Rakuten Kobo

Shopping Cart

Item(s) unavailable for purchase

Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.

itemsitem

- Unlimited access to eBooks
  
  Unlimited access to audiobooks
  
  No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
  
  Get 1 credit every month for the audiobook of your choice
  
  No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
  
  Unlimited access to eBooks
  
  Unlimited access to audiobooks
  
  No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
  Audiobook
  by ,
  
  Available:
  
  . No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions.
  
  Pre-order
  1 audiobook monthly
  
  + FREE 30-day trial
  
  Special Offer
  
  Get 1 credit every month to exchange for an audiobook of your choice
  
  *No commitment, cancel anytime
  
  FREE

itemsitem

Unlimited access to eBooks

Unlimited access to audiobooks

No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions

Get 1 credit every month for the audiobook of your choice

No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions

Unlimited access to eBooks

Unlimited access to audiobooks

No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
Audiobook
by ,

Available:
. No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions.

Pre-order
1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Special Offer

Get 1 credit every month to exchange for an audiobook of your choice

*No commitment, cancel anytime

FREE

Recommended For You

Skip side bar filters

Laughter is a Wonderful Thing

by Joe E. Brown, Ralph Hancock ...

HOW ONE MAN FOUND A WAY OF LAUGHTER AND GAVE IT TO THE WORLDEvery American has at one time or another known the pleasure of watching Joe E. Brown. Mirth-maker Joe, clown-prince of movies, radio and TV, however, is more than just a dispenser of gaiety and laughter.Ralph Hancock, famed foreign correspondent, has drawn a most accurate picture of one of the country's outstanding citizens. You'll laugh ... Read more

$3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

HOW ONE MAN FOUND A WAY OF LAUGHTER AND GAVE IT TO THE WORLDEvery American has at one time or another known the pleasure of watching Joe E. Brown. Mirth-maker Joe, clown-prince of movies, radio and TV, however, is more than just a dispenser of gaiety and laughter.Ralph Hancock, famed foreign correspondent, has drawn a most accurate picture of one of the country's outstanding citizens. You'll laugh
... Read more
Audiobook

One Day in 1939

The Complete September 21st, 1939, WJSV CBS Broadcast (Remastered)

by Arthur Godfrey, Arthur Godfrey, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Joe E. Brown, Joe E. Brown, Major Bowes, Major Bowes0, Agnes Moorehead2, Agnes Moorehead3, Louis Prima5, Louis Prima6, CBS Radio8, CBS Radio9 ...

Narrated by Arthur Godfrey, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Joe E. Brown, Major Bowes1, Agnes Moorehead4, Louis Prima7 ...

Unabridged

18 hours 43 min

Arthur Godfrey, The Romance of Helen Trent, Our Gal Sunday, The Goldbergs, President Roosevelt’s Address to Congress, Amos and Andy, Joe E. Brown, Major Bowes, Louis Prima, and more all in a row!This is a recording of a full broadcast day, remastered (from the National Archives transcript disks) by Joe Bevilacqua.On Thursday, September 21st, 1939, radio station WJSV (CBS) in Washington, D.C., ... Read more

$29.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Arthur Godfrey, The Romance of Helen Trent, Our Gal Sunday, The Goldbergs, President Roosevelt’s Address to Congress, Amos and Andy, Joe E. Brown, Major Bowes, Louis Prima, and more all in a row!This is a recording of a full broadcast day, remastered (from the National Archives transcript disks) by Joe Bevilacqua.On Thursday, September 21st, 1939, radio station WJSV (CBS) in Washington, D.C.,
... Read more
Audiobook

Alibi Ike

by Hollywood Stage Productions ...

Narrated by Joe E. Brown, Helen Chandler ...

Series series Hollywood Stage
Abridged

1 hour

Hollywood is indelibly printed in our minds as the ‘go-to’ place for entertainment and has been for decades. When there really did seem to be more stars in Hollywood than in Heaven Hollywood Stage had them performing films as radio plays – on the sponsors dime of course. Classic films now become audiobooks with many featuring the original stars from way back when. Here's Alibi Ike starring Joe E. ... Read more

$1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Hollywood is indelibly printed in our minds as the ‘go-to’ place for entertainment and has been for decades. When there really did seem to be more stars in Hollywood than in Heaven Hollywood Stage had them performing films as radio plays – on the sponsors dime of course. Classic films now become audiobooks with many featuring the original stars from way back when. Here's Alibi Ike starring Joe E.
... Read more

The Garner Files

A Memoir

by Jon Winokur, James Garner ...

