Life itself : a memoir /
Ebert, Roger.
Life itself : a memoir / Roger Ebert. - New York : Grand Central Pub., 2011. - ix, 436 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
1 410 East Washington -- 2 My People -- 3 My Old Man -- 4 My Mother -- 5 St. Mary's -- 6 Dan-Dan the Yo-Yo Man -- 7 Summer -- 8 Car, Table, Counter, or TakHomaSak -- 9 Blackie -- 10 My Vocation -- 11 Newspaper Days -- 12 High School -- 13 University -- 14 The Daily mini -- 15 My Trip to Hollywood -- 16 Cape Town -- 17 London Perambulating -- 18 Eyrie Mansion -- 19 All by Myself Alone -- 20 Sun-Times -- 21 My New Job -- 22 Zonka -- 23 McHugh -- 24 O'Rourke's -- 25 Leisure of the Theory Class -- 26 Alcoholism -- 27 Books Do Furnish a Room -- 28 Russ Meyer -- 29 The Interviewer -- 30 Lee Marvin -- 31 Robert Mitchum -- 32 Big John Wayne -- 33 "Irving! Brang 'em on!" -- 34 Ingmar Bergman -- 35 Martin Scorsese -- 36 "Fiddle on the corner where the quarters are" -- 37 "I wasn't popular when people thought I was popular" -- 38 Werner Herzog -- 39 Bill Nack -- 40 The Sweetest Set of Wheels in Town -- 41 Gene Siskel -- 42 Jugular -- 43 The Talk Shows -- 44 When I Laughed in Study Hall -- 45 My Romances -- 46 Chaz -- 47 Good News and Bad News -- 48 Nil by Mouth -- 49 Musing My Mind -- 50 Putting a New Face on Things -- 51 High School Reunion -- 52 Studs -- 53 My Last Words -- 54 How I Believe in God -- 55 Go Gently.
The film critic best known for his "Chicago Sun-Times" reviews and his thirty years as co-host of "Siskel & Ebert at the Movies" describes his life and career, including his recovery from alcoholism and the complications from thyroid cancer treatment.
9780446584975 (regular edition) 0446584975 (regular edition) 9781455504121 (large print edition) 1455504122 (large print edition)
Ebert, Roger.
Film critics--United States--Biography.
PN 1998.3 / E16l 2011
791.43092
Life itself : a memoir / Roger Ebert. - New York : Grand Central Pub., 2011. - ix, 436 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
1 410 East Washington -- 2 My People -- 3 My Old Man -- 4 My Mother -- 5 St. Mary's -- 6 Dan-Dan the Yo-Yo Man -- 7 Summer -- 8 Car, Table, Counter, or TakHomaSak -- 9 Blackie -- 10 My Vocation -- 11 Newspaper Days -- 12 High School -- 13 University -- 14 The Daily mini -- 15 My Trip to Hollywood -- 16 Cape Town -- 17 London Perambulating -- 18 Eyrie Mansion -- 19 All by Myself Alone -- 20 Sun-Times -- 21 My New Job -- 22 Zonka -- 23 McHugh -- 24 O'Rourke's -- 25 Leisure of the Theory Class -- 26 Alcoholism -- 27 Books Do Furnish a Room -- 28 Russ Meyer -- 29 The Interviewer -- 30 Lee Marvin -- 31 Robert Mitchum -- 32 Big John Wayne -- 33 "Irving! Brang 'em on!" -- 34 Ingmar Bergman -- 35 Martin Scorsese -- 36 "Fiddle on the corner where the quarters are" -- 37 "I wasn't popular when people thought I was popular" -- 38 Werner Herzog -- 39 Bill Nack -- 40 The Sweetest Set of Wheels in Town -- 41 Gene Siskel -- 42 Jugular -- 43 The Talk Shows -- 44 When I Laughed in Study Hall -- 45 My Romances -- 46 Chaz -- 47 Good News and Bad News -- 48 Nil by Mouth -- 49 Musing My Mind -- 50 Putting a New Face on Things -- 51 High School Reunion -- 52 Studs -- 53 My Last Words -- 54 How I Believe in God -- 55 Go Gently.
The film critic best known for his "Chicago Sun-Times" reviews and his thirty years as co-host of "Siskel & Ebert at the Movies" describes his life and career, including his recovery from alcoholism and the complications from thyroid cancer treatment.
9780446584975 (regular edition) 0446584975 (regular edition) 9781455504121 (large print edition) 1455504122 (large print edition)
Ebert, Roger.
Film critics--United States--Biography.
PN 1998.3 / E16l 2011
791.43092