Below is a list of many wonderful books—biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, anthologies, urban histories, cultural histories, film histories, film analysis, celebrity interviews—as well as newspaper articles, magazine pieces, web posts, talk show appearances, and films.
We are greatly indebted to these very talented writers. We encourage interested readers to explore these sources. It is here that you will find the whole story.
Abrams, Brett L. Hollywood Bohemians: Transgressive Sexuality and the Selling of the Movieland Dream. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2008.
Alleman, Richard. Hollywood: The Movie Lover’s Guide. New York: Broadway Books, 2005.
Austerlitz, Saul. Another Fine Mess: A History of American Film Comedy. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2010.
Bacall, Lauren. By Myself and Then Some. New York: HarperEntertainment, 2005.
Bach, Steven. Marlene Dietrich: Life and Legend. New York: William Morrow, 1992.
Barbas, Samantha. The First Lady of Hollywood: A Biography of Louella Parsons. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005.
Barrymore, Diana and Gerold Frank. Too Much, Too Soon. New York: Henry Holt, 1957.
Barrymore, Elaine and Sanford Dody. All My Sins Remembered. New York: Appleton-Century, 1964.
Basinger, Jeanine. Silent Stars. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999.
Bell, Alphonzo, with Marc L. Weber. The Bel Air Kid. Victoria, BC: Trafford, 2002.
Berg, A. Scott. Goldwyn: A Biography. New York: Riverhead Books, 1989.
Bessette, Roland. Mario Lanza: Tenor in Exile. Portland: Amadeus, 2003.
Birchard, Robert S. Cecil B. DeMille’s Hollywood. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2004.
Biskind, Peter. Easy Riders, Raging Bulls. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998.
Bogle, Donald. Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams: The Story of Black Hollywood. New York: One World Books, 2006.
Boller, Paul F., Jr., and Ronald L. Davis. Hollywood Anecdotes. New York: William Morrow, 1987.
Boorman, John. Adventures of a Suburban Boy. London: Faber & Faber, 2003.
Bosworth, Patricia. Montgomery Clift: A Biography. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978.
Bragg, Melvyn. Richard Burton: A Life. Boston: Little, Brown, 1988.
Bret, David. Clark Gable: Tormented Star. New York: Carroll & Graf, 2007.
_____. Elizabeth Taylor: The Lady, The Lover, The Legend 1932–2011. Vancouver, BC: Greystone Books, 2011.
_____. Tallulah Bankhead: A Scandalous Life. London: Robson Books, 1996.
Brettell, Andrew. Cut!: Hollywood Murders, Accidents, and Other Tragedies. Barron’s Educational Series. Hauppauge, NY: 2005.
Brian, Denis. Tallulah, Darling: A Biography of Tallulah Bankhead. New York: Macmillan, 1980.
Brooks, Louise. Lulu in Hollywood. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1982.
Brownlow, Kevin. Behind the Mask of Innocence. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990.
Calistro, Paddy, and Fred E. Basten. The Hollywood Archive. New York: Universe Publishing, 2000.
Callan, Michael Feeney. Richard Harris: A Sporting Life. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1990.
Capote, Truman, and Gerald Clarke. Too Brief a Treat: The Letters of Truman Capote. New York: Vintage, 2005.
Capua, Michelangelo. Montgomery Clift: A Biography. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2002.
Carey, Harry, Jr. Company of Heroes: My Life as an Actor in the John Ford Stock Company. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1996.
Carter, Graydon, ed. Vanity Fair’s Tales of Hollywood. New York: Penguin, 2008.
Chandler, Charlotte. Marlene: Marlene Dietrich, a Personal Biography. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2011.
_____. Not the Girl Next Door: Joan Crawford, a Personal Biography. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2008.
Clarke, Gerald. Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland. New York: Random House, 2000.
Cobb, Sally Wright, and Mark Willems. The Brown Derby Restaurant: A Hollywood Legend. New York: Rizzoli, 1996.
