Sam Staggs

10 books

Close-up on Sunset Boulevard: Billy Wilder, Norma Desmond, and the Dark Hollywood Dream by Sam Staggs

Close-up on Sunset Boulevard: Billy Wilder, Norma Desmond, and the Dark Hollywood Dream

Sam Staggs

320 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative fast-paced
Finding Zsa Zsa: The Gabors Behind the Legend by Sam Staggs

Finding Zsa Zsa: The Gabors Behind the Legend

Sam Staggs

448 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction biography informative slow-paced
Inventing Elsa Maxwell: How an Irrepressible Nobody Conquered High Society, Hollywood, the Press, and the World by Sam Staggs

Inventing Elsa Maxwell: How an Irrepressible Nobody Conquered High Society, Hollywood, the Press, and the World

Sam Staggs

352 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction biography funny medium-paced
When Blanche Met Brando: The Scandalous Story of a Streetcar Named Desire by Sam Staggs

When Blanche Met Brando: The Scandalous Story of a Streetcar Named Desire

Sam Staggs

394 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history dark tense slow-paced
All About "All About Eve": The Complete Behind-the-Scenes Story of the Bitchiest Film Ever Made by Sam Staggs
All About "All About Eve": The Complete Behind-the-Scenes Story of the Bitchiest Film Ever Made
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Sam Staggs

All About "All About Eve": The Complete Behind-the-Scenes Story of the Bitchiest Film Ever Made

Sam Staggs

missing duration info • first pub 2000 (editions)

All About All About Eve: The Complete Behind-the-Scenes Story of the Bitchiest Film Ever Made! by Sam Staggs

All About All About Eve: The Complete Behind-the-Scenes Story of the Bitchiest Film Ever Made!

Sam Staggs

416 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction informative lighthearted slow-paced
Born to Be Hurt: The Untold Story of Imitation of Life by Sam Staggs

Born to Be Hurt: The Untold Story of Imitation of Life

Sam Staggs

432 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction challenging slow-paced
Close-Up on Sunset Boulevard Lib/E: Billy Wilder, Norma Desmond, and the Dark Hollywood Dream by Sam Staggs
Close-Up on Sunset Boulevard Lib/E: Billy Wilder, Norma Desmond, and the Dark Hollywood Dream
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Sam Staggs

Close-Up on Sunset Boulevard Lib/E: Billy Wilder, Norma Desmond, and the Dark Hollywood Dream

Sam Staggs

missing duration info • missing pub info (editions)

Finding Zsa Zsa: The Gabors behind the Legend by Sam Staggs, Sam Staggs
Finding Zsa Zsa: The Gabors behind the Legend
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Sam Staggs, Sam Staggs

Finding Zsa Zsa: The Gabors behind the Legend

Sam Staggs, Sam Staggs

missing page info • missing pub info (editions)

emotional informative reflective slow-paced
MMII: The Return of Marilyn Monroe by Sam Staggs

MMII: The Return of Marilyn Monroe

Sam Staggs

304 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

dark medium-paced