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Rod Steiger is a frank and intimate memoir of this troubled and immensely talented actor, one of Hollywood's most charismatic and dynamic stars, by a film critic and longtime friend of Steiger's. Steiger has lived a life as full of drama as any he portrayed on screen. His father walked out after he was born, and his mother became an alcoholic. At sixteen he enlisted in the navy. With the help of the GI Bill, he studied alongside Marlon Brando and Marilyn Monroe at the Actors' Studio. Steiger's startling intensity first made its mark on television in Paddy Chayevsky's Marty. On the screen, his career was dramatically established in his second film, On the Waterfront, with Brando. Though he was nominated for an Oscar for his memorable performance in Sidney Lumet's The Pawnbroker, he didn't win the coveted award until he starred as a redneck police chief in In the Heat of the Night in 1967. In the seventies, at the top of his success, his career faltered and he sank into a deep depression that held him in its grip for several years. Altogether, Steiger has appeared in eighty-seven films. ... Read more

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From a Friend's Perspective
Ever since seeing Rod Steiger in "Dr. Zhivago" and "Oklahoma", I've wondered what he was really like. Now that I'm in the midst of collaborating on a book about the 1940s-1950s era of live television, Mr. Steiger is again brought to mind. How skillfully he had played the title role in "Marty"! So I got Tom Hutchinson's biography of his friend Rod Steiger and sat down to read. It was difficult to put the book down. This tome gives us the true story of an acting legend. How do I know? Because not only was Mr. Hutchinson a close friend of Mr. Steiger's, but Steiger himself also contributed his memories and thoughts to the book, perhaps as a favor to his dear friend. It answers questions: Why did Steiger not sign with any particular studio? Was he difficult to work with? Why was he not in the movie version of "Marty"? Which was his favorite type of role? What was really important to him? Was he a good husband and father? What was it like for him to suffer such a serious bout of depression? A bonus feature of this book is a chapter containing poetry that Steiger had written, plus a National Film Theatre interview he did before an appreciative audience. Author Tom Hutchinson did a marvelous job of showing us the real Rod Steiger and enabling us to like what we see. ... Read more

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Chapters: Rod Steiger, Marty Feldman, Fritz Lang, Bette Davis, Scatman Crothers, Ernie Kovacs, Charles Laughton, Josh Ryan Evans, Lee Van Cleef, Jack Webb, Roy Campanella, Ricky Nelson, Brittany Murphy, Bobby Fuller, Gene Autry, Paul Winfield, Richard Farnsworth, Telly Savalas, Leo Durocher, Bob Kane, Lucille Ball, Liberace, John Ritter, Clarence Johnson, John Gilbert, Stan Laurel, Andy Gibb, Orry-Kelly, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Dorothy Lamour, Julie London, Ralph Bellamy, Walter Lantz, Albert R. Broccoli, Ann Harding, Dick Wilson, Donald O'connor, Mary Brian, Marjorie Main, Brad Davis, Jill Ireland, Antonio Moreno, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Edie Adams, Edward Coxen, George "Gabby" Hayes, Forrest Tucker, Claire Windsor, Judith Barsi, Ozzie Nelson, Rex Ingram, Bert Convy, Burt Mustin, Carl David Anderson, Jess Willard, Sabu Dastagir, Harriet Nelson, André de Toth, Lamont Bentley, Reginald Denny, Gail Davis, Olan Soule, Melvin Franklin, Porter Hall, Harriet E. Macgibbon, Marie Wilson, Bill Cody, Jr., Ann Little, Haven Gillespie, Dar Robinson, Horace Heidt, George Zucco, Priscilla Bonner, Jason Robards, Sr., Paul Zastupnevich, Al Viola, Sue Williams, Diane Linkletter, Bill Williams, Don Alvarado, Otto Kruger, Claire Whitney, Lloyd Bacon, Jack Nimitz, Clarice Sherry, Ruth Royce, David Bailey, Betty Francisco, Harry Ackerman, Ralph Yearsley, Robert Arthur, Joe Brooks, Robert Francis, Katherine Victor. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 569. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (April 5, 1908 October 6, 1989) was an American actress of film, television and theatre. Noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic characters, she was highly regarded for her performances in a range of film genres; from contemporary crime melodramas to historical and period films and occasi...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=63517 ... Read more

