Woody Allen : a travesty of a mockery of a sham /

"Across nearly nine eventful decades, Allen's life has been full of surprises. Writing jokes got him a gig as the youngest writer of Sid Caesar's television dream team. As a rising comic, he boxed a kangaroo on TV. He made a blank-check deal with a major studio for terms unmatched in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	McGilligan, Patrick (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2025]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Allen, Woody, > 1935- Motion picture producers and directors > United States > Biography. Comedians > United States > Biography. Producteurs et réalisateurs de cinéma > États-Unis > Biographies. Comiques > États-Unis > Biographies. PERFORMING ARTS / Individual Director. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous. PLAYS > PATRICK MCGILLGAN > HANNAH AND HER SISTERS > WOODY ALLEN > MATCH POINT > AUTOBIOGRAPHY > 2025 > CINEMA BIOGRAPHIES > PEOPLE > BIOGRAPHY > MUSIC > CULTURE > DIRECTOR > ART > FILM HISTORY > DIANE KEATON > 1960S BOOKSBIOGRAPHIES > RONAN FARROW > WOMAN > SINGER Biographies.

Table of Contents:

Fanfare: 2025: Death defying act
I. Easy writer. 1935: Prep day
1955: The Woodman cometh
1961: The big noise
II. Mr. Everything. 1965: The first golden age
1970: Clockwork
1977: Mr. Secretive
III. Scenes from a non-marriage. 1980: The second golden age
1985: Sleepwalking into a mess
1992: The great unpleasantness
IV. The great rectification campaign. 1993: The tears of a clown
1999: The Soon-Yi era
2012: Stuff happens
V. A travesty of a mockery of a sham. 2016: Mr. Nothing.