Movie Stars: An illustrated history of the stars of the silver screen, from the best-loved musical and comedy stars to the dazzling screen goddesses and action heroes, with over 200 photographs

by Don Shiach

The book looks at the phenomenon of stardom in the cinema, focusing on over 160 stars of the silver screen from the heyday of Hollywood, when stars such as John Wayne, James Stewart and Doris Day showed us a bright glossy view of America, through to contemporary idols as a George Clooney and Nicole Kidman, the book gives an insider's view of each actors personal and professional lives.

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 25, 2006

Reviews

[Jerry Jares · Rating 3 out of 5]

The author has definite ideas about who was and was not a good actor/actress. I wondered how some of the stars chosen to be highlighted were selected from the hundreds of people who have been seen on the silver screen (Sylvester Stallone and Keanu Reeves, for example).

Some of the categories the author used: screen goddesses, romantic heroes, sensitive anti-heroes, comedy stars, glamour queens, the good joes, the heavies, villains and downright cads, the queens of melodrama, the great musical stars, the new women, post-feminist heroines, the streetwise stars, the tough guys, the comedy actors, British stars, French stars, Italian stars.