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All about me! : my remarkable life in show business  Cover Image Book Book

All about me! : my remarkable life in show business / Mel Brooks.

Brooks, Mel, 1926- (author.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593159118
  • ISBN: 059315911X
  • Physical Description: x, 460 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, [2021]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Brooklyn -- The mountains -- World War II -- Television-- the Sid Caesar years -- Carl Reiner and the 2000 Year Old Man -- Johnny Carson and The Tonight Show -- The Chinese Gourmet Society -- Kismet-- meeting Anne Bancroft -- Get Smart -- The Producers -- The Twelve Chairs -- Blazing Saddles -- Young Frankenstein -- Silent Movie -- High Anxiety -- Brooksfilms -- History of the World, Part I -- Brooksfilms, part II -- To Be or Not to Be -- Brooksfilms, part III -- Spaceballs -- Life stinks -- Robin Hood: Men in Tights -- Dracula: Dead and Loving It -- The Producers on Broadway -- My third act.
Summary, etc.:
The legendary comedian, actor, and film producer and director traces his rise from a Depression-era kid in Brooklyn to his stellar film career, offering insight into the inspiration for his ideas and the many close friendships and collaborations behind his success.
Brooks shares never-before-told, behind-the-scenes anecdotes and remembrances as he charts his rise from a Depression-era kid in Brooklyn to the recipient of the National Medal of Arts. From his career with Caesar's Your Show of Shows to his many films, and his Broadway musical adaption of The Producers, he offers insight into the inspiration behind the ideas for his boundary-breaking work, and shares details about many close friendships. -- adapted from jacket
Subject: Brooks, Mel, 1926-
Comedians > United States > Biography.
Motion picture actors and actresses > United States > Biography.
Motion picture producers and directors > United States > Biography.
Genre: Autobiographies.

Available copies

  • 37 of 41 copies available at Bibliomation.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 41 total copies.
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Bethel Public Library B BROOKS (Text) 34030150537493 Adult Biography Available -
Black Rock Branch - Bridgeport B BROOKS (Text) 34000151396793 Adult Biography Checked out 05/10/2024
Brookfield Library 921/BROOKS (Text) 34029153303309 Adult Nonfiction Available -
C.H. Booth Library - Newtown B BROOKS (Text) 34014150074632 Adult Biography Display -
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David M. Hunt Library - Falls Village 792.7 Bro (Text) 33180141829003 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Derby Neck Library B BROOKS (Text) 34046152836394 Adult Biography Available -
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Easton Public Library BIO Brooks, M. BROOKS, M. (Text) 37777123608408 Adult Biography Available -
Edith Wheeler Memorial Library - Monroe 92 BROOKS (MEL) (Text) 34026150707011 Adult Biography Available -

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