Cowie, Peter. The “Apocalypse Now” Book. Boston: Da Capo Press, 2000.
Cramer, Richard Ben. Joe DiMaggio: The Hero’s Life. New York: Touchstone. 2000.
Crosby, Bing, and Peter Martin. Call Me Lucky: Bing Crosby’s Own Story. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 1993.
Curtis, James. W. C. Fields: A Biography. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.
Curtis, Wayne. And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails. New York: Crown, 2006.
Daniel, Douglass K. Tough as Nails: The Life and Films of Richard Brooks. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2011.
Dardis, Tom. Some Time in the Sun. New York: Limelight Editions, 1976.
_____. The Thirsty Muse: Alcohol and the American Writer. New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1989.
Davidson, Bill. Spencer Tracy: Tragic Idol. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1987.
Dick, Bernard F. The Merchant Prince of Poverty Row: Harry Cohn on Columbia Pictures. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1993.
Drew, Bernard. “John Huston: At 74 No Formulas,” in Robert Emmet Long, ed.
Eisenschitz, Bernard. Nicholas Ray: An American Journey. Trans. Tom Milne. London: Faber & Faber, 1993.
Eliot, Marc. Cary Grant: A Biography. New York: Three Rivers Press, 2004.
Ellenberger, Allan R. Ramon Navarro: A Biography of the Silent Film Idol, 1899–1968. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1999.
Evans, Peter and Ava Gardner. Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2013.
Evans, Robert. The Kid Stays in the Picture: A Notorious Life. New York: Hyperion, 1994.
Eyman, Scott. Ernst Lubitsch: Laughter in Paradise. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1993.
_____. Lion of Hollywood: The Life and Legend of Louis B. Mayer. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005.
Fagen, Herb. Duke, We’re Glad We Knew You: John Wayne’s Friends and Colleagues Remember His Remarkable Life. New York: Carol, 1996.
Fine, Richard. West of Eden: Writers in Hollywood, 1928–1940. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institute Press, 1993.
Finstad, Suzanne. Natasha: The Biography of Natalie Wood. New York: Harmony Books, 2001.
Fishgall, Gary. Against Type: The Biography of Burt Lancaster. New York: Scribner, 1995.
_____. Gonna Do Great Things: The Life of Sammy Davis, Jr. New York: Scribner, 2003.
Fleming, E. J. The Fixers: Eddie Mannix, Howard Stickling and the MGM Publicity Machine. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2004.
_____. Paul Bern: The Life and Famous Death of the MGM Director and Husband of Harlow. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2009.
Flynn, Errol. My Wicked, Wicked Ways. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1959.
Folsom, Tom. Hopper: A Savage American Journery. New York: HarperCollins, 2013.
Ford, Dan. Pappy: The Life of John Ford. New York: Da Capo Press, 1998.
Fordin, Hugh: MGM’s Greatest Musicals: The Arthur Freed Unit. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 1996.
Fricke, John. Judy: A Legendary Film Career. Philadelphia: Running Press, 2011.
Fussell, Betty Harper. Mabel. New Haven: Ticknor and Fields, 1982.
Gerhing, Wes D. Laurel & Hardy: A Bio-Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1990.
Giddins, Gary. Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams—The Early Years, 1903–1940. Boston: Little, Brown, 2001.
Godfrey, Lionel. Cary Grant: The Light Touch. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1981.
Good, Howard. The Drunken Journalist: The Biography of a Film Stereotype. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2000.
Goodrich, David L. The Real Nick and Nora: Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, Writers of Stage and Screen Classics. Carbondale: South Illinois University Press, 2001.
Goodwin, Betty. Chasen’s: Where Hollywood Dined. Santa Monica: Angel City Press, 1996.
Graham, Sheilah. The Garden of Allah. New York: Crown Books, 1970.
Grant, Barry Keith, ed. Fritz Lang: Interviews. Conversations with Filmmakers. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2003.
