motion picture actors and actresses

Discusses the private life and stage and film career of actor Mel Gibson.

Describes the life and career of the popular American singer, actress, and businesswoman.

Focuses on the personal life and television and film acting career of Brad Pitt.

A biography of early twentieth-century film star William Haines, discussing his success in the free-thinking atmosphere of Hollywood in the era before the Production Code, his openness about his homosexuality, and his later career as an interior designer.

A biography of actor John Travolta, discussing his childhood in New Jersey, his early fame, his devotion to Scientology, and his comeback after years of relative obscurity; and looking at other aspects of his life and personality.

Biography of Charlie Chaplin, discussing his childhood in the slums of London, early days in the theater, his genius in the American film industry, and his exile to Europe during the days of McCarthyism.

A biography of movie actor Matt Damon that traces his life from Boston hopeful to star.

Examines the later work of the comedy team of Laurel and Hardy produced after 1940, looking not only at the long-neglected wartime films, but also the numerous reissues, compilation features, television revivals, and home-movie and video productions that followed.

Biography of the 1930s-1950s film legend Gary Cooper, examining his childhood in England and Montana, how he made the leap from real cowboy to Hollywood westerns, and his relationships both on film and off.