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Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years reading companion memoir collection
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items A focused set of Hollywood and entertainment memoirs that echo the themes, era, and creative life explored in Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years. These picks deepen the context around classic film, television, and performance while spotlightin...
Essential if you want the full story of Julie Andrews' transition from stage to screen, this memoir covers her breakout roles in Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music and the personal upheavals that came with sudden global fame. It's ideal for readers ...
Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years
This first volume of Andrews' life story traces her difficult wartime childhood, early stage work, and rise through British theater up to the moment Hollywood calls for Mary Poppins. It perfectly precedes Home Work, giving readers deeper insight into...
The Home Depot
Lauren Bacall's expanded memoir offers a classic Golden Age Hollywood perspective, from her discovery by Howard Hawks through her legendary partnership with Humphrey Bogart and beyond. Like Andrews, Bacall writes with candor and control about fame, m...
By Myself and Then Some
This behind-the-scenes chronicle focuses on the creation and impact of The Sound of Music, from the real von Trapp family to the film's production in Austria and Hollywood. Readers captivated by Andrews' memories of making the movie in Home Work will...
The Sound of Music Story: Novice, Captain & Von Trapp Kids
Carrie Fisher's short, sharply comic memoir covers growing up as the daughter of Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, becoming Princess Leia at nineteen, and living with addiction and bipolar disorder. For readers of Home Work who want a more acerbic, s...
Wishful Drinking: Carrie Fisher - Amazon.de
Van Dyke's memoir traces his journey from Midwestern childhood to television stardom and film roles including Bert opposite Julie Andrews in Mary Poppins. His warm, self-effacing stories about comedy, rehearsal, and longevity in the industry make thi...
My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business
In this anecdotal memoir, Carol Burnett revisits her stage beginnings, long-running variety show, and friendships with fellow performers-including funny, affectionate stories about working and pulling pranks with Julie Andrews. It suits readers who e...
This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection
Burnett's later memoir zeroes in on the making of The Carol Burnett Show, detailing cast chemistry, recurring sketches, and guest stars such as Julie Andrews, Lucille Ball, and Betty White. Readers drawn to the professional camaraderie and rehearsal ...
In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter ...
Director Sidney Lumet combines memoir and practical craft manual as he walks through every stage of filmmaking, drawing on projects like Network and The Verdict and decades of working with major stars. For readers fascinated by Andrews' accounts of s...
Making Movies - Lumet, Sidney (9780679756606)
Debbie Reynolds' later-life memoir recounts surviving three tumultuous marriages, financial crises, and the shifting studio system while maintaining a long career from Singin' in the Rain onward. It complements Home Work by showing another consummate...
Unsinkable: A Memoir