Told in the charming and self-deprecating style that has made him one of America’s most beloved celebrities—the real story behind Hollywood legend James Garner, from his Depression-era childhood to his colorful career.His incredible story, in his own words.One of Hollywood’s all-time great leading men, James Garner enjoyed a remarkable career spanning six decades, and whether you know him as Bret ... Read more

$13.99 USD

Told in the charming and self-deprecating style that has made him one of America’s most beloved celebrities—the real story behind Hollywood legend James Garner, from his Depression-era childhood to his colorful career.His incredible story, in his own words.One of Hollywood’s all-time great leading men, James Garner enjoyed a remarkable career spanning six decades, and whether you know him as Bret
... Read more
John Candy

A Life in Comedy

by Paul Myers ...

The definitive biography of John Candy—a heartwarming portrait of one of comedy’s most beloved and enduring stars.INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Vulture's #1 Comedy Book of 2025 • A Globe and Mail, National Post, and CBC Best Book of 2025"Reading this book was like reconnecting with an old friend. I laughed, I cried, I didn't want it to end.” —Judd Apatow“A thoughtful, thorou... ... Read more

$16.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: Audiobook

The definitive biography of John Candy—a heartwarming portrait of one of comedy’s most beloved and enduring stars.INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Vulture's #1 Comedy Book of 2025 • A Globe and Mail, National Post, and CBC Best Book of 2025"Reading this book was like reconnecting with an old friend. I laughed, I cried, I didn't want it to end.” —Judd Apatow“A thoughtful, thorou...
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook
Mommie Dearest

by Christina Crawford ...

The fortieth anniversary edition of the "shocking" #1 New York Times bestseller with a bonus story by the author, "Never Got to Say Goodbye" ( Los Angeles Times).When Christina Crawford's harrowing chronicle of child abuse was first published in 1978, it brought global attention to the previously closeted subject. It also shed light on the guarded world of Hollywood and stripped away the façade of ... Read more

$12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The fortieth anniversary edition of the "shocking" #1 New York Times bestseller with a bonus story by the author, "Never Got to Say Goodbye" ( Los Angeles Times).When Christina Crawford's harrowing chronicle of child abuse was first published in 1978, it brought global attention to the previously closeted subject. It also shed light on the guarded world of Hollywood and stripped away the façade of
... Read more
The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man

A Memoir

by Paul Newman, Clea Newman Soderlund ...

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • The raw, candid, unvarnished memoir of an American icon. The greatest movie star of the past 75 years covers everything: his traumatic childhood, his career, his drinking, his thoughts on Marlon Brando, James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, John Huston, his greatest roles, acting, his intimate life with Joanne Woodward, his innermost fears and passions and joys. With thoughts ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Also available as: Audiobook

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • The raw, candid, unvarnished memoir of an American icon. The greatest movie star of the past 75 years covers everything: his traumatic childhood, his career, his drinking, his thoughts on Marlon Brando, James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, John Huston, his greatest roles, acting, his intimate life with Joanne Woodward, his innermost fears and passions and joys. With thoughts
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook
Life Itself

A Memoir

by Roger Ebert ...

**A singular, warm-hearted, and inspiring look at life from beloved writer, critic, and pundit Roger Ebert—and the inspiration for the award-winning documentary."A captivating, moveable feast." —New York Times Book Review"Thoughtful, entertaining, and emotional." —Entertainment Weekly**Roger Ebert was the best-known film critic of his time. He began reviewing films for the Chicago Sun-Times in1967 ... Read more

$11.99 USD

Also available as: Audiobook

**A singular, warm-hearted, and inspiring look at life from beloved writer, critic, and pundit Roger Ebert—and the inspiration for the award-winning documentary."A captivating, moveable feast." —New York Times Book Review"Thoughtful, entertaining, and emotional." —Entertainment Weekly**Roger Ebert was the best-known film critic of his time. He began reviewing films for the Chicago Sun-Times in1967
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook
The Forgotten Flapper

A Novel of Olive Thomas

by Laini Giles ...

