Books like Games, Gossip and Greasepaint by Nigel Bruce

According to Ponyboy, there are two kinds of people in the world: greasers and socs. A soc (short for "social") has money, can get away with just about anything, and has an attitude longer than a limousine. A greaser, on the other hand, always lives on the outside and needs to watch his back. Ponyboy is a greaser, and he's always been proud of it, even willing to rumble against a gang of socs for the sake of his fellow greasers--until one terrible night when his friend Johnny kills a soc. The murder gets under Ponyboy's skin, causing his world to crumble and teaching him that pain feels the same whether a soc or a greaser. ([source][1]) [1]: http://www.sehinton.com/books/

This is Arlene Francis' biography written with co-author and friend Florence Rome. It's a fun, witty and charming book. Miss Francis had a long and varied career as an actor but is probably best know for her long association with the 1950s game show, What's My Line. She was on the original show from the second episode in 1950 until the show's cancellation in 1967. She also starred in various syndicated incarnations of the show through the 1970s. The original program starred John Daly (Moderator), Miss Francis, Bennett Cerf, Dorothy Kilgallen and Fred Allen (until his death). She was married for 10 years (1935-1945) to Neil Agnew, a producer at Paramount Studios. She talks about her divorce and her subsequent second marriage to actor/producer Martin Gabel in the book. She and Gabel were married for 20 years (1946-1986) until his death. She was born in Boston, MA but at 7 years old her family moved to New York City (Manhattan in the Washington Heights neighborhood and she remained a New Yorker until moving to San Francisco in 1993 for health reasons. The book is available at various used bookstores and also via many libraries. My local library (New York Public Library) only has a copy in the Research Division so I had get it through an Inter-loan. It was worth the wait. I've seen many episodes of What's My Line (thanks to Buzzr TV) and I was curious to find out more about Miss Francis.Now that I read her biography, I have read a book (or books in Fred Allen's case) on each of the main panelists, Fred Allen (Much Ado About Me and Treadmill to Oblivion), Dorothy Kilgallen ( Kilgallen: A Biography of Dorothy Kilgallen by Lee Israel), Bennett Cerf (At Random: The Reminiscences of Bennett Cerf) and now Miss Francis. It makes watching What's My Line episodes even more enjoyable.

An autobiographical account of the life and times of Robert Evans, Hollywood producer who worked on Love Story, Rosemary's Baby, The Godfather, Marathon Man, Chinatown The Cottonwood Club and many other films.

A chronicle of the life and career of Steve Johnson, a Hollywood special effects man whose lengthy list of credits include "An American Werewolf in London," "The Howling" franchise, "Ghostbusters," "Fright Night," "The Abyss," "Species," and numerous others. Johnson experienced soaring highs and searing lows in his career, which finally crashed in the 21st century as a result of advancements in CGI. He then found solace in writing, but when publishers demanded changes to his insanely overlong autobiography, Johnson went to Kickstarter and raised over $87,000 to get the books produced. Volume 1 was released in early 2017, with four additional volumes slated to follow. Issued in hardcover, paperback, ebook, as well an audiobook edition read by Johnson himself which deviates from the printed versions.

Documents the events leading up to the Spanish Inquisition beginning in 1478 and the events that followed for the next three and a half centuries.