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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... character actors who almost always played supporting parts in movies and seldom saw their names above the film's title. The great Chinese American actor Keye Luke's memories throw an important light on the experiences of ethnic ...
... character he played in ABC's The Addams Family from 1964 to 1966. He appeared in many small roles in movies, including Elvis Presley's Girl Happy (1965) and John Wayne's Cahill, U.S. Marshal (1973). His final screen appearance in a ...
... character actor these days. COOGAN: I'm probably only known by people old enough to remember The Kid or all those kids who watched The Addams Family. That's all right. I'm happy doing these character parts. I won't say I can do anything ...
... character Joe was supposed to be. Bill was thirty-four by then. The shoot was fast and economical. We used a real house but not actually on Sunset Boulevard. I got second billing because Bill was supposed to be this big sexy star. And ...
... character player really came through. He made more than one hundred films, starred frequently on TV, and had a distinguished Broadway career, earning both Tony and New York Drama Critics awards. He was a founder of the Screen Actors ...
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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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