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  • Television Finales
    Today more than ever, series finales have become cultural touchstones that feed watercooler fodder and Twitter storms among a committed community of viewers. While the final episodes of The Fugitive and M*A*S*H continue to rank among the highest rated broadcasts, more recent shows draw legions of binge-watching fans. Given the importance of finales to viewers and critics alike,...
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    104,04 €

  • The Merv Griffin Show
    Steve Randisi
    From 1962 to 1986, The Merv Griffin Show flourished as one of television’s most popular variety/talk shows, offering thousands of celebrated personalities from all walks of life.  The Merv Griffin Show: The Inside Story takes you behind the scenes of this iconic program through exclusive interviews with the producers, writers, talent coordinators, and publicists who helped sust...
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    27,92 €

  • The Merv Griffin Show
    Steve Randisi
    From 1962 to 1986, The Merv Griffin Show flourished as one of television’s most popular variety/talk shows, offering thousands of celebrated personalities from all walks of life.  The Merv Griffin Show: The Inside Story takes you behind the scenes of this iconic program through exclusive interviews with the producers, writers, talent coordinators, and publicists who helped sust...
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    36,57 €

  • Pretty Liar
    Natalie Khazaal
    How did a new, irresistible brand of television emerge from the Lebanese Civil War (1975-91) to conquer the Arab region in the satellite era? What role did seductive news anchors, cool language teachers, superheroes, and gossip magazines play in negotiating a modern relationship between television and audiences? How did the government lose its television monopoly to sectarian m...
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    99,52 €

  • Picturing Cornwall
    Rachel Moseley
    This book explores the history of Cornwall’s portrayal on screen, from the earliest days of the moving image to the recent BBC adaptation of Winston Graham’s Poldark books. Innovative new research looking at amateur film and newsreels, avant-garde and documentary works alongside mainstream popular film and television. 7 b&w and 13 col. illus. ...
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    41,51 €

  • Picturing Cornwall
    Rachel Moseley
    This book explores the history of Cornwall’s portrayal on screen, from the earliest days of the moving image to the recent BBC adaptation of Winston Graham’s Poldark books. Innovative new research looking at amateur film and newsreels, avant-garde and documentary works alongside mainstream popular film and television. 7 b&w and 13 col. illus. ...
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    122,53 €

  • George Orwell on Screen
    David Ryan
    British author and essayist George Orwell shot to fame with two iconic novels: the anti-Stalinist satire Animal Farm and the dystopian masterpiece Nineteen Eighty-Four. A few years after his death in 1950, the CIA bankrolled screen adaptations of both novels as Cold War propaganda. Orwell’s depiction of a totalitarian police state captivated the media in the 1980s. Today, ...
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    57,34 €

  • Looking-Glass Wars
    Alan Burton
    Looking-Glass Wars: Spies on British Screens since 1960 is a detailed historical and critical overview of espionage in British film and television in the important period since 1960. From that date, the British spy screen was transformed under the influence of the tremendous success of James Bond in the cinema (the spy thriller), and of the new-style spy writing of John le Carr...
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    24,86 €

  • Star Trek
    M. Keith Booker / MKeith Booker
    This book looks at how the original Star Trek became a cultural phenomenon, generating numerous spin-offs and feature films and inspiring multiple series, films, books, and more. In addition to the show’s creation and its place in science fiction, the author looks at the series through the lens of American political history, technology, and fandom. ...
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    46,24 €

  • The Essential Films of Ingrid Bergman
    Constantine Santas / James M. Wilson / James MWilson
    This book examines each of Ingrid Bergman's most significant films, from her early career in Sweden and her triumphs in Hollywood in the 1940s and 50s to her acclaimed performances in the 1970s and 80s. Each entry provides production history, plot summaries, film highlights, and major award details. DVD and Blu-Ray availability are also provided. ...
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    50,35 €

  • The Politics of Race, Gender and Sexuality in The Walking Dead
    From the beginning, both Robert Kirkman’s comics and AMC’s series of The Walking Dead have brought controversy in their presentations of race, gender and sexuality. Critics and fans have contended that the show’s identity politics have veered toward the decidedly conservative, offering up traditional understandings of masculinity, femininity, heterosexuality, racial hierarch...
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    57,55 €

