movie biographies
97. 
The Entertainer: Movies, Magic, and My Father's Twentieth Century
by:
Margaret Talbot
3.94 avg rating — 300 ratings 
102. 
Olive Thomas: The Life and Death of a Silent Film Beauty
by:
Michelle Vogel
3.37 avg rating — 75 ratings 
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Groucho: The Life and Times of Julius Henry Marx
by:
Stefan Kanfer
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 669 ratings 
118. 
How to Be a Movie Star: Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood
by:
William J. Mann
3.79 avg rating — 899 ratings 
124. 
The Fondas: The Films and Careers of Henry, Jane, and Peter Fonda, (Film Books)
by:
John Springer
3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings 125. 
Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley
by:
Peter Guralnick
4.17 avg rating — 9,895 ratings 126. 
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Evelyn Brent: The Life and Films of Hollywood's Lady Crook
by:
Lynn Kear
2.87 avg rating — 15 ratings 128. 
Hank & Jim: The Fifty-Year Friendship of Henry Fonda and James Stewart
by:
Scott Eyman
4.08 avg rating — 1,124 ratings 
130. 
The Man Who Saw a Ghost: The Life and Work of Henry Fonda
by:
Devin McKinney
3.54 avg rating — 125 ratings 132. 
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The Big Bad Book of Bill Murray: A Critical Appreciation of the World's Finest Actor 3.46 avg rating — 908 ratings
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Making Poldark: Memoir of a BBC/Masterpiece Theatre Actor
by:
Robin Ellis
4.17 avg rating — 109 ratings 
141. 
The World According to Tom Hanks: The Life, the Obsessions, the Good Deeds of America's Most Decent Guy
by:
Gavin Edwards
3.60 avg rating — 486 ratings 
144. 
The Tao of Bill Murray: Real-Life Stories of Joy, Enlightenment, and Party Crashing
by:
Gavin Edwards
3.54 avg rating — 3,179 ratings 
147. 
Orson Welles's Last Movie: The Making of The Other Side of the Wind
by:
Josh Karp
3.94 avg rating — 379 ratings 148. 
Florence Lawrence, the Biograph Girl: America's First Movie Star
by:
Kelly R. Brown
3.96 avg rating — 51 ratings 148. 
Hail, Hail, Euphoria!: Presenting the Marx Brothers in Duck Soup, the Greatest War Movie Ever Made
by:
Roy Blount Jr.
3.44 avg rating — 328 ratings 150. 
Orson Welles, Volume 2: Hello Americans (Orson Welles, #2)
by:
Simon Callow
4.24 avg rating — 298 ratings 
151. 
Orson Welles, Vol. 3: One-Man Band (Orson Welles, #3)
by:
Simon Callow
4.42 avg rating — 180 ratings 
156. 
Orson Welles, Volume 1: The Road to Xanadu (Orson Welles, #1)
by:
Simon Callow
4.15 avg rating — 641 ratings 
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164. 
His Way: The Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra
by:
Kitty Kelley
3.63 avg rating — 2,023 ratings 166. 
Hollywood Beauty: Linda Darnell and the American Dream
by:
Ronald L. Davis
3.87 avg rating — 75 ratings 167. 
Charlie Chaplin: A Brief Life (Ackroyd's Brief Lives Book 5)
by:
Peter Ackroyd
3.64 avg rating — 814 ratings 
168. 
Bogie: A Celebration of the Life and Films of Humphrey Bogart
by:
Richard Schickel
3.95 avg rating — 65 ratings 170. 
Tough Without a Gun: The Life and Extraordinary Afterlife of Humphrey Bogart
by:
Stefan Kanfer
3.60 avg rating — 782 ratings 
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The Women of Warner Brothers: The Lives and Careers of 15 Leading Ladies, with Filmographies for Each
by:
Daniel Bubbeo
3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings 174. 
Golden Dreams: How Hattie McDaniel Broke Barriers in Hollywood and Beyond
by:
Charlene Porter
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings 
178. 
The First King of Hollywood: The Life of Douglas Fairbanks
by:
Tracey Goessel
4.10 avg rating — 147 ratings 
183. 
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film: Expanded and Updated
by:
David Thomson
4.23 avg rating — 713 ratings 
187. 
The Goldblum Variations: Adventures of Jeff Goldblum Across the Known (and Unknown) Universe
by:
Helen McClory
3.64 avg rating — 351 ratings 188. 
Wayne and Ford: The Films, the Friendship, and the Forging of an American Hero 3.85 avg rating — 177 ratings
189. 
Barbra Streisand: Redefining Beauty, Femininity, and Power
by:
Neal Gabler
3.64 avg rating — 176 ratings 190. 
Monkey Business: The Lives and Legends of The Marx Brothers
by:
Simon Louvish
4.01 avg rating — 272 ratings 191. 
Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Sometimes Zeppo: A Celebration of the Marx Brothers
by:
Joe Adamson
4.04 avg rating — 362 ratings 192. 
193. 
Stan and Ollie: The Roots of Comedy: The Double Life of Laurel and Hardy
by:
Simon Louvish
3.89 avg rating — 334 ratings 194. 
The Cowboy and the Senorita: A Biography of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans
by:
Chris Enss
4.15 avg rating — 80 ratings 
199. 
Furious Cool: Richard Pryor and the World That Made Him
by:
David Henry
3.76 avg rating — 1,102 ratings 