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Chapters: Ronald Reagan, Rod Steiger, Miles Davis, Charlton Heston, Groucho Marx, Herb Ritts, Billy Wilder, Lawrence Welk, Janet Gaynor, Phoebe Hearst, Fred Astaire, Joseph Cotten, Brittany Murphy, Eva Gabor, Bob Hope, Warner Baxter, Raymond Massey, Dana Andrews, Elsa Lanchester, Ishi, Irving Thalberg, Maureen Reagan, Death and State Funeral of Ronald Reagan, Charles Bronson, Red Skelton, Russ Meyer, Eddie Albert, Oral Roberts, Hope Lange, Buddy Ebsen, Chet Helms, Louise Glaum, Christian Brando, Richard Blackwell, Charles Nelson Reilly, Lawrence Tierney, Merl Saunders, Maui Pomare, Mabel Normand, Don Adams, Joel Mccrea, C. Aubrey Smith, Judith Anderson, Larry Semon, Torben Meyer, Sidney Sheldon, Mildred Harris, Charles Derudio, Jack Nitzsche, Alma de Bretteville Spreckels, Frederick Clifton Thomson, Oliver Crawford, Marvin Gay, Sr., Dorothy Burgess, Juana Maria, Olive Borden, Hugh Bradner, Eddie Mathews, William Bendix, Kevin Peter Hall, Renée Adorée, Curly Joe Derita, Alma Rubens, Wallace Reid, William Fairbanks, Paul Henreid, Jobyna Ralston, Lionel Atwill, Leo G. Carroll, Susan Peters, Henry B. Walthall, Thelma White, William Wharton, Onslow Stevens, Beatrice Straight, Gene Raymond, Dark Cloud, Wally George, William B. Ide, Colin Clive, Sid Laverents, Alice Van-Springsteen, Janet Blair, Francelia Billington, Evelyn Preer, House Peters, Jr., J. Warren Kerrigan, William Eythe, Karen Morley, Estanislao, Jack Snow, Walter Varney, Eddie Laughton, George Zucco, Billie Dove, Delbert Mann, Rochelle Hudson, Marcia Mae Jones, George Field, Henry Stephenson, Joel Beck, Jeri Southern, John Morton Eshleman, Cummins Jackson, J. Desmond Clark, James Fee, Jimmy Blanton, Pauline Bush, Georgiana Drew, Wanda Hendrix, Zola Taylor, Helene Costello, Jack Cover, Allan Grant, Harry Myers, Wally Parks, Aaron Ruben, Bill Mccord, Dean Wooldridge, Myra Keaton, Gertrude Messinger, Ben Weisman, Raymond Mckee, Helen O'connell, Bill Johnston, Iris Burton,...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=25433 ... Read more

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Chapters: Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Lee Marvin, John Wayne, Charlton Heston, Bing Crosby, Marlon Brando, James Stewart, Jack Lemmon, Russell Crowe, Paul Muni, Tom Hanks, Victor Mclaglen, Laurence Olivier, Al Pacino, Anthony Hopkins, Yul Brynner, Clark Gable, David Niven, Nicolas Cage, Kevin Spacey, Spencer Tracy, Charles Laughton, Sidney Poitier, Roberto Benigni, Burt Lancaster, James Cagney, Dustin Hoffman, Lionel Barrymore, Paul Newman, Gene Hackman, Gary Cooper, George C. Scott, Sean Penn, Henry Fonda, Rex Harrison, Ray Milland, Fredric March, Jeff Bridges, Michael Douglas, Paul Scofield, Jon Voight, José Ferrer, Robert Donat, Gregory Peck, Denzel Washington, Emil Jannings, Wallace Beery, Ronald Colman, Robert Duvall, William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Warner Baxter, Richard Dreyfuss, Broderick Crawford, Paul Lukas, Peter Finch, Cliff Robertson, Art Carney, Maximilian Schell, Ben Kingsley, F. Murray Abraham, Daniel Day-Lewis, William Hurt, Geoffrey Rush, Academy Award for Best Actor, List of Best Actor Winners by Age, Jack Nicholson, Jamie Foxx, Forest Whitaker, Robert de Niro, Jeremy Irons, Alec Guinness, Philip Seymour Hoffman, British and Commonwealth Academy Award Winners for Best Actor, Adrien Brody, George Arliss. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 861. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: James Francis Cagney, Jr. (July 17, 1899 March 30, 1986) was an American film actor. Although he won acclaim and major awards for a wide variety of roles, he is best remembered for playing "tough guys." In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked him eighth among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time. In his first performing role, he danced dressed as a woman in the chorus line of the 1919 revue Every Sailor. He spent several years in vaudeville as a hoofer and comedian until his first major ac...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=16046 ... Read more

