Michelangelo Capua

John Derek

Actor, Director, Photographer

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Produktbeschreibung

Actor and director John Derek was born in Hollywood, where his striking good looks helped get him a contract with David O' Selznick. Derek's career took off after Humphrey Bogart made him his costar in the cultish noir Knock at Any Doors. Derek appeared in such Academy Award-nominated films as All the King's Men, Run for Cover, The Ten Commandments and Exodus, and worked with directors like Nicholas Ray, Cecil B. DeMille, Otto Preminger and others. He was a competent, dedicated performer even in his last, trivial roles. In the 1960s, his career in decline, he began directing his own films. Although critics panned the string of movies he made starring his three wives--Ursula Andress, Linda Evans and Bo Derek--some were box-office hits, like Tarzan, the Ape Man. This biography covers his extraordinary life and career, with extensive analysis of his films.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. März 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 402g
• ISBN-13: 9781476675886
• ISBN-10: 1476675880
• Artikelnr.: 57168879

Autorenporträt

Michelangelo Capua is the author of several McFarland biographies of Hollywood film stars. He lives in London.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Introduction
1.
Dare
2.
Pretty Boy
3.
An Attempt at Stardom
4.
Glorious and Not-So-Glorious Days
5.
Hard Times
6.
The Paramount Years
7.
High and Low
8.
Ursula
9.
World Traveler 10.
New Directions 11.
Linda 12.
Bo 13.
Svengali Productions 14.
Twilight's Last Gleaming Filmography and Career Record Chapter Notes Bibliography Index