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(H/B) STELLA ADLER
Stella Adler was one of the 20th Century's greatest figures. She is arguably the most important teacher of acting in American history. Over her long career, both in New York and Hollywood, she offered her vast acting knowledge to generations of actors, including Marlon Brando, Warren Beatty, and Robert De Niro. The great voice finally ended in the early Nineties, but her decades of experience and teaching have been brilliantly caught and encapsulated by Howard Kissel in the twenty-two lessons in this book. (From the publisher)...
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(P/B) IN THE HEIGHTS

(H/B) A COMPREHENSIVE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FILM NOIR
Featuring rumpled PIs, shyster lawyers, corrupt politicians, double-crossers, femmes fatales, and, of course, losers who find themselves down on their luck yet again, film noir is a perennially popular cinematic genre. This extensive encyclopedia describes movies from noir's earliest days - and even before, looking at some of noir's ancestors in US and European cinema - as well as noir's more recent offshoots, from neonoirs to erotic thrillers. Entries are arranged alphabetically, covering movies from all over the world - from every contin...
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(P/B) HAIRSPRAY
Adapted from filmmaker John Waters' affectionately rebellious homage to his Baltimore youth, the hit Broadway musical Hairspray is winning hearts with bright, shining innocence and straightforward sincerity. It's 1962 - the '50s are out and change is in the air. Tracy Turnblad, a big girl with big hair and an even bigger heart, is transformed into a teen celebrity on the local TV dance program The Corny Collins Show. Can she win the love of heartthrob Link Larkin and integrate the television show without denting her 'do? With her striking ...
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(P/B) ACTING IN FILM
A master actor who's appeared in an enormous number of films, starring with everyone from Nicholson to Kermit the Frog, Michael Caine is uniquely qualified to provide his view of making movies. This new revised and expanded edition features great photos throughout, with chapters on: Preparation, In Front of the Camera - Before You Shoot, The Take, Characters, Directors, On Being a Star, and much more.(from the publisher)...
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(P/B) TELEVISION WRITING FROM THE INSIDE OUT