{"title":"Sam Staggs","description":"Sam Staggs is the author of All About All About Eve and Close-Up on Sunset Boulevard. He has written for a variety of publications, including Vanity Fair and Architectural Digest. He lives in Dallas, Texas.","products":[{"product_id":"shooting-eve-a-screenplay-paperback","title":"Shooting Eve: A Screenplay - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShooting Eve\u003c\/em\u003e is Sam Staggs's dazzling, witty, and deeply researched re-creation of one of the greatest productions in Hollywood history: the making of \u003cem\u003eAll About Eve\u003c\/em\u003e. Written as a screenplay and populated by an unforgettable cast of real-life characters-Bette Davis, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Marilyn Monroe, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Darryl F. Zanuck, and many more-the book plunges readers into the rivalries, romances, insecurities, ambitions, and battles that unfolded behind the cameras. Beginning on Oscar night and moving through casting crises, studio politics, on-set feuds, and unexpected love affairs, it reveals how a film about backstage intrigue emerged from a production every bit as dramatic as the masterpiece it created.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy turns hilarious, poignant, scandalous, and affectionate, \u003cem\u003eShooting Eve\u003c\/em\u003e captures the last great moment of Hollywood's golden age with extraordinary verve. Staggs combines the meticulous eye of a historian with the storytelling instincts of a born dramatist, transforming archival research into a living, breathing spectacle. The result is far more than a book about a movie: it is a richly entertaining portrait of an industry at its glamorous peak, where careers were made and broken overnight, egos collided like locomotives, and immortality seemed only one great performance away. For lovers of classic cinema, \u003cem\u003eShooting Eve\u003c\/em\u003e is irresistible-a front-row seat to the creation of a legend.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51440231678175,"sku":"9798899760891","price":25.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/C2bVbzgNyE9798899760891.webp?v=1790135540"},{"product_id":"when-blanche-met-brando-the-scandalous-story-of-a-streetcar-named-desire-paperback","title":"When Blanche Met Brando: The Scandalous Story of a Streetcar Named Desire - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExhaustively researched and almost flirtatiously opinionated, W\u003ci\u003ehen Blanche Met Brando\u003c\/i\u003e is everything a fan needs to know about the ground-breaking New York and London stage productions of Williams' \"Streetcar\" as well as the classic Brando\/Leigh film. Sam Staggs' interviews with all the living cast members of each production will enhance what's known about the play and movie, and help make this book satisfying as both a pop culture read and as a deeper piece of thinking about a well-known story. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReaders will come away from this book delighted with the juicy behind-the-scenes stories about cast, director, playwright and the various productions and will also renew their curiosity about the connection between the role of Blanche and Viven Leigh's insatiable sexual appetite and later descent into breakdown. They may also--for the first time--question whether the character of Blanche was actually \"mad\" or whether her anxiousness was symptomatic of another disorder. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A Streetcar Named Desire\" is one of the most haunting and most-studied modern plays. Staggs' new book will fascinate fans and richen newcomers' understanding of its importance in American theater and movie history.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"WHEN BLANCHE MET BRANDO: The Scandalous Story of 'A Streetcar Named Desire' promises something salacious but delivers something better...a witty, insightful probe of Tennessee Williams' most famous play in all its variations.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eDallas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe play launched Marlon Brando's career, and the movie shot his star into the stratosphere. The film also redefined Vivien Leigh as another kind of Southern belle: Blanche as Scarlett on the skids. And the movie as modern audiences know it barely escaped the unforgiving knife of censorship. \"A Streetcar Named Desire\" is more than a classic piece of American art--it's a daring and raw masterpiece as alive with meaning today as it was when first performed in 1947. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWitty, rich with detail and exuberantly opinionated, WHEN BLANCHE MET BRANDO is the full behind-the-scenes story of \"A Streetcar Named Desire.\" Moving from the opening of Tennessee Williams' groundbreaking play and the scandalized audiences it left on Broadway to its London debut to Elia Kazan's exceptional movie version, Staggs illuminates \"Streetcar's\" surprising complexities and the powerhouse personalities behind them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Staggs' book is an excellent companion piece, giving a fine and often funny account of the many difficulties Williams' story faced on the way to becoming history.\"--\u003ci\u003eRe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003euters\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67967285330143,"sku":"9780312321666","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/Rb2znp2DZd9780312321666.webp?v=1791737583"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/sam-staggs.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}