biographer Patrick McGilligan charts the meteoric rise and fall of the comedian whose nonconformity proved both his secret genius...... more

, George Cukor, Alfred Hitchcock, Clint Eastwood, Oscar Micheaux and other major film figures, Patrick McGilligan is also a...... more

, George Cukor, Alfred Hitchcock, Clint Eastwood, Oscar Micheaux and other major film figures, Patrick McGilligan is also a...... more

Examines the life and career of comedy personality Mel Brooks.... more

Award-winningfilm historian Patrick McGilligan follows hisacclaimed biographies of Alfred Hitchcock and Oscar...... more

Patrick McGilligan continues his celebrated interviews with exceptional screenwriters in Backstory 5, focusing on the...... more

were not welcome in Hollywood. In this groundbreaking new biography, award-winning film historian Patrick McGilligan offers...... more

Continuing Patrick McGilligan’s highly acclaimed series on Hollywood screenwriters, these engrossing, informative...... more

Clancy McGilligan truly swept me away--a stunning debut from a spectacularly talented writer."--Skip Horack "In powerful...... more

career in television, films, and theater, from Patrick McGilligan, the acclaimed author of Young Orson: The Years of Luck and...... more

career in television, films, and theater, from Patrick McGilligan, the acclaimed author of Young Orson: The Years of Luck and...... more

career in television, films, and theater, from Patrick McGilligan, the acclaimed author of Young Orson: The Years of Luck and...... more

career in television, films, and theater, from Patrick McGilligan, the acclaimed author of Young Orson: The Years of Luck and...... more

career in television, films, and theater, from Patrick McGilligan, the acclaimed author of Young Orson: The Years of Luck and...... more

and no more tragic downfall--than that of Orson Welles. In this magisterial biography, Patrick McGilligan brings young...... more

McGilligan brings young Orson into focus as never before. He chronicles Welles early life growing up in Wisconsin and Illinois...... more

McGilligan brings young Orson into focus as never before. He chronicles Welles early life growing up in Wisconsin and Illinois...... more

McGilligan brings young Orson into focus as never before. He chronicles Welles early life growing up in Wisconsin and Illinois...... more

and no more tragic downfall--than that of Orson Welles. In this magisterial biography, Patrick McGilligan brings young...... more

Jack Nicholson has lived large on and off the screen. Patrick McGilligan, one of America s outstanding film biographers...... more

films--is hallowed the world over. But what lurks behind his greatest legends and his genius as a filmmaker? Patrick McGilligan...... more

, a rarity among the top echelon. Patrick McGilligan s biography reveals how Cukor persevered within a system fraught with...... more

More than sixty years ago, McCarthyism silenced Hollywood. In the pages of Tender Comrades, those wh... more

Glenn Ford--star of such now-classic films as Gilda, Blackboard Jungle, The Big Heat, 3:10 to Yuma, ... more

. Acclaimed biographer Patrick McGilligan re-examines his life and extraordinary work, challenging perceptions of Hitchcock as the...... more

The 1942 smash musical hit Yankee Doodle Dandy has long remained a favorite among audiences and film... more