Tony Curtis

In early 1958 legendary director Billy Wilder offered Tony Curtis the chance to star in a new picture. The movie was to be called Some Like It Hot; it went on to become one of the best-loved films of all time.Now, fifty years on from its first release, this is the true story of what really went on behind-the-scenes during the making of the funniest movie of all time, told by one of its leading ‘ladies’. For the first time, Tony Curtis shares the many as-yet-untold secrets from the set in his own inimitable voice. He speaks frankly about his working relationship with Jack Lemmon and Billy Wilder, as well as his romance with Marilyn Monroe. Here too is the truth behind Monroe’s erratic behaviour, which almost scuppered the production.Featuring never-before seen photographs from his private collection and numerous personal anecdotes, this is an insider’s account of the making of a Hollywood classic.

Me, Marilyn and the Movie

Some Like it Hot

David Alston

Robert MacDonald

Peter Wakelin

Lynda Morris

Peter Davies - undifferentiated

Taylor, John Russell.

The Art of Peter Prendergast

The Painter's Quarry

Peter Golenbock

He has appeared in over a hundred films. Elvis copied his looks. The Beatles put him on the cover of Sgt. Pepper. Tony Curtis is without question a Hollywood legend and part of its Golden Age. In American Prince he tells the whole story, from his hard-knock childhood growing up in the Bronx to his wild days as a Hollywood playboy, his destructive drug addiction and his life now as an artist in his eighties. He talks frankly about the people he has known during his long and illustrious career, from the studio owners and directors to his famous friends, such as Jack Lemmon, Cary Grant and James Dean, and the women in his life, including Janet Leigh and Natalie Wood. Forthright and enthralling, and sparing no detail and no ego, American Prince is the true record of a life lived to the full.

My Autobiography

American Prince

A Special Memoir for a Special Moment in Hollywood History . . . Some Like It Hot occupies a unique place in American culture. This beloved classic showcases five comic geniuses: Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, I. A. L. Diamond, Billy Wilder, and Marilyn Monroe. It has been honored by the American Film Institute as the "Funniest Film of All Time". It has contributed quotes, styles, and stories to film lore. Yet the full story of its making has never been told—until now.

My Memories of Marilyn Monroe and the Classic American Movie

The Making of Some Like It Hot

The legendary actor chronicles his odyssey from a hard-knock childhood as the son of immigrant parents to Hollywood success, detailing his days as a tinseltown playboy, the film industry during Hollywood's Golden Era, and his life as an artist at the age of eighty.

A Memoir

The legendary actor chronicles his odyssey from hard-knock childhood as the son of immigrant parents to Hollywood success, detailing his days as a tinseltown playboy, the film industry during Hollywood's Golden Era, and his life as an artist at the age of eighty.

Sparing no detail, no name, and no ego, Curtis pens the true record of his life with humor and grace. Some like it hot, and they will not be disappointed.

John Morgan

Sally Green

Alan Cohen

Michael Daley

Samuel Green

Paul Hunter

Bryce Milligan

Neil Harrison

Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

Janet Bergstrom

Andrea Carter

Peggy Shumaker

William O'Daly

Judith Azrael

Mikel Vause

Jon D. Lee

Simon Perchik

Dayna Patterson

Bruce Douglas Reeves

Mary Elizabeth Gillilan

Nancy Takacs

Gailmarie Pahmeier

Jim Milstead

Larry Crist

Elizabeth THrall

Seren Fargo

Norman L. Green

Shelley Muzzy

Laurel Rust

Andrew Shattuck McBride

Paulann Petersen

Susan J. Erickson

Denise duMaurier

Christine M. Kendall

Shannon Laws

Jim Reese

Janet Oakley

James Bertolino

Joseph Powell

J. Jamieson Woods

Sara E. Simard

Rosalyn Ostler

Betty Scott

Allen Frost

Luther Allen

Stephanie Hopkinson

Nancy Canyon

Anita K. Boyle

Richard Lee Harris

Randy Phillis

C. M. Clarke

Jennifer Bullis

J. Kaye Faulkner

Clover, a Literary Rag

His children always looked forward to their bedtime story every evening, and when his daughter died of cancer at the early age of 27, he remembered the good times, especially those few moments he spent reading her favourite stories, to her every night. Those times are special to every parent. A small sleepy village is surprised when garden gnomes are brought to life by a remote star, changing their dull little lives forever. Strange things begin to happen in the village. The gnomes decide they are going to do everything they can to help the villagers. There’s Mustafa the leader of the clan, Sam and Ella the tiny twins, Lofty, with his wheelbarrow, Willy the Scottish gnome, Raymond the rabbit, Timmy the tortoise, Dwain the train and many more; Although they work hard, nothing stops them from having fun. Eventually, the gnomes find that they can speak to their owners and the other villagers, and confess their part in all the mysterious happenings. The village of Genom will never be the same.