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Chapters: Rod Steiger, Lee Marvin, Marlon Brando, Jack Lemmon, Sidney Poitier, Burt Lancaster, Paul Newman, Henry Fonda, Marcello Mastroianni, Ernest Borgnine, François Périer. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 129. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 September 26, 2008) was an American actor, film director, entrepreneur, humanitarian, and auto racing enthusiast. He won numerous awards, including an Academy Award for best actor for his performance in the 1986 Martin Scorsese film The Color of Money and eight other nominations, three Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award, an Emmy award, and many honorary awards. He also won several national championships as a driver in Sports Car Club of America road racing, and his race teams won several championships in open wheel IndyCar racing. Newman was a co-founder of Newman's Own, a food company from which Newman donated all post-tax profits and royalties to charity. As of October 2008, these donations had exceeded US $280 million. Newman was born in Shaker Heights, Ohio (a suburb of Cleveland), the son of Theresa (née Fetzer or Fetsko; Slovak: ) and Arthur Samuel Newman, who ran a profitable sporting goods store. Newman's father was Jewish, the son of immigrants from Poland and Hungary; Newman's mother, who practiced Christian Science, was born to a Slovak Roman Catholic family at Ptiie (formerly Pticsie) in the former AustriaHungary (now in Slovakia). Newman had no religion as an adult, but described himself as "a Jew", stating that "it's more of a challenge". Newman's mother worked in his father's store, while raising Paul and his brother, Arthur, who later became a producer and production manager. Newman showed an early interest in the theater, which...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=49706 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Films Featuring a Best Drama Actor Golden Globe Winning Performance, Rod Steiger, Leonardo Dicaprio, Richard Burton, Marlon Brando, Russell Crowe, Tom Hanks, Laurence Olivier, Al Pacino, Tom Cruise, Wall Street, Kirk Douglas, Jim Carrey, Peter O'toole, Sidney Poitier, Burt Lancaster, Dustin Hoffman, Gene Hackman, on the Waterfront, Gary Cooper, George C. Scott, Sean Penn, Henry Fonda, Ray Milland, Fredric March, Jeff Bridges, Michael Douglas, Cast Away, Jon Voight, José Ferrer, Nick Nolte, Gregory Peck, Denzel Washington, Scent of a Woman, Kramer Vs. Kramer, Coming Home, Robert Duvall, Ernest Borgnine, Anthony Franciosa, Paul Lukas, Peter Finch, Alexander Knox, Maximilian Schell, Ben Kingsley, Serpico, Tom Courtenay, Bob Hoskins, F. Murray Abraham, Daniel Day-Lewis, Peter Fonda, Geoffrey Rush, Mickey Rourke, There Will Be Blood, the Godfather, James Dean, a Beautiful Mind, Jack Nicholson, Forest Whitaker, Robert de Niro, Jeremy Irons, Alec Guinness, the Aviator, Omar Sharif, Philip Seymour Hoffman, to Kill a Mockingbird, Mystic River, Capote, Becket, Death of a Salesman, the Lion in Winter, About Schmidt. Excerpt:Sir Alec Guinness Sir Alec Guinness , CH , CBE (2 April 1914 5 August 2000) was an English actor. He was featured in several of the Ealing Comedies , including Kind Hearts and Coronets in which he played eight different characters. He later won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Colonel Nicholson in The Bridge on the River Kwai . His most prominent role in his later career was as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original Star Wars trilogy.Early years Guinness was born at 155 Lauderdale Mansions South , Lauderdale Road, Maida Vale , London as Alec Guinness De Cuffe . His mother's maiden name was Agnes Cuff. She was born 8 December 1890 to Edward Cuff and Mary Ann Cu... ... Read more

