Books like Hollywood dynasties by Stephen Farber

Tina Fey’s memoir blends sharp wit with personal anecdotes, charting her rise from Pennsylvania to Saturday Night Live fame while offering candid insights into comedy, gender dynamics, and the juggling act of fame and family.

Mark Harris reveals how the five Best Picture nominees of 1967—*The Graduate*, *In the Heat of the Night*, *Doctor Dolittle*, *Guess Who's Coming to Dinner*, and *Bonnie and Clyde*—shattered Hollywood's studio system and mirrored America’s cultural upheaval.

"Easy Riders, Raging Bulls vividly chronicles the exuberance and excess of the times: the startling success of Easy Rider and the equally alarming circumstances under which it was made, with drugs, booze, and violent rivalry between costars Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda dominating the set; how a small production company named BBS became the guiding spirit of the youth rebellion in Hollywood and how, along the way, some of its executives helped smuggle Huey Newton out of the country; how director Hal Ashby was busted for drugs and thrown in jail in Toronto; why Martin Scorsese attended the Academy Awards with an FBI escort when Taxi Driver was nominated; how George Lucas, gripped by anxiety, compulsively cut off his own hair while writing Star Wars; how a modest house on Nicholas Beach occupied by actresses Margot Kidder and Jennifer Salt became the unofficial headquarters for the New Hollywood; how Billy Friedkin tried to humiliate Paramount boss Barry Diller; and how screenwriter/director Paul Schrader played Russian roulette in his hot tub. It was a time when an "anything goes" experimentation prevailed both on the screen and off."--BOOK JACKET.

Offers an historical overview of the American film industry, from its beginnings in Thomas Edison's workshop to its status today as the leader of the world's filmmaking.

A compendium of memoirs and observations tracing the evolution of the American motion‑picture industry from its inception through the 1980s, spotlighting Hollywood’s social dynamics and industrial milestones.

Detailed family histories for some Hollywood dynasties. GIves family trees for the Barrymores, Drews, Bennetts, and many more. Reveals some little known connections between these professional families. May interest any lover of old movies.