A collection of over 5000 of the most witty, entertaining and thought provoking quotations from the world of the movies, revealing just what the stars, the directors and the film critics really think about each other. The author also wrote "The Story of Cinema" and "The Great Movie Stars".
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Director Blake Edwards is "A man of many talents, all of them minor," according to critic Leslie Halliwell--a typical observation from this lightweight collection of over 4000 gossipy quotations from the movie world. Paul Hogan thinks Richard Pryor is funny, Bruce Dern thinks Peter Fonda is a bad actor, the leading man is impossible to work with but the villain is really a swell guy, and so on. Most of the quotations are undated, emphasizing the entertainment-oriented, nondocumentary slant of the book, though this arouses puzzlement with quotes like the comment that Shirley Maclaine's "oars aren't touching the water these days." Browsers will need to be movie buffs to know who many of these show business people are (and coverage extends back to the silent days), since their nationalities and whether actor, director, etc., is not specified in the main text. Lacking the memorable timelessness of quotations from classics like Bartlett's, the present work is flippant and amusing. Recommended for public libraries.
- Richard W. Grefrath, Univ. of Nevada Lib., Reno
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
- Richard W. Grefrath, Univ. of Nevada Lib., Reno
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Nasty,
This review is from: Movie Talk: Who Said What About Whom in the Movies (Paperback)
All the nasty anecdotes Mr. Shipman didn't have room for in the nasty re-writes he did of his (excellent) "Great Movie Stars" books. His vendettas against certain stars and critics (Ginger Rogers, Charlie Chaplin, Pauline Kael) are as bewildering as his blind admiration of others. Skip this and hunt for the first editions (circa 1970-72) of the Movie Stars books.
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VERY GOOD READ. WHO SAID WHAT SHOWS WHAT SOME ACTORS REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT THEIR CO WORKERS AND OTHERS. GREAT INSIGHT INTO THE REAL PERSONALITIES OF THESE ACTORS/ACTRESSES AND OTHERS. WELL WORTH THE TIME AND MONEY.
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