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Chapters: Marilyn Monroe, Hayden Christensen, Rod Steiger, Edward Albee, Tennessee Williams, Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Julia Roberts, Kevin Spacey, Sissy Spacek, Sidney Poitier, Jane Fonda, Dustin Hoffman, Paul Newman, Eli Wallach, Harvey Keitel, Steve Mcqueen, Montgomery Clift, Christopher Walken, Mickey Rourke, James Dean, Jack Nicholson, Gene Wilder, Robert de Niro, Beatrice Arthur, Norman Mailer, Ellen Burstyn, Karl Malden, Eva Marie Saint, Shelley Winters, Anne Bancroft, James Baldwin, Joanne Woodward, Martin Landau, Eric Stoltz, Geraldine Page, Terrence Mcnally, Steven Hill, Maureen Stapleton, Carroll Baker, Bruce Dern, Will Patton, Lee J. Cobb, Ellen Barkin, Diane Ladd, Chazz Palminteri, Kim Stanley, Actors Studio, Estelle Parsons, Pat Hingle, P. J. Soles, Robert Ginty, Susan Strasberg, Duilio Marzio, Richard Kuranda, Eric Morris, Aurin Squire, Anne Jackson, Mark Humphrey, Joseph Vassallo, Allan Miller, Seamus Dever. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 527. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Norma Jeane Dougherty Norma Jeane DiMaggioMarilyn Monroe (June 1, 1926 August 5, 1962), born Norma Jeane Mortenson, but baptized Norma Jeane Baker, was an American actress, singer, and model. After spending much of her childhood in foster homes, Monroe began a career as a model, which led to a film contract in 1946. Her early film appearances were minor, but her performances in The Asphalt Jungle and All About Eve (both 1950) were critically acclaimed. In a few years, Monroe reached stardom and was cast as the leading lady in such films as Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, How to Marry a Millionaire, Some Like It Hot, and The Seven Year Itch. The typecasting of Monroe's "dumb blonde" persona limited her career prospects, so she broadened her range. She studied at the Actors Studio and formed Marilyn M...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=19318 ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Steiger was born in Westhampton, New York, the son of Lorraine (née Driver) and Frederick Steiger, of French, Scottish, and German descent. Steiger was raised as a Lutheran. He never knew his father, a vaudevillian who had been part of a traveling song-and-dance team with Steiger's mother (who subsequently left show business). Steiger grew up with his alcoholic mother before running away from home at age sixteen to join the United States Navy during World War II, where he saw action on destroyers in the Pacific. After the war, he returned to New Jersey and joined a drama group before studying drama full-time under Stella Adler at the Dramatic Workshop of The New School in New York maintained by the influential German director Erwin Piscator. ... Read more

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Measures 10 3/4" x 13 4/4", 107 pages, too large to scan in its entirety, great coffee-table magazine, Shipped Media Mail unless Expedited Selected, The Gleaming Shores of MiamiBiscayne Bay, Patty RautbordPauline Dukes, Hialeah Park, Eugene Mori, Mr and Mrs Frank J Rooney, Charles Baker of Coconut Grove, The Paddock at HialeahMitchell Wolfson, Dodge IslandLa Gorce Island, Bratsk is the Future"Rest Home" on the Sea of BratskBratsk's Main Boulevard, Summer in Aspen Cartoons, Maine's Penobscot Bay, by Hodding Carter, Harry's Bar in Venice by Mary Hemingway, Snake Hunter on the Amazon, Letter From Beirut by Joan Trabulsi ... Read more

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Aesop's fables present examples of selfishness turned to generosity, deception evolving into honor, and gloom unfolding to pleasure. Celebrity readers include Ellen Barkin, Glenda Jackson, Sharon Stone, and Michael York. ... Read more

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Star-Studded
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Eddie Albert, Stephanie Beacham, Harvey Fierstein, Elliott Gould, Joel Grey, Gregory Hines, Kevin McCarthy, Vanessa Redgrave, Jean Stapleton, Ernie Hudson, Glenda Jackson, Cheryl Ladd, Kevin McCarthy, Cathy Moriarty, Sharon Stone, Burt Reynolds, Rod Steiger, Alfred Woodard, Michael York, Ephram Zimbalist, Jr.
Original poems and introduction written by Judith Cummings.

If you like straight Aesop's fables, this is ok
This is a CD of straight Aesop's fables followed by the narrator trying to turn the moral into common language. Aesop's read better than they listen - at least for me. My kids really didn't like it because the stories are short (only about 1 minute) and the "real life applications" didn't make sense to them or me. Overall, I wouldn't recommend it unless you just want somebody to read the stories to you. ... Read more