mark ritts (5 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. First Edition. Near fine in original wrappers with minor wear.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Moffett, Mark (jacket design); Ritts, Herb (jacket photograph) (illustratore). 1st Edition. Fine unread condition beige boards, red cloth spine, and gold spine lettering contained in a near fine condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes Authors' Acknowledgments; Author Dedication and Index. Illustrated with a section of black-and-white photographic plates. "Merv Griffin, one of television's most successful and popular personalities, takes us behind the scenes of a remarkable career, from his childhood (when he had to keep his piano lessons secret from his father) to his present 90-minute show, watched weekly by a loyal audience of 20 million viewers. Griffin talks about his adolescence, during which he had to overcome an embarrassing weight problem, and reveals the surprising steps that led to his becoming a highly paid radio singer by the age of twenty-one. For the first time, he discusses his little-known days as a contract player with Warner Brothers, the years in which he met such actors as Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando and Marilyn Monroe. He traces his progress from band singer to game-show MC to the magical night when be became the guest host on Jack Paar's "Tonight Show", an evening that changed his life. Griffin brings us behind the cameras of his talk show, sharing anecdotes about his interviews with Bertrand Russell, Robert Kennedy and a particularly volatile Russian ambassador, and offers a touching if shocking recollection of Judy Garland. With emotion and honesty he writes of his courtship of Julann Wright and recalls with extraordinary candor the pain of their subsequent divorce. Merv is a personal story of persistence and hard-won success. It provides a backstage tour of how a talk show is produced, an intriguing look at many of the stars and news-makers of the past three decades and, above all, an inside view of a warm and human entertainer who has delighted millions with his music, candor and revealing interviews." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps.

paperback. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 192 pages. 14.25x11.75x1.25 inches. In Stock.