Greenberg, Peter S. “Saints and Stinkers: The Rolling Stone Interview,” in Robert Emmet Long, ed.
Grey, Rudolph. Nightmare of Ecstasy: The Life and Art of Edward D. Wood, Jr. Los Angeles: Feral House, 1992.
Guiles, Fred Lawrence. Marion Davies. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1972.
_____. Stan. London: Michael Joseph, 1980.
Harris, Warren G. Clark Gable: A Biography. New York: Harmony Books, 2002.
Hecht, Ben. “Farewell, Soldier,” in Christopher Silvester, ed.
Heimann, Jim. Out with the Stars: Hollywood Nightlife in the Golden Era. New York: Abbeville Press, 1985.
Hellman, Lillian. Maybe: A Story. Boston: Little, Brown, 1982.
Heymann, C. David. Liz: An Intimate Biography of Elizabeth Taylor. New York: Birch Lane Press, 1995.
Higham, Charles. Orson Welles: The Rise and Fall of an American Genius. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1985.
Higham, Charles, and Roy Moseley. Cary Grant: The Lonely Heart. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Javanovich, 1989.
Hiney, Tom. Raymond Chandler: A Biography. New York: Grove Press, 1997.
Hodges, Graham Russel Gao. Anna May Wong: From Laundryman’s Daughter to Hollywood Legend. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.
Hofler, Robert. The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson: The Pretty Boys and Dirty Deals of Henry Willson. New York: Carroll & Graf, 2005.
Huston, John. An Open Book. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980.
Inge, M. Thomas, ed. Truman Capote: Conversations. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1987.
Jacobs, Diane. Christmas in June: The Life and Art of Preston Sturges. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992.
Jensen, Richard. The Amazing Tom Mix: The Most Famous Cowboy of the Movies. Lincoln, NE: iUniverse, 2005.
Jordan, Stephen C. Hollywood’s Original Rat Pack: The Bards of Bundy Drive. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2008.
Kamp, David. “Cleopatra: When Dick Met Liz.” In Graydon Carter, ed.
Kanfer, Stefan. Tough Without a Gun: The Life and Extraordinary Afterlife of Humphrey Bogart. New York: Vintage Books, 2011.
Kaplan, James. Frank: The Voice. New York: Doubleday, 2010.
Kashner, Sam. “ ‘Rebel Without a Cause’: Dangerous Talents,” in Graydon Carter, ed.
Kashner, Sam, and Jennifer MacNair. The Bad and the Beautiful: Hollywood in the Fifties. New York: W. W. Norton, 2002.
Keaton, Buster, and Charles Samuels. My Wonderful World of Slapstick. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1960.
Kelley, Kitty. Elizabeth Taylor: The Last Star. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1981.
_____. His Way: The Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra. New York: Bantam, 1986.
Kobler, John. Damned in Paradise: The Life of John Barrymore. New York: Atheneum, 1977.
Koszarski, Richard. Von: The Life & Films of Erich Von Stroheim. New York: Limelight Editions, 2001.
LaGuardia, Robert. Monty: A Biography of Montgomery Clift. New York: Arbor House, 1977.
Lane, Anthony. Nobody’s Perfect: Writings from “The New Yorker.” New York: Picador, 2002.
Langmead, Donald. Icons of American Architecture: From the Alamo to the World Trade Center. Wesport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2009.
Lazar, Irving, and Annette Tapert. Swifty: My Life and Good Times. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995.
Leaming, Barbara. If This Was Happiness: A Biography of Rita Hayworth. New York: Viking Press, 1989.
_____. Marilyn Monroe. New York: Crown Publishers, 1998.
_____. Orson Welles: A Biography. New York: Viking Penguin, 1985.
Lenburg, Jeff. Peekaboo: The Story of Veronica Lake. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1983.
Leong, Karen J. The China Mystique: Pearl S. Buck, Anna May Wong, Mayling Soong, and the Transformation of American Orientalism. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005.
