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The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre
Stephen D. Youngkin
University Press of Kentucky, 2005
Peter Lorre finally gets prestige treatment.
+ He Beat the Devil
+ The Marked Man
+ Absolutely wonderful
+ Rehash
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Bogart
A. M. Sperber, Eric Lax
William Morrow & Co, 1997
Best bio out there
+ As Good as it is Large.
+ Sad, lonely, angry man
+ great read
+ Seen the Movies? Meet the Man.
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Little Caesar: A Biography of Edward G. Robinson
Alan L. Gansberg
The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2004
"This was a man."
+ Fine Biography
This book, except for the Epilogue, was written in 1983, ten years after Edward G. Robinson's death. The author, Alan Gansberg, therefore had the opportunity to interview a number of key friends and relatives to gain insight into the man, and we are richer for it. Emanuel Goldenberg, aka Edward G. ...
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Dark Lover: The Life and Death of Rudolph Valentino
Emily W. Leider
Faber & Faber, 2004
A First Rate Biography
+ Some very surprising information had'nt heard of before.
+ Salute, Paisano!
+ A Bit Condescending
+ A Masterpiece About Old Hollywood
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Carole Landis: A Tragic Life In Hollywood
E.J. Fleming
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2005
Carole Is A Goddess
+ EJ Fleming Does it Again
+ Carole Landis, A Dream, E.J. Fleming, The Answer
+ The Only Book We Have On Her
+ Carole Landis was a true star: both woman and actress.
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Hollywood Beauty: Linda Darnell and the American Dream
Ronald L. Davis
University of Oklahoma Press, 2001
The Curse of Beauty
+ Movie Fans Pounce!
+ Linda Darnell
+ Good reading
+ Great read on a star not mentioned enough...
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Wallace Reid: The Life And Death of a Hollywood Idol
E. J. Fleming
McFarland & Company, 2007
superb
+ My Review
+ Terrific Research on a Long Forgotten Star
+ Wallace Reid and E.J. Fleming Both Stars
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Hollywood Diva: A Biography of Jeanette MacDonald
Edward Baron Turk
University of California Press, 2000
A first rate biography
+ Hollywood's Golden Diva
+ "A reader" has to be Sharon Rich
This was a biography that was hard to put down. Jeanette MacDonald lived an incredibly rich life. She came into her own during a period of time that I have always found fasinating. Beginning her career on the New York stage, she eventually found her way to Hollywood. You definetely got the ...
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Jackie Coogan: The World's Boy King: A Biography of Hollywood's Legendary Child Star (Scarecrow Filmmakers ...
Diana Serra Cary
The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2003
Jackie Coogan's Life Story
+ fun and interesting
+ Life of Jackie
Diana Serra Cary was once know as Baby Peggy in the 1920's. Mrs. Cary must have done exhaustive research into the life of fellow child star Jackie Coogan. She also reveals a crime that was committed during Coogan's college years. Jackie Coogan: The World's Boy King is aptly titled. Coogan's parents ...
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Affair to Remember, An: The Remarkable Love Story Of Katharine Hepburn And Spencer Tracy
Christopher Andersen
Avon, 1998
Memorable
+ A Good Read !!
+ A Great Love Story
+ Good read
+ Spence and Kate: the secret romance
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Wisecracker: The Life and Times of William Haines, Hollywood's First Openly Gay Star
William Mann
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1999
WONDERFUL Biography of a Star!
+ A good read even if there are factual errors...
+ Things you can tell just by skimming through it
I got much more out of this biography than I expected. I wanted to learn more about Billy Haines, and his struggle to be openly gay in Hollywood, and about his long marriage to Jimmie Shields. But, what I learned was how alot of people in Hollywood were gay, and openly so, but then became closeted ...
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Cagney
John McCabe
Da Capo Press, 1999
A Yankee Doodle Dandy of a Bio!
+ Cagney
+ Cagney is still my favorite actor
+ a faraway fella...
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The Barrymores: Hollywood's First Family
Carol Stein Hoffman
University Press of Kentucky, 2001
Feast for the eyes of Barrymore fans
You can never have enough photos of the Barrymores. Books like "Good Night Sweet Prince" are superb, but lack photos. This new coffee table book is almost entirely made up of photographs. It was made with the involvement of John Barrymore Jr, the spaced out hippy son of John Barrymore (and father ...
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Hollywood's Children: An Inside Account of the Child Star Era
Diana Serra Cary
Southern Methodist University Press, 1997
Fasinating and eye opening!
+ where is sunny jim mckeen?
Good reading, not just for film buffs only! Diana Serra Cary gives a rare, revealing glimpse into the world of children in show business.Although it's subject is early child film stars,it's message is very relevant to today's society as well.Well worth the effort!
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Clark Gable: A Biography
Warren G. Harris
Three Rivers Press, 2005
A Good Account of the King
+ Definitive narrative of Gable's rise
+ Clark Gable
This is a well researched bio of Clark Gable. He was not a perfect man but some of his issues certainly had their roots in the crushing poverty of his youth. It seems that with him what you saw on the screen was pretty much the man. And what a man! I enjoyed this book thououghly and reccommend ...
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