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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Hefner, the Playboy of the Western World, was a visionary publisher, an empire-builder, an avatar of pleasure, and a pajama-clad pipe-smoker with a pre-coital grin. In 1953, he published his first edition of Playboy, with Marilyn Monroe on the cover and her nude calendar inside. He obtained the rights for $500 with money borrowed from his puritanical Nebraska-born mother. In addition to his role as a 'tasteful pornographer,' Hef became a cultural warrior, fighting government censorship all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court after the Post Office refused to deliver his magazine to its subscribers. As the years and his notoriety progressed, he became an advocate of abortion, LGBT equality, and the legalization of pot. Eventually, he engaged in 'pubic wars' with Bob Guccione, founder of Penthouse, which cut into Hefs sales. During his heyday, some of the biggest male stars in Hollywood, including Warren Beatty, Sammy Davis, Jr., Mick Jagger, and Jack Nicholson, came to frolic behind Hefs guarded walls, stripping nude in the hot tube grotto before sampling the rotating beds upstairs. This ground-breaking biography, the latest in Blood Moons string of outrageously unvarnished myth-busters, is the first published since Hefners death at the age of 91 in 2017. It is a provocative saga, rich in tantalizing, often shocking detail definitely not for the sanctimonious or the faint of heart. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A self-defined "seductress of beautiful women" and the by-product of an immense fortune, lesbian activist Mercedes de Acosta (born in 1892) was descended from Spain's Dukes of Alba and a beneficiary of the best education and best social skills that her parents' Gilded Age fortune could buy. From her perch within the aristocracy of the Belle A self-defined "seductress of beautiful women," lesbian activist de Acosta (born in 1892) was descended from Spain's Dukes of Alba and a beneficiary of the best education her parents' Gilded Age fortune could buy. From within the aristocracy of the Belle ƒpoque, and continuing as an arts-industry "swinger" until her death in 1968, she became notorious for seducing celebrities. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Based on exclusive and never-before-seen letters, unpublished memoirs and personal interviews whose compilation progressed over a timeline spanning more than half a century, Damn You Scarlett O'Hara reveals for the first time details about the carefully suppressed sexual and emotional entanglements of the 'Royal Family of the British stage'. Damn You, Scarlett O'Hara is the definitive and most revelatory portrait ever published of the most talented and tormented actor and actress of the 20th century. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. "You've got only one life to live, so make it a hell of a ride." (Judy) "What good is sitting alone in your room?" (Liza) Judy and Liza were the greatest, most colorful, and most tragic mother-daughter saga in show biz history. They live, laugh, and weep again in the tear-soaked pages of this remarkable biography from the entertainment industry's most prolific archivists, Darwin Porter and Danforth Prince. They've compiled a compelling "post-modern" spin: As MGM's tap-dancing Ann Miller predicted, "It's unlikely that the world will ever see the likes of these two ever again." According to Liza, "My mother--hailed as the world's greatest entertainer--lived eighty lives during her short time with us." Their memorable stories unfold through eyewitness accounts of the typhoons that engulfed them. They swing across glittery landscapes of euphoria and glory, detailing the betrayals and treachery which the duo encountered almost daily. There were depressions "as deep as the Mariana Trench," suicide attempts, and obsessive identifications on deep psychological levels with roles that include Judy's Vicky Lester in A Star is Born (1954) and Liza's Sally Bowles in Cabaret (1972). Lesser known are the jealous actress-to-actress rivalries. Fueled by klieg lights and rivers of negative publicity, they sprouted like malevolent mushrooms on steroids. As Judy faded into the 1960s, Liza roaringly emerged as a star in her own right. "I did it my way," Liza said. She survived the whirlwinds of her mother's drug addiction with a yen for choosing all the wrong men in patterns that weirdly evoked those of Judy herself. Their story includes tantalizing details about their husband and father, the acclaimed director, Vincente Minnelli, famous for his steerage of schmaltzy classics (Meet Me in St. Louis, Gigi, and An American in Paris). Judy complained that her lipstick-wearing husband spent more time in bed with Gene Kelly than with her. For millions of fans, Judy will forever remain the cheerful adolescent (Dorothy) skipping along a yellow brick road toward the other side of the rainbow. Liza followed her down that hallucinogenic path, searching for the childhood, the security, and the love that eluded her. Judy Garland, an icon whose memory is permanently etched into the American psyche, continues to thrive as a cult goddess. Revered by thousands of die-hard fans, she's the most poignant example of both the manic and depressive (some say "schizophrenic") sides of the Hollywood myth. A recent film portrayal by Ren e Zellweger helped promote and perpetuate her image. Deep in her 70s, Liza is still with us, too, nursing memories of her former acclaim and her first visit as a little girl to her parents at MGM, the "Dream Factory," during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Judy Garland is universally accepted as a talented, traumatized, and relentlessly cheerful adolescent (Dorothy) skipping along a yellow brick road toward the other side of the rainbow. With her ferociously loyal but fiercely competitive daughter, Liza, she lives again in this ironic, tear-soaked, postmodern spin. