Brando primarily agreed to star in Mutiny on the Bounty because he was obsessed with sampling the favors of Tahitian women.
Marlon Brando was a genius in terms of his acting ability, but in his personal life, his behavior was wildly erratic. Prone to crazy mood swings, he could be an obnoxious bully one moment and a charming, caring individual the next. Only one woman managed to withstand being with him over the decades: his longtime personal assistant Alice Marchak, who became his friend, advisor, secretary and in his sad final days, only companion. Brando's life was one of soaring triumphs and great wealth, but in the end he had squandered everything he had. Grotesquely overweight and penniless, he fully planned on creating a line of merchandise that he would hawk on the QVC shopping network while dressed in drag. Death prevented him from participating in this final indignity. Marchak's new book Me and Marlon reveals shocking details about the bizarre life of the reluctant Oscar winner - including his self-professed addiction to sex. Click here to read an extended excerpt.
Britain's Tomahawk Press have released their most ambitious book yet - consisting of a treasure trove of never-before-seen production stills from classic Hammer films. This is a limited edition volume and is absolutely essential for anyone with a love of these great movies. Here is their official press release.
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Hammer
Films - A Life in Pictures
By
Wayne Kinsey
                                                      A
Strictly Limited Edition Hardcover Book
ISBN
978-0-9531926-9-4
240 pages, colour and B&W
265 x 190mm, hardback
RRP:
£34.99
Foreword
by Nigel Arthur -
Curator BFI Stills
Last
year, several boxes of never-seen-before photos of Hammer Films productions was
archived by Hammer expert Wayne Kinsey for the British Film Institute. Kinsey
and the BFI were so impressed by the collection, that it was agreed the best
should be published.
Through
these rare and mostly previously unseen images, Hammer Films – A Life in
Pictures tells the visual story of Hammer’s output. You will be guided
through this wonderful collection of photos by Kinsey himself,the celebrated
author of Hammer Films – the Elstree Studios Years and Hammer Films –
the Bray Studios Years. Hammer Films – A Life in Pictures
explores the wider and fascinating side of one of the British film industry's
greatest success stories, showing once and for all that Hammer was not just a
purveyor of cheap horror pictures.
In
fact, they made films in a number of different genres such as war thrillers,
gritty dramas, comedies and colourful swashbuckling adventures. Some of these
were among their best films; 1959 is a case in point which included such
classics as Never Take Sweets from a Stranger, Hell is a City and
Yesterday's Enemy, the latter of which earned Hammer BAFTA nominations
for best picture, best actor and best supporting actor. Hammer's films also
benefited from an expert team of actors and technicians, including big names
that on first glance would never have thought to be associated with Hammer
including Robert Aldrich, Ken Adam, Joe Losey, Bette Davis, Tallulah Bankhead,
Donald Sutherland, Joan Fontaine, Richard Widmark, Ursula Andress and Raquel
Welch.
This is a Limited Edition hardcover book (only 2500 copies worldwide) that is
destined to become a highly sought-after collectors’ item.OVER 600
PHOTOGRAPHS!! CLICK HERE TO ORDER
This book has been out for a while, but many Charles Bronson fans may not know of it's existence because of limited distribution. Bronson's Loose! is author Paul Talbot's meticulously researched ode to the Death Wish series starting with the 1974 box-office smash hit and extending through the film's deterioration into cartoon-like entries. Still, it's a fascinating read and one that any Bronson fan would want in their library.
Amazon Product Description
In the summer of 1974 the movie Death Wish stunned audiences with its powerful story of an enraged businessman who hits the streets with a handgun to avenge the brutal violation of his wife and daughter. The film packed theaters with cheering moviegoers, became one of the highest-grossing and most controversial movies of the year, and turned star Charles Bronson into the hottest screen icon in the world. Over the next twenty years, four increasingly-violent sequels delivered thrills to a growing legion of fans and solidified the legend of Charles Bronson. Now, for the first time, Death Wish fanatics, Bronson cultists, and action movie lovers will discover fascinating information about the series. In exclusive comments, director Michael Winner, actor Kevyn Major Howard, novelist Brian Garfield, and many others reveal what it was like to work on the Death Wish movies with one of the most charismatic and elusive stars of all time.
Covering every aspect of all five movies (including unused casting suggestions, deleted scenes and alternate cuts) and loaded with rare advertising artwork, Bronson’s Loose!: The Making of the “Death Wish†Films tells the compelling, untold story behind the most explosive action series in film history.