Series Book 1 - The Forgotten Actress series
A presence lurks in New York City’s New Amsterdam Theatre when the lights go down and the audience goes home. They say she’s the ghost of Olive Thomas, one of the loveliest girls who ever lit up the Ziegfeld Follies and the silent screen. From her longtime home at the theater, Ollie’s ghost tells her story from her early life in Pittsburgh to her tragic death at twenty-five. After winning a ... Read more

$2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A presence lurks in New York City’s New Amsterdam Theatre when the lights go down and the audience goes home. They say she’s the ghost of Olive Thomas, one of the loveliest girls who ever lit up the Ziegfeld Follies and the silent screen. From her longtime home at the theater, Ollie’s ghost tells her story from her early life in Pittsburgh to her tragic death at twenty-five. After winning a
... Read more
Tab Hunter Confidential

The Making of a Movie Star

by Tab Hunter, Eddie Muller ...

The legendary movie star's revelatory memoir is "a mesmerizing account of his Candide-like journey through Hollywood" ( The New York Times Book Review ).National BestsellerIn 1950, at the end of Hollywood's Golden Age, a remarkably handsome young boy, still a teenager, gets "discovered" by a big-time movie agent. The boy's name was Tab Hunter—a true Hollywood product, a movie star created from a ... Read more

$14.39 USD

The legendary movie star's revelatory memoir is "a mesmerizing account of his Candide-like journey through Hollywood" ( The New York Times Book Review ).National BestsellerIn 1950, at the end of Hollywood's Golden Age, a remarkably handsome young boy, still a teenager, gets "discovered" by a big-time movie agent. The boy's name was Tab Hunter—a true Hollywood product, a movie star created from a
... Read more
Groucho And Me

by Groucho Marx ...

"An important contribution to the history of show business and to the saga of American comedy and comedians, comics and comicality." —James ThurberWith impeccable timing, outrageous humor, irreverent wit, and a superb sense of the ridiculous, Groucho and Me tells the saga of the Marx Brothers—Chico, Harpo, Zeppo, Gummo, and Groucho—the poverty of their childhood in New York's Upper East Side; the ... Read more

$12.99 USD

"An important contribution to the history of show business and to the saga of American comedy and comedians, comics and comicality." —James ThurberWith impeccable timing, outrageous humor, irreverent wit, and a superb sense of the ridiculous, Groucho and Me tells the saga of the Marx Brothers—Chico, Harpo, Zeppo, Gummo, and Groucho—the poverty of their childhood in New York's Upper East Side; the
... Read more
You Must Remember This

Life and Style in Hollywood's Golden Age

by Robert J. Wagner, Scott Eyman ...

A New York Times bestseller and a “charming tribute” (Kirkus) to Hollywood’s most beloved eraFilm and television star Robert Wagner has been delighting audiences for more than sixty years, and his many fans flocked to bookstores when he began to record his memories on the page. In his second New York Times bestseller, Wagner shares stories of Hollywood life behind the scenes from the 1930s through ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Also available as: Audiobook

A New York Times bestseller and a “charming tribute” (Kirkus) to Hollywood’s most beloved eraFilm and television star Robert Wagner has been delighting audiences for more than sixty years, and his many fans flocked to bookstores when he began to record his memories on the page. In his second New York Times bestseller, Wagner shares stories of Hollywood life behind the scenes from the 1930s through
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook

Rakuten Kobo

eReaders

Apps

Accessories

What is Kobo Super Points?

Reward Yourself

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Your Shopping Cart is empty

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Recommended For You

Top Series in United States

Hollywood Stage

Laughter is a Wonderful Thing

One Day in 1939

Alibi Ike

People who read these also enjoyed

The Garner Files

John Candy

Mommie Dearest

The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man

Life Itself

The Forgotten Flapper

Tab Hunter Confidential

Groucho And Me

You Must Remember This

eReaders

Apps

Accessories

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Your Shopping Cart is empty

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Recommended For You

Top Series in United States

Hollywood Stage

Show:

People who read these also enjoyed