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Zsa Zsa, Eva and Magda Gabor transferred their glittery dreams and gold-digging ambitions from the twilight of the Austro-Hungarian Empire to Hollywood. There, more effectively than any army, these Bombshells from Budapest broke hearts; amassed fortunes, lovers, and A-list husbands; and amused millions of voyeurs through the medium of television, movies and the social registers. Those Glamorous Gabors demonstrates that wit, charm, ruthlessness and beauty can indeed go a long way toward the realisation of the American Dream. Zsa Zsa, Eva, and Magda Gabor transferred their glittery dreams and gold-digging ambitions from the twilight of the Austro-Hungarian Empire to Hollywood. This book demonstrates that wit, charm, ruthlessness, and beauty can indeed go a long way toward the realization of the American Dream. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Linda Lovelace, the star of 1972's XXX-rated film Deep Throat, is the most notorious actress of the 20th century. She married Chuck Traynor, who forced her at gunpoint into performing hardcore 'loops', confiscated her earnings from Deep Throat and pimped her out to celebrities. After a decade of assault and humiliation, Linda launched an anti-pornography movement, attracting many who renounced the porn industry. Critics claim that Lovelace's Deep Throat changed America's sexual attitudes more than anything since the 1940s; now Darwin Porter tells the story of this iconic woman Linda Lovelace, the star of 1972's XXX-rated film Deep Throat, is the most notorious actress of the 20th century. She married Chuck Traynor, who forced her at gunpoint into performing hardcore 'loops', confiscated her earnings from Deep Throat and pimped her out to celebrities. After a decade of assault and humiliation, Linda launched an anti-porno Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Americas most enduring and legendary symbol of young rebellion, James Dean continues into the 21st Century to capture the imagination of the world. In recognition of his enduring appeal as Hollywoods most visible symbol of unrequited male rage, bars from California to Nigeria and Patagonia are named in his honour.Dean, a strikingly handsome heart-throb, is a study in contrasts: Tough but tender; brutal at times but remarkably sensitive; a reckless hell raiser badass who could revert to a little boy in bed. From his climb from the dusty backroads of Indiana to the most formidable boudoirs of Hollywood, his saga is electrifying. He claimed that sexually, he didnt want to go through life with one hand tied behind his back. He corroborated his identity as a rampant bisexual through sexual interludes with Marilyn Monroe, Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Natalie Wood, Shelley Winters, Marlon Brando, Steve McQueen, Ursula Andress, Montgomery Clift, Pier Angeli, Tennessee Williams, Susan Strasberg, and (are you sitting down?) both Tallulah Bankhead and (as a male prostitute) FBI director J. Edgar Hoover. Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton wanted to make him her toy boy.Tomorrow Never Comes, the newest in Blood Moons critically acclaimed Babylon Series, is the most penetrating look at James Dean to have emerged from the wreckage of his Porsche Spyder in 1955. He flirted with Death until it caught up with him. Ironically, he said, If a man can live after he dies, then maybe hes a great man. Before setting out on his last ride, he also said, I feel life too intensely to bear living it. The enigmas surrounding one of Hollywood s best-known cults has at last been decoded, thanks to the publication of this unvarnished overview of "the lost farmboy from Indiana," James Dean, the other (after Marilyn Monroe) most famous movie star of the 1950s. Written to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the violent death of a star who lived fast, Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Except for what's within this book, very little is known about how Humphrey Bogart clawed his way from Broadway to Hollywood during the Jazz Age and Prohibition. Based on dusty unpublished memoirs, letters, diaries, and personal interviews, this unapologetic expose lays Bogie's life bare in a style you've come to expect from Darwin Porter. Juicy details include what Bogie never told Lauren Bacalla legend in her own rightabout the years between his birth in 1899 till his fourth and final marriage in 1944. Except for what's within this book, very little is known about how Humphrey Bogart clawed his way from Broadway to Hollywood during the Jazz Age and Prohibition. Based on dusty unpublished memoirs, letters, diaries, and personal interviews, this title lays Bogie's life. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Born to a vagabond bookie working the U.K.s racetracks, OToole as a very young man became the mostnotorious sailor in Her Majestys Royal Navy, before working as a hawker of balloons, a paparazzo, anewsman, and a steeplejack. He drifted into the London Theatre and studied ballet.Reed thin, toweringly tall, and larger than life, with blue eyes as pale as an autumn morning, OToolebrought his tormented personality to stage and screen, exhibiting a galvanizing mania with a booming speechpattern evocative of the most chauvinistic days of the British Empire.With drinking buddies like Richard Burton, OToole was the last of the dying breed of orgiastic hell-raisersin the tradition of Errol Flynn. Off screen, OToole starred in week-long binges and sex orgies of nearbiblical proportions. He equalled Don Juans legendary 1,003 seductions, bedding everyone fromElizabeth Taylor to Princess Margaret, who relentlessly pursued him. This illusion-shattering overview of Peter OTooles hell-raising (or at least very naughty) lifeis unique in publishingtheres never before been a biography thats anything like it. Born to a vagabond bookie working the U.K's racetracks, the author became the notorious sailor in Her Majesty's Royal Navy, and then worked as a street vendor, a paparazzo, a newsman, and a steeplejack before drifting into the London theatre. