Conversations with Classic Film Stars: Interviews from Hollywood’s Golden Era

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University Press of Kentucky, 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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Introduction
1
Jackie Coogan
7
Gloria Swanson
14
Ralph Bellamy
29
Rory Calhoun
42
Joseph Cotten
53
Kirk Douglas
70
Melvyn Douglas
80
Luise Rainer
239
Rosalind Russell
245
Fay Wray
260
Jane Wyman
275
Loretta Young
289
Jane Greer
307
Audrey Totter
318
Marie Windsor
327

Douglas Fairbanks Jr
91
Glenn Ford
106
Cary Grant
114
Van Johnson
127
Anne Baxter
137
Joan Blondell
152
Irene Dunne
164
Joan Fontaine
179
Dorothy Lamour
189
Anna Lee
205
Dorothy McGuire
221
Maureen OHara
229
Gene Autry
337
Roy Rogers
345
Bob Hope
357
Margaret Hamilton
375
Keye Luke
387
Harold Russell
398
Diane Varsi
403
Acknowledgments
411
About the Authors
413
Index
415
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James Bawden, former TV columnist for the Toronto Star, is renowned for his distinguished profiles of movie stars and directors. He has written for Films in Review and numerous cinema magazines. Ron Miller was TV editor of the San Jose Mercury News from 1977–1999 and a syndicated columnist for the Knight Ridder News Service. A former national president of the Television Critics Association and a recipient of the National Headliner Award, he is currently an instructor at the Academy for Lifelong Learning at Western Washington University.

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