, Hollywood star, transgressive playwright, author, blues singer, and vaudeville brat---Mae West remains the twentieth century's greatest comedienne. She made an everlasting mark in trailblazing Broadway plays such as "Sex "and "The Constant Sinner" and in films such as "She Done Him Wrong, " ...Show more
Monkey Business - Lives and Legends of the Marx Brothers by Simon Louvish
Category: Biography | Series: The\Louvish Hollywood Biographies Ser.
This is the first full and properly researched biography of all five Marx Brothers"€"Chico, Harpo, Groucho, Gummo and Zeppo. First and foremost, this is the saga of a family whose theatrical roots stretch back to mid-19th century Germany. From Groucho Marx's first warblings with the singing Leroy Trio, ...Show more
Stan and Ollie: the Roots of Comedy - The Double Life of Laurel and Hardy (HB) by Simon Louvish
Category: Biography
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy have remained, from 1927 to the present day, the screen's most famous and popular comedy double act, celebrated by legions of fans. But despite many books about their films and individual lives, there has never been a fully researched, definitive narrative biography of the d ...Show more
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