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Recommended Reading

"Vampira: Dark Goddess of Horror" by W. Scott Poole

"From Rags to Bitches: An Autobiography" by Mr. Blackwell and Vernon Patterson

 

"An Open Book" by John Huston

 

"Empire of Dreams: The Epic Life of Cecil B. DeMille" by Scott Eyman

 

"Cecil B. DeMille and the Art of the Epic" by Mark A. Vieira and Cecilia De Mille Presley

 

"Lucky Stars: Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell" by Sarah Baker

"Adrian: A Lifetime of Movie Glamour, Art and High Fashion" by Mark A. Vieira, Leonard Stanley

 

"Jane Mansfield: The Girl Couldn't Help It" by Eve Golden

"But Enough About Me: A Memoir" by Burt Reynolds and Jon Winokur 

"Room 1219: The Life of Fatty Arbuckle, the Mysterious Death of Virginia Rappe, and the Scandal That Changed Hollywood" by Gregg Meritt

"The Holly Woodlawn Story: A Low Life in High Heels" by Holly Woodlawn and Jeffrey Copeland

 

Captain of Her Soul: The Life of Marion Davies” by Lara Gabrielle 

 

The Star Machine” by Jeanine Basinger (Essay about Tyrone Power)

 

"King Cohn: The Life and Times of Harry Cohn" by Peter Bart and Bob Thomas

 

"Dark Lover: The Life and Death of Rudolph Valentino" by Emily Leider

 

"Finch, Bloody Finch: A Life of Peter Finch" by Elaine Dundy

"A Cast of Killers" by Sidney D. Kirkpatrick

 

"The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre" by Stephen D. Youngkin

 

"The Life and Times of Mickey Rooney" by Richard A. Lertzman and William J. Birnes

"I, Toto: The Autobiography of Terry, the Dog Who Was Toto" by Willard Carroll 

 

"The First King of Hollywood: The Life of Douglas Fairbanks" by Tracey Goessel

 

"Salad Days" by Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

"Hattie McDaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood" by Jill Watts

"Commando: The Autobiography of Johnny Ramone" by Johnny Ramone

 

"Fay Wray and Robert Riskin: A Hollywood Memoir" by Victoria Riskin

 

"Our Gang: Life and Times of the Little Rascals" by Leonard Maltin and Richard W. Bann

 

"That's Not All Folks" by Mel Blanc and Philip Bashe

 

"If I Knew Then What I Know Now ... So What?" by Estelle Getty and Steve Delsohn

"Judy: A Legendary Film Career" by John Fricke

 

 

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