Swanson on Swanson
Author: Gloria Swanson
Publisher:
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 535
ISBN-13: 9789060072769
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Gloria Swanson
Author: Tricia Welsch
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Published: 2013-07-27
Total Pages: 522
ISBN-13: 1617037494
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA biography of the "Queen of Hollywood" and her decades of successes and comebacks in film, art, fashion, and journalism.
Gloria Swanson
Author: Stephen Michael Shearer
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2013-08-27
Total Pages: 529
ISBN-13: 1250013666
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGloria Swanson defined what it meant to be a movie star, but her unforgettable role in Sunset Boulevard overshadowed the true story of her life. Now Stephen Michael Shearer sets the record straight in the first in-depth biography of the film legend. Swanson was Hollywood's first successful glamour queen. Her stardom as an actress in the mid-1920s earned her millions of fans and millions of dollars. Realizing her box office value early in her career, she took control of her life. Soon she was not only producing her own films, she was choosing her scripts, selecting her leading men, casting her projects, creating her own fashions, guiding her publicity, and living an extravagant and sometimes extraordinary celebrity lifestyle. She also collected a long line of lovers (including Joseph P. Kennedy) and married men of her choosing (including a French marquis, thus becoming America's first member of "nobility"). As a devoted and loving mother, she managed a quiet success of raising three children. Perhaps most important, as a keen businesswoman she also was able to extend her career more than sixty years. Her astounding comeback as Norma Desmond in Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard catapulted her back into the limelight. But it also created her long-misunderstood persona, one that this meticulous biography shows was only part of this independent and unparalleled woman.
Gloria Swanson
Author: Richard M. Hudson
Publisher:
Published: 1970
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRescued from Mack Senett's slapstickers, Swanson was molded by Cecil B. DeMille into a living symbol of glamour. Fairly successful on stage and television, Swanson was also an excellent businesswoman. The brief text in this book sums up her life and provides brief synopses of 66 movies; the photographs include stills from her film, candid shots, and portraits.
Sunset Boulevard
Author: Billy Wilder
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1999-06-24
Total Pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9780520218550
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Sunset Boulevard" (1950) is one of the most famous films in the history of Hollywood, and perhaps no film better represents Hollywood's vision of itself. This facsimile edition of the screenplay provides intriguing background information about Wilder and the film's casting and production.
Scandals of Classic Hollywood
Author: Anne Helen Petersen
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2014-09-30
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 1101635479
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCelebrity gossip meets history in this compulsively readable collection from Buzzfeed reporter Anne Helen Peterson. This guide to film stars and their deepest secrets is sure to top your list for movie gifts and appeal to fans of classic cinema and hollywood history alike. Believe it or not, America’s fascination with celebrity culture was thriving well before the days of TMZ, Cardi B, Kanye's tweets, and the #metoo allegations that have gripped Hollywood. And the stars of yesteryear? They weren’t always the saints that we make them out to be. BuzzFeed's Anne Helen Petersen, author of Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud, is here to set the record straight. Pulling little-known gems from the archives of film history, Petersen reveals eyebrow-raising information, including: • The smear campaign against the original It Girl, Clara Bow, started by her best friend • The heartbreaking story of Montgomery Clift’s rapid rise to fame, the car accident that destroyed his face, and the “long suicide” that followed • Fatty Arbuckle's descent from Hollywood royalty, fueled by allegations of a boozy orgy turned violent assault • Why Mae West was arrested and jailed for "indecency charges" • And much more Part biography, part cultural history, these stories cover the stuff that films are made of: love, sex, drugs, illegitimate children, illicit affairs, and botched cover-ups. But it's not all just tawdry gossip in the pages of this book. The stories are all contextualized within the boundaries of film, cultural, political, and gender history, making for a read that will inform as it entertains. Based on Petersen's beloved column on the Hairpin, but featuring 100% new content, Scandals of Classic Hollywood is sensationalism made smart.
The Films of Gloria Swanson
Author: Lawrence J. Quirk
Publisher: Citadel Press
Published: 1988-03
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780806510774
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Author: Axel Madsen
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 2015-03-17
Total Pages: 518
ISBN-13: 1504008553
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe ultimate Hollywood story revealed: the sizzling relationship between Joseph Kennedy, patriarch of America’s most influential political family, and Gloria Swanson, one of the most prominent silent film stars of her day. Gloria and Joe were in love with each other and with the movies, especially Queen Kelly, which completed the real-life ménage à trois. Starring along with the star of the screen and the Boston Brahman in this exposé are Erich von Stroheim, Kennedy’s wife Rose, Swanson’s husband, and a cast of colorful hangers-on. Madsen recreates their love, scandal, and world, which in its extravagance and intrigue has never been surpassed.
Butterflies Are Free
Author: Suzanne Jacobsen
Publisher: FriesenPress
Published: 2024-09-19
Total Pages: 47
ISBN-13: 103918703X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKButterflies Are Free is a touching tale of growth, patience, and the wisdom that often comes from life’s unexpected lessons. Follow the journey of a curious little girl who discovers a butterfly cocoon and, in her innocence and desire to help, learns a poignant lesson about the necessity of struggle. Under the watchful eyes and gentle guidance of her father, she navigates a universal childhood challenge—the urge to intervene in the natural process of growth. Through her experiences, we are reminded that even in our most well-intentioned efforts, it’s sometimes best to step back and let nature take its course. This story serves as a testament to the enduring wisdom of generations. By passing down his knowledge, her father links them to the past and the future, forming a bond as resilient as the butterfly’s journey from cocoon to sky. Butterflies Are Free will inspire young readers to embrace their struggles, knowing they lead to their most beautiful transformations.
Sugar Blues
Author: William, Of
Publisher: Warner Books (NY)
Published: 1981-07
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9780446361811
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt's a prime ingredient in countless substances from cereal to soup, from cola to coffee. Consumed at the rate of one hundred pounds for every American every year, it's as addictive as nicotine -- and as poisonous. It's sugar. And "Sugar Blues," inspired by the crusade of Hollywood legend Gloria Swanson, is the classic, bestselling expose that unmasks our generation's greatest medical killer and shows how a revitalizing, sugar-free diet can not only change lives, but quite possibly save them.
