Conversations with Classic Film Stars: Interviews from Hollywood’s Golden EraUniversity Press of Kentucky, 1.4.2016 - 440 sivua James Bawden: Seeing the way people behave when they're around you, is it still fun being Cary Grant? Cary Grant: I don't like to disappoint people. Because he's a completely made-up character and I'm playing a part. It's a part I've been playing a long time, but no way am I really Cary Grant. A friend told me once, "I always wanted to be Cary Grant." And I said, "So did I."—from the book In Conversations with Classic Film Stars, retired journalists James Bawden and Ron Miller present an astonishing collection of rare interviews with the greatest celebrities of Hollywood's golden age. Conducted over the course of more than fifty years, they recount intimate conversations with some of the most famous leading men and women of the era, including Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Joseph Cotten, Cary Grant, Gloria Swanson, Joan Fontaine, Loretta Young, Kirk Douglas, and many more. Each interview takes readers behind the scenes with some of cinema's most iconic stars. The actors convey unforgettable stories, from Maureen O'Hara discussing Charles Laughton's request that she change her last name, to Bob Hope candidly commenting on the presidential honors bestowed upon him. Humorous, enlightening, and poignant, Conversations with Classic Film Stars is essential reading for anyone who loves classic movies. |
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... Fontaine Dorothy Lamour Anna Lee Dorothy McGuire Maureen O'Hara Luise Rainer Rosalind Russell Fay Wray Jane Wyman Loretta Young IV. The Queens of the Bs Jane Greer Audrey Totter Marie Windsor V. The Singing Cowboys Gene Autry Roy Rogers ...
... Fontaine was given a showcase role as Fred Astaire's dancing partner in a musical, though she would gain fame as a dramatic actress. And so on. Of course, when the studio finally figured out the groove it deemed right for an actor, that ...
... Fontaine did it [Darling, How Could You?] instead. I finally did one for Warners that was ghastly. Blah! Called Three for Bedroom C. And nobody saw it. I couldn't even sit through it. BAWDEN: These days you're identified with health ...
... Fontaine and Ingrid Bergman and was about to hire Jennifer Jones and Shirley Temple. BAWDEN: First impressions? COTTEN: A bulky, ugly man. Warts all over the place, bulbous nose, glasses that didn't suit him. Talked a mile a minute. But ...
... Fontaine and I survive a plane crash and decide we'll desert our families and live together. Very romantic. It should have been in color but the cameras were too bulky to be transported around Italy. The Man with a Cloak [1951] has me ...
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Douglas Fairbanks | |
Joan Fontaine | |
Dorothy Lamour | |
Rosalind Russell | |
Jane Wyman | |
Loretta Young | |
Jane Greer | |
Bob Hope | |
Margaret Hamilton | |
Van Johnson | |
Anne Baxter | |
Joan Blondell | |
Irene Dunne | |
Keye Luke | |
Harold Russell | |
Acknowledgments | |
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