BIOGRAPHY · LARGE TYPE
Charlotte Chandler
ALFRED HITCHCOCK turned a small boy's fear into that incredible body of work, Robert Boyle, colleague and friend of Alfred Hitchcock said.
— from It's Only a Movie
Most acclaimed
Marlene
1992
Micaela Urtiaga Four es la soprano mas exitosa de los teatrosliricos europeos de principios del siglo XX. Pero la soledad, las perdidas y los recuerdos pueden mas que todos losaplausos y la joven decide regresar a su tierra natal, Argentina.sin embargo, el remanso que ansiaba hallar en Buenos Airesse convierte en un torbellino cuando su vida se verepentinamente vinculada a la de Carlo Varzi, un proxenetadel barrio de La Boca, hombre bajo y sin escrupulos, con unpasado tan oscuro como su presente. Asi, la soprano favoritade la C"pera de Paris se vera obligada a cantar tangos enmedio de un ambiente sordido y desconocido, en uno de losburdeles de Carlo Varzi, bajo el seudonimo de Marlene.Aunque tratara de vencer la atraccion que ese cafishio deLa Boca ejerce sobre ella, finalmente cedera al impulso queLa domina. Remordimientos y temores, deseos y pasion seenfrentaran, y el conflicto sera inevitable.Data novela, ambientada en la Buenos Aires que vio nacer eltango, los conventillos y el cocoliche, muestra como lossentimientos se niegan a reconocer clases sociales y realidadeseconomicas. Retrata la historia de una mujer que lucha par.superar sus miedos y defender su amor, y la de un hombreque intenta redimirse en el contexto mas denigrante, tambien por amor.
It's Only a Movie
"In his films, Alfred Hitchcock found the perfect expression for his fantasies, and he shared those fantasies with the world in such classics as The 39 Steps, The Lady Vanishes, Rebecca, Shadow of a Doubt, Notorious, Strangers on a Train, Rear Window, The Man Who Knew Too Much, To Catch a Thief, North by Northwest, Vertigo, Psycho, and The Birds. In It's Only a Movie, Charlotte Chandler draws from her extensive conversations with Hitchcock, frequently revealing unknown facts and unexpected insights into the man, the director, and his films." "Author of acclaimed biographies of Groucho Marx, Federico Fellini, and Billy Wilder, Charlotte Chandler spent several years with Hitchcock discussing his life and his amazing career. She also talked with his wife, Alma, and daughter, Pat, as well as many of the screen legends who appeared in his films, including Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Joan Fontaine, Laurence Olivier, Michael Redgrave, John Gielgud, Gregory Peck, Henry Fonda, Tippi Hedren, James Mason, Eva Marie Saint, Kim Novak, Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, and others. The result is an intimate yet expansive portrait of a unique artist who, from the 1920s through the 1970s, created many of history's most memorable films."--Jacket.
Nobody's Perfect
"In Nobody's Perfect, Billy Wilder speaks for himself, in what is as close to an autobiography as there ever will be. Charlotte Chandler, author of earlier authorized biographies of Groucho Marx and Federico Fellini, met Wilder in the mid-1970s and began a friendship that continued until his death. Over the course of more than twenty years, she interviewed not only Wilder, but many of the actors and other creative people who worked with him. The result is this remarkable book, a very personal look at one of Hollywood's creative geniuses."--BOOK JACKET.