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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... Broadway, radio, or the music business. Irene Dunne, for instance, had starred on Broadway and Gene Autry was a singing star on radio. But most were retrained by their studios, which put them into a variety of roles in B Introduction.
... role in a musical. Jane Wyman, for instance, worked in lots of silly comedies and musicals before she was deemed ready for the dramatic roles that made her a major star in The Lost Weekend and Johnny Belinda. Joan Fontaine was given a ...
... role of Oliver Twist in 1922. As Coogan's winsome appeal continued to grow, he eventually became the centerpiece of a whole new Hollywood approach to child stardom. He became the first child star to get the full product-marketing ...
... role of Stoney Crockett in the 19521953 series Cowboy G-Men and appeared in a number of other TV roles, but he is best remembered by baby boomers as Uncle Fester, the ghoulishly funny character he played in ABC's The Addams Family from ...
... roles stopped coming so regularly. How did you feel when you realized you weren't as “hot” as you'd been as a little boy? COOGAN: There was nothing to be sorry about. I had as complete a life as any boy could have had. I was never ...
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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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