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In this candid memoir, actor and director Lou Antonio recounts his five decades in television, film and theater, from live television to Broadway to Emmy-nominated Movies of the Week. Antonio describes with humor and insight the changes in audience tastes and technical developments during his career, and the unforeseen challenges of pursuing a life in the performing arts. Anecdotes abound of his work with Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor, George C. Scott, Michael J. Fox, William Shatner, Heath Ledger, Michelle Williams, and others.

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Author:   Lou Antonio
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.449kg
ISBN:  

9781476668154

ISBN 10:   1476668159
Pages:   255
Publication Date:   20 November 2017
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Preface Part One: New York, Mostly  1. When You Begin a Beginning  2. The Cement City  3. Some Strasberg, and Then Some  4. Dribbles and Drabs  5. A West Side Story  6. Selling Soap  7. Getting In, and At the Actors Studio  8. The Fervid Years  9. Overseas and Back Again 10. Garson Kanin 11. From Burt Lancaster to Summer Stock 12. 38 ­At-Bats, Three Strikeouts 13. From Streisand to Paxinou to Olivier 14. Two Misses and a Hit 15. Elia Kazan 16. From a Naked City to Andorra 17. Franco Zeffirelli 18. Keeping Busy Until Dewhurst 19. Faustus, Julie and Josh 20. Not-So-Lovely Hula Hands 21. Cool Hand Luke 22. Hello, Hollywood… Hello, Anyone There? Part Two: Hollywood 23. Shatner, a Bear, a Nun 24. Jerry Lewis to Coppola 25. A Mixed Bag 26. Who Has the Power, Who Has the Pain? 27. Natwick and Hayes Up, Garner on Deck 28. Classes at Universal U 29. Rabbi Problems, Rich Man Problems 30. Dog and Cat Are Neutered 31. Cappelletti, Sand and Subways 32. Trashing Trash with Rock Hudson 33. Give Thy Thoughts No Tongue 34. Patty, Ricky, Sugar, Booze 35. I Got Plenty of Nothing 36. Legends 37. E.T. and Burton on Broadway 38. Lee Remick, North and South 39. Peter the Great, Dunaway Less 40. Candice Bergen: Motherhood to Madam 41. Academy Award Winners and Whiners 42. In to Africa 43. Bean Balls, and Still at Bat 44. Sonia Braga, Birthing and Breeding 45. May the Pod People Perish 46. Sour Power 47. They’re Either Too Young or Too Old 48. Cassidy Catches Ledger 49. Shatner, Bergen, Fox—Doing It 50. In and Out of It, Out and Into It Index

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As a stage actor Lou Antonio has performed in 70 plays and has acted and directed in more than 200 hours of television. He is co-artistic director of the Actors Studio and teaches acting and directing there.

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