Looking for something to read that is factual & interesting that sheds light on a famous person’s life, etc. I’ve already finished various Crawford and Davis books. What else is out there?
Book Recommendations: Old Hollywood Memoirs or Biographies?
by Anonymous | reply 8 | June 20, 2018 7:32 AM |
The Marlene Dietrich bio by her daughter Maria Riva is the best celebrity bio I have ever read. Could not put it down.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | June 20, 2018 4:07 AM |
"Montgomery Clift" by Patricia Bosworth
"Vivien Leigh" by Anne Edwards
"Tallulah" by Brendan Gill
"Too Much Too Soon" by Diana Barrymore
by Anonymous | reply 2 | June 20, 2018 4:25 AM |
I really love and highly recommend the Montgomery Clift and Tallulah Bankhead biographies mentioned above! But I was going to name a Joan Blondell book--Center Door Fancy-- a 'thinly veiled autobiography' I picked up second hand. It was so fascinating and likeable, this wise-cracking chorine in early show and movie biz. The best part is where she dishes the dirt about fake ingenue June Allyson ( who she said was well paid for the ingenue act in private before she broke into movies!) and how she stole by All About Eve-ing her husband, Dick Powell. I never could stand Allyson, so this was both satisfying and scandalous! It set me off on a chain of then reading June Allyson's autobiography/counterpoint, and others; all fascinating!
by Anonymous | reply 3 | June 20, 2018 4:43 AM |
Another great, but very dark, one is "Get Happy"-- Judy Garland bio.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | June 20, 2018 4:46 AM |
West of Eden by Jean Stein
by Anonymous | reply 5 | June 20, 2018 5:07 AM |
Todd Fisher’s “My Girls: A Lifetime with Carrie and Debbie” came out recently (June 5), about life with his mother Debbie Reynolds and sister Carrie Fisher.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | June 20, 2018 5:20 AM |
Agree R1! Learned to never waste days of my life with that biography. Also realized the power of German beef broth.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | June 20, 2018 6:31 AM |
Lauren Bacall's memoir. Ava Gardner with Peter something or other. And also Anjelica Huston (the one all about Jack basically, incredible read).
by Anonymous | reply 8 | June 20, 2018 7:32 AM |