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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... There was no television, no radio. When a star showed up, the people turned out to see him—by the thousands. MILLER: When you became a star, movies were silent, so there was no language barrier and people all over the world could see ...
... there was a huge group of people all over us. We finally had to be rescued by the police. MILLER: How did this all begin? How young were you when you made your show business debut? COOGAN: My parents were in show business, and I made my ...
... there with a tummy ache and I performed with a temperature of 101 and only the standing ovation at the end made that evening of excruciating pain seem to be worthwhile. Now you sit over there and I'll sit full profile for your darling ...
... there still are criminals among us. BAWDEN: Have you ever been sick? SWANSON: In the thirties I was told I had a tumor down there. I met with a surgeon who was puffy faced and sweating and his hands trembled. He said he wanted to cut ...
... There's good and bad in everything. The ratings went sky high. It was the closest thing I've ever done to a horror film. They made it in nineteen days, about the same speed as I'd make one of my silent Paramounts. BAWDEN: And then I've ...
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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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