Tag Archives: entertainment biography

The Books: “Are You Anybody?: An Actor’s Life” (Bradford Dillman)

Posted on August 14, 2008 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Entertainment Biography/Memoir: Are You Anybody?: An Actor’s Life, by Bradford Dillman One of the side effects of being obsessed with Dean Stockwell is that you suddenly find yourself needing (yes, needing) to buy the autobiography of Bradford … Continue reading →

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The Books: “James Dean: The Mutant King” (David Dalton)

Posted on August 13, 2008 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Entertainment Biography/Memoir: James Dean: The Mutant King: A Biography, by David Dalton I described my obsessive-compulsive response to seeing East of Eden here in this post about Carroll Baker. James Dean was the first. He was the … Continue reading →

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The Books: “Cooper’s Women” (Jane Ellen Wayne)

Posted on August 12, 2008 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Entertainment Biography/Memoir: Cooper’s Women, by Jane Ellen Wayne This is not an “important” biography. It’s not a biography at all, really. It is a list of Gary Cooper’s many conquests, written in a chatty movie-magazine style, and … Continue reading →

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The Books: “Montgomery Clift: A Biography” (Patricia Bosworth)

Posted on August 11, 2008 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Entertainment Biography/Memoir: Montgomery Clift: A biography, by Patricia Bosworth I consider this book to be a high watermark in entertainment biography. I find myself comparing all other biographies to this one. In a similar way that Ron … Continue reading →

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The Books: “Lessons In Becoming Myself” (Ellen Burstyn)

Posted on August 9, 2008 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Entertainment Biography/Memoir: Lessons in Becoming Myself, by Ellen Burstyn In less than a decade, Ellen Burstyn was nominated 5 times for an Oscar (for The Last Picture Show, The Exorcist (speaking of The Exorcist …), Alice Doesn’t … Continue reading →

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The Books: “Brando: The Biography” (Peter Manso)

Posted on August 8, 2008 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Entertainment Biography/Memoir: Brando: The Biography, by Peter Manso Peter Manso has an opinion about Marlon Brando, and it colors this entire book – which is 10,000 pages long – so that’s a long time to stick with … Continue reading →

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The Books: “Marlon Brando” (Patricia Bosworth)

Posted on August 7, 2008 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Entertainment Biography/Memoir: Marlon Brando, by Patricia Bosworth This tiny book is part of the absolutely wonderful Penguin Lives series (article about it here) – short condensed little biographies – which certainly will not take the place of … Continue reading →

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The Books: “Bogart” (A. M. Sperber and Eric Lax)

Posted on August 6, 2008 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Entertainment Biography/Memoir: Bogart, by A. M. Sperber and Eric Lax Now this is what I call a biography! I am not sure why it took so long for Bogart to get his due, but I suppose that’s … Continue reading →

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The Books: “Humphrey Bogart” (Nathaniel Benchley)

Posted on August 5, 2008 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Entertainment Biography/Memoir Humphrey Bogart, by Nathaniel Benchley Benchley and Bogart were friends, so this 1975 biography is not a critical study, not an objective look at Humphrey Bogart, but a loving portrait, at times too loving to … Continue reading →

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The Books: “Baby Doll” (Carroll Baker)

Posted on August 3, 2008 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Entertainment Biography/Memoir: Baby Doll: An Autobiography, by Carroll Baker When I was about 12 years old, I first saw East of Eden, around the same time that I saw Dog Day Afternoon, a movie I didn’t really … Continue reading →

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