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Originally published in 1962, The Lonely Life is legendary silver screen actress Bette Davis's lively and riveting account of her life, loves, and marriages--now in ebook for the first time, and updated with an afterword she wrote just before her death. As Davis says in the opening lines of her...

In a selection of interviews ranging from 1958 to 1987, Bette Davis talks about visiting England; her career as a star; the film studio's attempts to change her name and image, and the Hollywood film system. Interviews include: Profile, BBC TV (first broadcast 12 September 1958); Bette Davis at...

Hollywood Playhouse - The Oscar's Collection is a unique compilation of 12 Oscar winning films specially adapted for the radio and performed by many of the original film stars in front of a live studio audience. Originally broadcast on the radio, they were to become as popular with the public as the movies themselves.

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In this riveting popular history, the creator of You Must Remember This probes the inner workings of Hollywood’s glamorous golden age through the stories of some of the dozens of actresses pursued by Howard Hughes, to reveal how the millionaire mogul’s obsessions with sex, power and...

Russell 'The Voice' Watson is a star with a real story to tell. While most stars of today find success early, Russell was still working in a Salford factory at the age of 30. He spent the evenings singing in working men's clubs for extra cash to keep the bailiffs from his family's door. The...

Nach vielen Jahren der Trennung will Blanche Hilpert den Kontakt zu ihrem Bruder Curtis wiederherstellen, doch nichts funktioniert, wie es soll – erst kommt die Nachricht, mit der sie ihre Ankunft ankündigt nicht an und dann findet Curtis auch noch eine Leiche im Hobbykeller. Damit ist es an Professor van Dusen, herauszufinden, wer dem zurückgezogenen Eisenbahnfan dieses menschliche Kuckucksei untergeschoben hat.

Das Kloster der Virginia ist ein Zufluchtsort für Kranke und Erholungssuchende … und seine heilenden Wasser ein gutes Geschäft für den Orden, der sie kontrolliert. Romeo soll dieses Wundermittel für die Silberstern-Apotheken gewinnen und checkt darum als Badegast ein. Auch der skrupellose Graf Guildenstern hat seinen Blick auf das Kloster geworfen, welches darüber hinaus ein dunkles Geheimnis bietet. Es scheint, als wenn die heiligen Wasser zwar still, aber eben auch tief sind.

When there really did seem to be more stars in Hollywood than in heaven, Hollywood Stage had them performing films as radio plays - on the sponsor's dime, of course. Classic films now become audiobooks, with many featuring the original stars from way back when. Here's Dark Victory starring Spencer Tracy and Bette Davies.

Mr Punch Presents: All About Eve, the Oscar-winning story of the self-effacing and ambitious actress Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter) who cleverly manipulates her way into the life of ageing Broadway star Margo Channing (Bette Davis). This venomous depiction of show business and backstage life has become a classic story of ambition and betrayal and one of Hollywood's all-time masterpieces.