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. From famed celebrity biographer Darwin Porter, this is the most honest and journalistically important biography of Michael Jackson ever published, with a roster of literary reviews that outnumber and outclass any other MJ bio on the market. After its original release in 2007, it was widely reviewed as the most thorough and comprehensive biography of the superstar published anytime during the previous 15 years. Following the superstar's death in June of 2009, Porter edited and amplified his already controversial texts to include startling new information about The Gloved One, adding a final chapter and a post-mortem epilogue reflecting the mysterious circumstances surrounding Jackson's death and an analysis of its aftermath. Presents the biography of Michael Jackson with a roster of literary reviews that outnumber and outclass any other MJ bio on the market. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. New, unique and ballsy, Blood Moon's Guide to Gay and Lesbian Film is the most comprehensive and entertaining guidebook of its kind, an annually updated guidebook to the previous year's crop of GLBT films. More than 200 gay and lesbian films, each of them a recent release, are reviewed by filmmakers who hail from places as diverse as the US, Canada, the UK, France, Norway, India, Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand and Taiwan. Of enduring value to film historians, libraries and filmgoers everywhere, it's also loaded with photos of actors and directors. Assembles previous year's gay, lesbian, and transgendered films, illustrated guides that are Out, Outrageous, Provocative, and Proud. This book includes descriptions and reviews of at least 140 feature-length gay films, with commentary, features, essays on key moments in the previous year's filmmaking, and hundreds of photos. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The second annual edition of the reference source and book of record for the year's production of gay and lesbian films worldwide! Contains an entirely new roster of films, commentary and reviews - featuring synopses, snippets of critics' reviews and essential extras such as the Blood Moon Awards. More of what you've come to expect from Blood Moon's ongoing series of guidebooks devoted to the previous year's production of Gay and Lesbian Films, with a completely different and expanded roster of films from those reviewed within Volume One. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The mysteries that enveloped the late icon Marlon Brando are unwrapped and exposed in this richly anecdotal biography by bestselling biographer Darwin Porter. Meticulously accurate, this book has been researched over a period of 40 years. The result is a fully rounded view of a revolutionary actor who electrified the world and, with great candour, Porter unveils the details of that ongoing disaster Brando called 'my life.' However, more than just a chronicle, the book charts the many loves of his life too and his many tortured relationships. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. On the campus of Yale University, in 1970, an odd couple, Hillary Rodham and Bill (Bubba) Clinton, came together at a Mark Rothko exhibit at the Yale Art Museum. Before the end of that rainy afternoon, they had formed an unbreakable bond forged while they rested on the seat of a Henry Moore sculpture. They were from completely different worldshe, a populist from a poverty-stricken background in Arkansas; she, a former Goldwater Girl and conservative Republican gradually moving into the liberal camp. As he sat beside her, holding her hand, he confided to her that since the age of seven, he had only one abiding ambitionand that was to be the President of the United States. He promised her, If elected, I will pave the way for you to become the first woman president. You can follow after my administration. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. As late as 1958, homosexuality couldn't be mentioned in a movie, as proven by the elaborate rituals the producers of Tennessee Williams' swampy drama Cat on a Hot Tin Roof used to evade the obvious fact that its hero, as played by Paul Newman, was playing it gay. Cinema emerged from its celluloid closet in 1960 and has since allowed many cult icons into America's mainstream: gay cowboys, gay Nazis, S&M fetish groups and women in love with each other. 50 Years of Queer Cinema documents it all, focusing on cinema's most intriguing queer films. Reviews 500 of the best of Hollywood's output of gay, bisexual, lesbian, transgendered, and queer questioning films, with a special emphasis on how gays changed the movies we know and love. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. This is a pioneering and posthumous biography of a charismatic icon of Tinseltown whose rule over the hearts of American moviegoers lasted for more than half a century. It's loaded with never-before-published revelations that look behind the innocent-looking baby blues that enthralled the movie-going public. He became one of the most potent, desirable, and ambiguous sex symbols in America, a former sailor from Shaker Heights, Ohio, who parlayed his ambisexual charm and extraordinary good looks into one of the most successful careers in Hollywood. It's all here, as recorded by celebrity chronicler Darwin Porterthe dirt and the glory, the bad and the beautiful, the giddy highs and the agonizing lows of a great American star. This title won an honorable mention for biography from the NEW ENGLAND BOOK FESTIVAL in 2010 A biography of a charismatic icon of Tinseltown whose rule over the hearts of American moviegoers lasted for more than half a century. It's loaded with revelations that look behind the innocent-looking baby blues that enthralled the movie-going public. