E.J. Fleming

Carole Landis

A Tragic Life in Hollywood

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Before she was a glamorous actress, before she was a war-time pin-up star, even before she was Carole Landis, she was Frances Lillian Ridste, an insecure young girl from Wisconsin. She was strikingly beautiful, talented, and on her way to becoming a movie star, yet she spent her entire life searching for love. Though she appeared in more than 60 films during her short career, Landis was better known for her extraordinary beauty and many romantic relationships than for her acting or comedic timing. Like many starlets of the time, Landis worked her way up from uncredited bit parts (and according to rumors, from the casting couch) to leading roles in such films as Topper Returns (1940) and My Gal Sal (1942) over the course of her 11-year career. She spent more time visiting troops during World War II?traveling hundreds of thousands of miles and coming near death twice?than any other Hollywood star. Despite her seemingly glamorous and carefree life, Landis was unable

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 560g
• ISBN-13: 9780786422005
• ISBN-10: 0786422009
• Artikelnr.: 21547932

Autorenporträt

The late E.J. Fleming researched Hollywood for decades and penned biographies of Carole Landis and Wallace Reid, among other books. He lived in the country in Connecticut.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments     
Introduction: Someone Worth Remembering     
1. Fairchild and Two Fathers     
2. San Bernardino Dreams     
3. San Francisco and Hollywood     
4. Hollywood Comes with a Reputation     
5. The Edge of Stardom     
6. War and Love, Again     
7. The South Pacific     
8. Coming Home, but to What?     
9. Rex     
10. July 4, 1948, Independence Day     
Epilogue: Ghosts     
Appendix A: Filmography     
Appendix B: Radio Appearances     
Chapter Notes     
Selected Bibliography     
Index