The Gnomes of Genom

Anthony Curtis

A sourcebook and price guide to American collectibles covers baseball cards, toys, comics, furniture, china, glass, silver, Elvis memorabilia, Disney collectibles, and other items

Cashing in on Collecting Americana

LYLE

I would like to introduce you to UNREST, Book One of Descendants of the Ebony Path, a tale of the 12 Risen. It is a tale of a world long since destroyed by technology, where the final gift of knowledge is the magic of genetic enhancement, and gifted men and women are are called the Anointed who stand as vanguards of free nations and champions of empires. It is the tale of the Al-Kraal Empire. A expanding regime built by a repudiated scholar turned conqueror, whose ambitions are as brilliant as they are appalling. It is the tale of the remarkable women of Venters Hall, where mastery of the female matrix has given women power to beggar the gods. It is the tale of the 12 Risen. Twelve young men, some born in, others condemned to, a life of slavery. Twelve men whose rebellion reshaped a broken world. Lastly, it is the tale of the Ebony Path, a rent in the fabric of the universe created by an ancient clash of powers. A place where roads lead to the very heart of creation and worlds known and unknown. A place where any who descend can find themselves subject to possession by merciless beings with angelic countenances. Book One takes place nineteen years after the rebellion.

A Tale of the 12 Risen, Book One Unrest

Descendants of the Ebony Path

Curtis's humour and charm, ability to turn a poem with the seemingly simplest of images, and that understanding of how words will play over the listener's ear, are hallmarks brought to the fore on the page... His greatest skill is to make readers go 'yes, of course'; he reminds us of what we've known all along. Michael McKimm, The Warwick Review

Approximately in the Key of C

David G. Williams

Intended as a first year text, no prior knowledge of perfumery is assumed, and the authors provide integrated coverage of topics from raw materials to supermarket shelves, from science to creation and through to marketing and business policy.

Introduction to Perfumery

Some Like it Hot is one of the most famous films of all time and is also the most profitable comedy in the history of film, not to mention one of the most beloved. It was voted number one funniest movie ever by the American Film Institute and as well as starring Hollywood legend Tony Curtis, it brought together the comedy talents of Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon and Billy Wilder. It has contributed numerous quotes, styles and stories to Hollywood film lore and has remained the film that Curtis is still most asked about by its legions of fans. For the first time, Curtis will share the untold story behind the making of this legendary film. Told in his frank and inimitable voice, the book will reveal much about his working relationship with Jack Lemmon and the director Billy Wilder. It will explain why the film was changed from colour production to black and white and tell the story of its initially lukewarm reception. The book will also reveal much about Marilyn Monroe, including Curtis' romance with her, her alleged abortion and her conflict with Wilder. Finally, it will describe the film's ongoing impact on Curtis' life and will feature many exclusive never-before-seen photographs from his own collection.

Some Like It Hot

Chronicles the life and career of the noted author, exploring the political, social, and personal preferences of her literary set.

Bloomsbury and Beyond

Virginia Woolf

'The city of light' under German occupation: Paris, a place, a people, their lives in flux. And in these uncertainties, these compromised loyalties, these existences constantly under threat, Marcel Petiot, a mass murderer. A doctor, a resistance fighter, a collaborator: who can tell? Not even the people he kills.

Darkness in the City of Light

Tony Curtis writes, even on complex matters, with disarming ease. In this new collection he has pared his work down to the bone, achieving, in many of these poems, the strength and mystery of myth and fable. The poet journeys into the high Himalayas where he faces his own mortality. What he brings back is a book haunted by ghosts and demons, by illusions, dreams, memories, and desires, in other words a richly experienced and carefully shared wisdom, offered in an immediate yet subtle series of poems.

Three Songs of Home

“Long overdue . . . it will provide not only a cogent introduction for the uninitiated, but also fresh insight for the many enthusiastic readers, this reviewer included, of Dannie Abse's work.” —Anglo-Welsh Review

Dannie Abse

This collection of poetry is divided into three sections: orphans and foundlings, infancy, and early childhood, and includes poems contributed by Carol Ann Duffy, Seamus Heaney, Gillian Clarke, and Stephen Knight.

Tokens for the Foundlings

Tony Curtis

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