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. One hot summer night in 1945, three young American writers, each an enfant terrible, came together in a stuffy Manhattan apartment for the first time. Each member of this pink triangle was on the dawn of world fameTennessee Williams for A Streetcar Named Desire; Gore Vidal for his notorious homosexual novel, The City and the Pillar; and Truman Capote for Other Voices, Other Rooms a book that had been marketed with a photograph depicting Capote as a under aged sex object that caused as much controversy as the prose inside. From that summer night emerged betrayals that eventually evolved into lawsuits, stolen lovers, public insults, and the most famous and flamboyant rivalries in Americas literary history. The private opinions of these authors about their celebrity acquaintances usually left scar tissue. The enfants terribles of America at mid-20th Century challenged the sexual censors of their day while indulging in "bitchfests" for love, glory, and boyfriends. This book exposes their literary slugfests and offers an intimate look at their relationships with the glitterati - everyone from Marilyn Monroe to Jacqueline Kennedy and Marlon Brando. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. This hot, two-in-one biography examines the complicated co-dependencies of the greatest but most dysfunctional mother-daughter act in showbiz, Debbie Reynolds and her talented, often traumatized daughter, Carrie Fisher. After years of feuds and separations, they reunited at the end of their lives. Today, their legions of fans like to think they're each doing fine, together in some galaxy far, far away. Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher were the greatest mother-daughter act in show business. Frank Sinatra stole her virginity, but she married pop singer Eddie Fisher for the official deflowering (her words). Through storm and rain, Debbie battled on, hitting a high point when she starred as Tammy in 1957 and her most memorable role was in 1964, when she was cast in the rags-to riches saga of The Unsinkable Molly Brown. Each of her three marriages was a disaster, the second one to a millionaire shoe manufacturing mogul who bankrupted both of them. Impoverished after the divorce, she ended up sleeping in her car. Debbie mingled with the elite of Hollywood in the dying days of its Golden Age. Luminaries included Clark Gable (if I were only twenty years younger.); Judy Garland (who propositioned her); Lana Turner; Bette Davis (she was my daughter) and Glenn Ford, who fell in love with her.A rebellious daughter, Carrie grew up to endure a life of living hellpill popping, drug abuse, chronic anxiety, failed love affairs, bipolar disorder, and electroshock therapy. Carrie sometimes protested: I dont want to be the daughter of Debbie Reynolds. I battled demons that set my brain on fire. International celebrity came in 1977, when she played Princess Leia in Star Wars as an elaborately coiffed intergalactic princess, spearheading The Force, and strong enough to oppose the villainy of Darth Vader. Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher were the greatest mother-daughter act in show business. Born in a shanty in El Paso, Texas, Debbie, a Texas tomboy, endured a life of poverty--jackrabbit every night for dinner--until she moved to California. Blossoming into a young beauty, she won the title of Miss Burbank, which led to a movie contract. Stardom c Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Of all the male stars of Golden Age Hollywood, Kirk Douglas became the final survivor, the last icon of a fabled era that the world will never see again. When he celebrated his birthday in 2016, a headline read 'Legendary Hollywood horndog turns 100.' He was both a charismatic actor and a man of uncommon force and vigour. His restless and volcanic spirit is reflected both in his films and through his many sexual conquests. Douglas was the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants, his father a ragman.Conquering Tinseltown, he became the personification of the American dream, moving from obscurity and (literally) rags to riches and major-league fame. The Whos Who cast of characters roaring through his life featured not only a daunting list of Hollywood goddesses, but the towns most colossal male talents and egos, too. They included his kindred hellraiser and best buddy Burt Lancaster, John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Billy Wilder, Laurence Olivier, Rock Hudson, and a future U.S. President, Ronald Reagan.Douglas began his conquests in New York, stealing the virginity of model Betty Bacall before she moved to Hollywood, changed her name to Lauren, and married Humphrey Bogart. Later, both Marilyn Monroe and Lana Turner pursued him for boudoir duty. 'I had them allwell, almost,' he boasted.All of this is brought out, with photos, in this remarkable testimonial to the last hero of Hollywoods cinematic and swashbuckling Golden Age, an inspiring testimonial to the values and core beliefs of an America thats Gone with the Wind, yet lovingly remembered as a time when it, in many ways, was truly great. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. ; 6.36 X 1.49 X 9.49 inches; 550 pages.