  • The Life and Death of Rising Star Steve Ihnat - Gone Too Soon (hardback)
    Linda Alexander
    In 1967, Steve Ihnat was on top of the world in Hollywood, an actor on the precipice of true stardom. He was seen as both a heavy and a leading-man type, an actor who could fit into any role that came his way.He was making excellent money as a guest star on virtually every episodic show on television, seen on the screen most every night. Star Trek, The Virginian, The Outer Limi...
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    34,43 €

  • The Life and Death of Rising Star Steve Ihnat - Gone Too Soon
    Linda Alexander
    In 1967, Steve Ihnat was on top of the world in Hollywood, an actor on the precipice of true stardom. He was seen as both a heavy and a leading-man type, an actor who could fit into any role that came his way.He was making excellent money as a guest star on virtually every episodic show on television, seen on the screen most every night. Star Trek, The Virginian, The Outer Limi...
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    24,26 €

  • Spotlights & Shadows
    Sandra Grabman
    Voted "Book of the Year 2004" by Classic Images magazine!You know the face. You know the credit list: Lost in Space, Escape from the Planet of the Apes, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Kung Fu, The Twilight Zone and hundreds more... But who was Albert Salmi? Born of Finnish parents in the Finnish section of Brooklyn, Albert Salmi had a childhood he would recall fondly, even though it was pl...
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    34,40 €

  • The Supernatural Quiz Book Season 12
    Light Bulb Quizzes
    Are you a fan of Supernatural? Have you followed the series from the outset as Dean (Jensen Ackles) and Sam Winchester (Jared Padalecki) carry on ’saving people, hunting things, the family business’? Is Supernatural one of all-time your favourite shows? If so, you are certain to enjoy The Supernatural Quiz Book Season 12.With 500 questions all about Season 12, including episode...
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    7,11 €

  • Wheels Rolling at Eight
    Arthur Anderson
    Up the creek without a paddle (almost) in Papua New Guinea; a sheep's nose and silver horns in Kabardino-Balkarskaya; dancing with horses on the Hungarian plains; chasing whales in Newfoundland; snooker with a frozen goose; at home with the family linked to the plot to assassinate Hitler and receiving a hair tonic from the Chinese – by mouth.A farmer's son from south-we...
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    24,14 €

  • Side By Side
    Michael J. Hayde / Michael JHayde
    “A treasure trove for any fan of Dean and Jerry, packed with valuable information, behind-the-scenes stories, and a dizzying array of rare photos. I couldn’t put this book down!”– Leonard Maltin Michael J. Hayde is the author of My Name’s Friday: The Unauthorized But True Story of Dragnet and the Films of Jack Webb, Chaplin’s Vintage Year: The History of the Mutual-Chaplin Spec...
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    42,32 €

  • Side By Side
    Michael J. Hayde / Michael JHayde
    “A treasure trove for any fan of Dean and Jerry, packed with valuable information, behind-the-scenes stories, and a dizzying array of rare photos. I couldn’t put this book down!”– Leonard Maltin Michael J. Hayde is the author of My Name’s Friday: The Unauthorized But True Story of Dragnet and the Films of Jack Webb, Chaplin’s Vintage Year: The History of the Mutual-Chaplin Spec...
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    32,15 €

  • Lillian Lorraine
    Nils Hanson
    After a meteoric ascent on Broadway that began with Ziegfeld’s 1910 Follies, Lillian Lorraine went on to become one of the most famous entertainers in America. Her passionately lived life made her a prime target for the tabloid gossip doyens of the day. This biography recounts the early West Coast life of this superstar as well as her coronation on Broadway, her work in sile...
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    43,93 €

  • The Supernatural Quiz Book Season 11
    Light Bulb Quizzes
    Are you a Supernatural fan? Have you followed the cult American horror series from the beginning or more recently discovered the Winchester brothers, Dean (Jensen Ackles) and Sam (Jared Padalecki) and their mission to create a monster-free world with the help of best friend and angel, Castiel? Whether a long-term fan, or new to the Supernatural family, you won’t want to be with...
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    7,11 €

