books about: barrymore     books:       Bravo!: A Guide to Opera for the Perplexed2 reviews Barrymore Laurence Scherer Plume, 1997 Bravisimo!! This book is an excellent introduction to the opera for beginners. The strange art where people die while singing ten minutes becomes touching and interesting after reading this book.             The Misfits4 reviews Jon Rosen Bloomsbury USA, 2004 Man, this is one adorable little book! This is an adorable little book! I've never heard of the author; from the looks of him on the back flap you'd think he was bored with the idea of being a superstar, which is what he will undoubtedly become once word gets out. This is a very funny, adorable little book! The pages are smooth and creamy, like the tender thighs of a freshly plucked chicken. Between the covers you'll find a generous ...             Drew Barrymore (Real-Life Reader Biography)3 reviews Susan Zannos Mitchell Lane Publishers, 2000 This is a great book; what makes it soo good is drew! o.k. this is a very good book, i advice to alot of teens that are struggling with drugs or family problems. drew is barrymore is the best role-model and this is a must have book. i have been a drew fan for 7 years and love it when a good book like this comes out:) i would advice everybody to buy this RIGHT AWAY.. before its too late.             John Barrymore, Shakespearean Actor (Cambridge Studies in American Theatre and Drama)3 reviews Michael A. Morrison Cambridge University Press, 1997 Inspiring & Heartbreaking Michael Morrison's book fills a much needed gap in the large Barrymore biographical canon: it tells the story of Barrymore the artist. Many of the other great biographies of the man and family (Margot Peter's THE HOUSE OF BARRYMORE, anything by James Kotsilibas-Davis, to name only two of many excellent others) understandably short-shrift the details found here, in favor of the fabulous "bon ...             Barrymores Royal Family in Hol1 review James Kotsilibas-Davis Random House Value Publishing, 1982 Excellent book but curiously doesn't mention Drew Barrymore A really excellent book with anecdotes and many photographs of the three Barrymore siblings: John, Lionel and Ethel and the next generation of Barrymores, notably Diana and John Barrymore, Jr. Features interviews with Dolores Costello, her daughter Dolores Ethel (Dede) and some of the grandchildren. A memorable anecdote is from Dede who recalls the day her parents split up. I agree with other ...             Bullet Points2 reviews Kevyn DeMartino Barrymore Press, 2004 Bullet Points Strikes the Right Target The new business book, Bullet Points by Kevyn DeMartino, really strikes the right target. In this world of waging war, the business of war and the business of business, it makes sense for every corporate executive and aspiring corporate executive to read this book and make the leap to learn military tactics to run the best business possible. As many people know, the modern corporation and its ...             Barrymore's Ghost3 reviews Jason Miller Dramatists Play Service, 1997 Miller Knows Barrymore Well Jason Miller is a brilliant writer. His Pulitzer Prize winning drama 'That Championship Season' is proof enough of that. Yet 'That Championship Season' was to Miller in many ways what 'Hamlet' was to Barrymore....that is, a success so terrifying that it seemingly immobilized him. As Barrymore escaped to the fantasy world of Hollywood, with it's faceless women and big paychecks, leaving much of ...             Hollywood's Hellfire Club: The Misadventures of John Barrymore, W.C. Fields, Errol Flynn and the Bundy Drive ...4 reviews Gregory William Mank Feral House, 2007 Hell bent for destruction Greg Mank has left the haunted mansion of golden age horror film critiques and heads into Hollywood Babylon territory with his newest book; and what he finds would have Kenneth Anger gasping for breath. Mank, with his coauthors Charles Heard and Bill Nelson, tells the tale of the Bundy Drive Boys, a collective of fast living and hard drinking Hollywood actors, writers and artists--- all ...             Good Night Sweet Prince (Lively Arts Series)1 review Gene Fowler Mercury House, 1989 A Gracefully Written, Insightful Book from/of Another Era... Gene Fowler wrote gracefully and eloquently of his great friend John Barrymore in this, a biography from an era in which private lives were not seen as tabloid fodder and in which an author could concentrate on the significant moments of an artist's journey rather than sensationalism. As Fowler intended, Barrymore emerges from this book not as a hell-raising, womanizing alcoholic who was ...             