Levant, Oscar. The Unimportance of Being Oscar. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1968.
Levy, Shawn. Rat Pack Confidential: Frank, Dean, Sammy, Peter, Joey, and the Last Great Showbiz Party. New York: Anchor Books, 1998.
Lewis, Jerry, and James Kaplan. Dean and Me: A Love Story. New York: Random House Large Print, 2005.
Lobenthal, Joel. Tallulah!: The Life and Times of a Leading Lady. New York: Regan Books, 2004.
Long, Robert Emmet, ed. John Huston: Interviews. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2001.
Loos, Anita. A Girl Like I. New York: Viking Press, 1966.
_____. The Talmadge Girls: A Memoir. New York: Viking Press, 1978.
Lord, Graham. Niv: The Authorized Biography of David Niven. New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2003.
Louvish, Simon. Mae West: It Ain’t No Sin. New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2006.
_____. Man on the Flying Trapeze: The Life and Times of W. C. Fields. New York: W. W. Norton, 1997.
Madsen, Axel. John Huston: A Biography. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1978.
Mank, Gregory. Hollywood Cauldron: Thirteen Horror Films from the Genre’s Golden Age. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1994.
Mank, Gregory William, with Charles Heard and Bill Nelson. Hollywood’s Hellfire Club: The Misadventures of John Barrymore, W. C. Fields, Errol Flynn, and “The Bundy Drive Boys.” Los Angeles: Feral House, 2007.
Mann, William J. How to Be a Movie Star: Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
Marx, Arthur. The Nine Lives of Mickey Rooney. New York: Stein and Day, 1986.
McBride, Joseph. Searching for John Ford: A Life. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2001.
McCabe, John. Cagney. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
McCann, Graham. Cary Grant: A Class Apart. New York: Columbia University Press, 1996.
McGilligan, Patrick. Fritz Lang: The Nature of the Beast. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1997.
McNulty, Thomas. Errol Flynn: The Life and Career. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2011.
McPherson, Edward. Buster Keaton: Tempest in a Flat Hat. New York: Newmarket Press, 2005.
Meade, Marion. Buster Keaton: Cut to the Chase. New York: HarperCollins, 1995.
_____. Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell Is This? New York: Penguin Books, 1989.
Meredith, Burgess. So Far, So Good: A Memoir. Boston: Little, Brown, 1994.
Meryman, Richard. Mank: The Wit, World, and Life of Herman Mankiewicz. New York: William Morrow, 1978.
Meyers, Jeffrey. John Huston: Courage and Art. New York: Crown Archetype, 2011.
Milland, Ray. Wide-Eyed in Babylon: An Autobiography by Ray Milland. London: The Bodley Head, 1974.
Miller, Gabriel, ed. Fred Zinnemann: Interviews. Conversations With Filmmakers. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2005.
Milton, Joyce. Tramp: The Life of Charlie Chaplin. New York: HarperCollins, 1996.
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Morris, Oswald, and Geoffrey Bull. Huston, We Have a Problem: A Kaleidoscope of Filmmaking Memories. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2006.
Muller, Eddie. Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir. New York: St. Martin’s Griffin, 1998.
Munn, Michael. John Wayne: The Man Behind the Myth. New York: New American Library, 2004.
_____. Richard Burton: Prince of Players. New York: Skyhorse, 2008.
Nelson, Nancy, and Cary Grant. Evenings with Cary Grant: Recollections in His Own Words and by Those Who Knew Him Best. New York: William Morrow, 1991.
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_____. Moving Pictures: Memories of a Hollywood Prince. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 1981.
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_____. Hollywood Hellraisers: The Wild Lives and Fast Times of Marlon Brando, Dennis Hopper, Warren Beatty, and Jack Nicholson. New York: Skyhorse Publishing, 2010.
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_____. Robert Mitchum:”Baby, I Don’t Care.” New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2001.
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_____. The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe. New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2009.
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