  • Banging My Head Against the Wall
    Andy Cowan
    Seinfeld writer Andy Cowan’s 2018 comedy memoir, Banging My Head Against the Wall: A Comedy Writer’s Guide to Seeing Stars, foreword by Jay Leno, was recently acquired by The National Comedy Center in Jamestown, New York, a 2019 USA Today Best New Attraction. 'The Opposite' wasn’t just the classic Seinfeld episode in which George Costanza followed the opposite of his instincts ...
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    20,10 €

  • William Conrad
    Charles Tranberg
     Old Time Radio fans remember William Conrad from Suspense (1947-1959), Escape (1947-1954), and Gunsmoke (1952-1961). Film Noir devotees recognize him in The Killers (1946), Body and Soul (1947),Sorry, Wrong Number (1948), and One Way Street (1950). Television viewers know him from Cannon (1971-1996) and Jake and the Fatman(1987-1992), and Nero Wolfe (1981).That he was an Ameri...
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    31,46 €

  • Hollywood Lights, Nashville Nights
    Diana Goodman / Victoria Hallman
    “There is no one on this green earth who could better tell the tales of Hollywood Lights, Nashville Nights than Victoria Hallman and Diana Goodman. And, oh, the tales they can tell! There they were, right in the middle of it all, falling in and out of love with the biggest names in show business. They were given a front row seat to the greatest show on earth, Hollywood, Vegas a...
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    27,47 €

  • Hollywood Lights, Nashville Nights
    Diana Goodman / Victoria Hallman
    “There is no one on this green earth who could better tell the tales of Hollywood Lights, Nashville Nights than Victoria Hallman and Diana Goodman. And, oh, the tales they can tell! There they were, right in the middle of it all, falling in and out of love with the biggest names in show business. They were given a front row seat to the greatest show on earth, Hollywood, Vegas a...
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    37,64 €

  • Television Series of the 1990s
    Vincent Terrace
    This book profiles characters who were featured in some of the most popular television shows of the 1990s. Each entry includes personal details that were revealed during each show’s run: names, addresses, maiden names, nicknames, date of births, phone numbers, relatives, and other fascinating details. ...
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    52,97 €

  • Gale Storm
    David C. Tucker
    On December 31, 1939, nationwide radio audiences listened as 17-year-old Josephine Owaissa Cottle, a Texas schoolgirl, won Gateway to Hollywood’s new talent competition. Her prize was a movie contract at RKO and a memorable stage name--'Gale Storm.' One of the United States’ most beloved entertainers, she appeared in 35 films, starred in two hit television series (one was My...
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    58,70 €

  • Wake Up At The Back There
    Anthony Slide
    ‘‘ Jimmy Edwards was a Great British Entertainer ’’ Ken Dodd‘‘ Not merely a peculiarly British comedian but an authentic English character  ’’ The TimesComedians in 20th Century Britain might well be divided into two categories: those who gained international fame, particularly in the United States, and those whose comedic style was so resolutely British, so insular that recogn...
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    22,13 €

  • Wake Up At The Back There
    Anthony Slide
    "Jimmy Edwards was a Great British Entertainer"- Ken Dodd"Not merely a peculiarly British comedian but an authentic English character"- The Times  ...
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    32,30 €

  • Joss Whedon
    Matthew Pateman
    A comprehensive analysis of Whedon’s role in shaping the twenty-first-century TV landscape, featuring unique access to drafts of scripts and other source material. The book offers both detailed assessments of individual episodes and overarching histories of production. An essential and timely contribution to TV scholarship. ...
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    144,90 €

  • Peter Mark Richman
    Peter Mark Richman
    Peter Mark Richman is a true Renaissance man:  actor, writer, director, prod-ucer, and painter. A star of film (William Wyler's Friendly Persuasion), theatre (A Hatful of Rain, Albee's The Zoo Story) and more than 500 guest star roles on TV including The Twilight Zone, Bonanza, The Love Boat, Mission: Impossible, Three's Company, Dynasty, and many others. He is inst...
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    30,37 €