Little Girl Lost77 reviews Drew Barrymore, Todd Gold Drew Barrymore is an inspiration. Period. Literally one of the greatest books I've ever read. No, I'm not saying that because I'm a Drew Barrymore fan. I mean, if acting isn't what she wanted to do, she could've been an author! Written when she was still in rehab circa late 1988 and published in 1990, this book gives all of us an insight into her early years, and the hell she went through at such a young age. She tells us about her ...             A Christmas Carol157 reviews Lionel Barrymore, Dickens, ... Natl Record Co, 1993 Nice Story Cute book to add to my table of Christmas Stories. Will make a cute addition this Christmas.             Too Much Too Soon2 reviews Diana Barrymore Signet Beautifully Describes a Young Starlet's Inner Struggles This book was so beautifully written that I felt I could see the posh pastel interiors of her childhood home and the famous paintings on the walls. This story has very rich character studies as well as describing in fascinating detail the gradual out of control spiral in which Ms. Barrymore found herself through alcohol, drugs and other experimentations. I found myself wanting to know what ...             The Film Acting of John Barrymore (Dissertations on Film 1980)1 review Joseph W. Garton Arno Press, 1980 So much talent... Author Joseph Garton apparently completed his university thesis by compiling this astounding historical record of one of the 20th Century's most charismatic performers. Absolutely gifted beyond worldly boundaries, actor John Barrymore just wanted to be a cartoonist. But needing to put bread on the table, young Jack Barrymore enlisted his considerable talent and plunged into Broadway theater. His ...             Aching To Be1 review Joyce Raskin Lulu.com, 2007 Real Life, Real Music "Aching To Be" pulls no punches as it tells the story of Joyce Raskin's life as a woman in rock and roll, from her struggles to learn the bass at age 13 to reaching the heights of indie success with her band Scarce. Tragically, the magic of Scarce was ravaged by band member Chick Graning's sudden illness. Joyce chronicles Chick's journey back to the world, and how the band coped. After a long ...             Damned in Paradise: The life of John Barrymore2 reviews John Kobler Atheneum, 1977 The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of John Kobler is probably best remembered for his biography of the notorious gangster Al Capone. It was a solid book and it still holds up rather well despite being superseded as to some details by a few subsequent historical research revelations contained in newer books about the Prohibition Era. This biography of John Barrymore, however, proved to be much more memorable in my opinion. I am ...             John Barrymore: A Bio-Bibliography (Bio-Bibliographies in the Performing Arts) Martin F. Norden Greenwood Press, 1995 Appearing in about 60 films and dozens of stage and radio productions, John Barrymore (1882-1942) was arguably the most idolized performing arts figure of his generation. Renowned for his ability to make even the flimsiest roles come to life with power and passion, the "Great Profile" reached his apex with title role performances in stagings of Richard III (1920) and Hamlet (1922-25). This book charts his legendary and sometimes scandalous life ...             Great Historical Shakespeare Recordings2 reviews William Shakespeare audible.com The Shakespeare is pricessless Of especial interest to students of the theatre and certainly to actors is a Naxos collection of (NA 220012) on two CDs or tapes. The first one gives us the voices of such Shakespearean luminaries as Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Arthur Bourchier, Lewis Waller, Frank Benson, Johnston Forbes Robertson, John Gielgud, Sybil Thorndike, Lewis Casson, John Barrymore, Laurence Olivier, Henry Irving, ...             Barrymore1 review William Luce Samuel French Inc, 1998 Luce's Genius Shines in this Remarkable Play Barrymore is a remarkable play. William Luce has crafted an imaginative clever script that paints a memorable portrait of John Barrymore. John Barrymore is alone on stage talking to a prompter, running through the memories of his life as an acting icon from a family of acting icons. And Luce makes it work. This script works because Luce has a gift for writing; the imagination of an artist; ...              search for books acting, american, barrymore, barrymores, bibliographies, bibliography, bio-bibliographies, bio-bibliography, biography, cambridge, christmas, dissertations, fields, hellfire, historical, hollywood, little, lively, misadventures, misfits, paradise, performing, perplexed, real-life, recordings, series, shakespeare, shakespearean, studies, theatre books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen office product: Lathem 7000e Sequential Time Cards home  impressum - about us