Cary Grant: A Biography
Our interest in Cary Grant should be more than skin deep. Behind his charismatic screen image was a man whose inner life was far more interesting than that of any debonair character he ever played. Hollywood biographer Marc Eliot traces the long life (1904-86) of the British-born actor, exploring...
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Our interest in Cary Grant should be more than skin deep. Behind his charismatic screen image was a man whose inner life was far more interesting than that of any debonair character he ever played. Hollywood biographer Marc Eliot traces the long life (1904-86) of the British-born actor, exploring his troubled childhood, ambiguous sexuality, difficult domestic relations (Grant married five times), and lifelong insecurities. This book includes much new information, including revelations about Grant's relationship with fellow actor Randolph Scott and his dabblings with LSD.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780307209832 (0307209830)
Publish date: September 27th 2005
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Pages no: 448
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Media Tie In,
Movies,
American,
Culture,
Film,
Biography Memoir,
True Story
Unreadable. The author used "Episcopal" for "Anglican" twice in the same sentence. Also more Freud than I've seen since a sophomore-level English course. If I'm going to bother to read a biography, I do expect some minimum standards. It's a shame, really, because that is one of the cleverest and mos...
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