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From 1947 to 1955, Jean Peters (1926-2000) appeared in films opposite such Hollywood leading men as Tyrone Power, Marlon Brando, Burt Lancaster, Spencer Tracy, Richard Widmark, and Robert Wagner. This…
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This biography of the beautiful and tortured actress, from her birth and childhood in exotic India to her premature death in 1967, gives special attention to her development and career…
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Jean Negulesco worked in Hollywood first as an art director, then as a second unit director. He was later hired as a director. He achieved his greatest success, with Warner…
Actor and director John Derek was born in Hollywood. Derek’s career took off after Humphrey Bogart made him his costar in Knock at Any Doors. In the 1960s, his career…
This work is a biography of the extremely handsome, acutely intelligent, but tormented Montgomery Clift. His life has been described as the longest suicide in the history of Hollywood…
This book reveals and reflects upon Janet Leigh’s life and extraordinary career and also extensively analyzes all of her films and television appearances, and the like –
During his 40-year career, director-producer Anatole Litvak (1902-1974) made films of all genres in Russia, Germany, England, France and the United States. His rootless background was cited by critics lamenting…
William Holden, a true leading man whose career spanned more than 40 years and included over 70 films and three Academy Award nominations, won an Oscar for his role in…
A biography of the Scottish actress who established her status in Hollywood with such roles as Anna Leonowens in The King and I, and the sexually frustrated Army wife in…
Yul Brynner is considered a Hollywood paragon of masculinity. This biography takes readers through Brynner’s formative years, and describes his journey, from sweeping stages in Parisian theatres to a versatile…
Despite the accomplishments and accolades, radiant beauty, and stunning versatility, Jean Simmons is considered by many to be an underrated artist. This, the first full-length biography of Simmons, fills a…
