Ann Harding: Cinema’s Gallant Lady by Scott O’Brien | Book Review
Ann Harding - Cinema's Gallant Lady by Scott O'Brien Original Publication Date: 2010 Genres: Biography Source: I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Goodreads Laurence Oliver referred to her as an “angel.” Director Henry Hathaway claimed she was a “bitch.” Critics hailed Ann Harding as the finest actress to venture from Broadway to Hollywood. Her unique, natural screen presence in Holiday (1930) earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. From 1929 to 1936, Harding reigned as cinema’s “Gallant Lady.” Several years ago I read Scott O’Brien’s excellent biography of Kay Francis, so I couldn’t wait to read his book on Ann Harding. I…
Dangerous Curves Atop Hollywood Heels: The Lives, Careers, and Misfortunes of 14 Hard-Luck Girls of the Silent Screen by Michael G. Ankerich | Book Review
Dangerous Curves Atop Hollywood Heels: The Lives, Careers, and Misfortunes of 14 Hard-Luck Girls of the Silent Screen by Michael G. Ankerich Original Publication Date: 2010 Genres: Biography Source: I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Goodreads In Dangerous Curves Atop Hollywood Heels, author Michael G. Ankerich examines the lives, careers, and disappointments of 14 silent film actresses, who, despite the odds against them and warnings to stay in their hometowns, came to Hollywood to make names for themselves in the movies. Dangerous Curves Atop Hollywood Heels: The Lives, Careers, and Misfortunes of 14 Hard-Luck Girls of the Silent Screen are about the tragic…
Don Ameche: The Kenosha Comeback Kid by Ben Ohmart | Book Review
Don Ameche: The Kenosha Comeback Kid by Ben Ohmart Original Publication Date: 2010 Genres: Biography, Non-Fiction Source: I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Goodreads The official biography of the Oscar-winning actor of Cocoon, and the great radio actor, Don Ameche. Written with the aid of the Ameche family, this first book features over 100 rare photos and many interviews with family and friends. Foreword by John Landis, director of Trading Places. Don Ameche was a star of Hollywood’s Golden Age. He starred or co-starred in several movies with Alice Faye and Tyrone Power. He made many films in the 1930s and 1940s and…
Foxy Lady: The Authorized Biography of Lynn Bari by Jeff Gordon | Book Review
Foxy Lady: The Authorized Biography of Lynn Bari by Jeff Gordon Original Publication Date: 2010 Genres: Biography, Non-Fiction Source: I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Goodreads Foxy Lady is based on author Jeff Gordon’s extensive conversations with Bari, a warm and highly intelligent woman with a delicious sense of humor and the gift of total recall. Gordon’s research also involved interviews with dozens of Lynn’s friends, family members and professional associates, including Anthony Quinn, Alice Faye, Claire Trevor, Roddy McDowall, and George Montgomery. Foxy Lady: The Authorized Biography of Lynn Bari tells the story of a beautiful movie star. Lynn Bari was a…
Bobblehead Dad: 25 Life Lessons I Forgot I Knew by Jim Higley | Book Review
Bobblehead Dad: 25 Life Lessons I Forgot I Knew by Jim Higley Original Publication Date: 2011 Genres: Memoir, Non-Fiction Source: I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Goodreads Jim Higley was a forty-year-old bobblehead. Just like those collectible figurines with oversized, bouncy heads, he’d put on a smiling face and bobble through his hectic, overflowing days. Higley’s bobbling came to a screeching halt with the diagnosis of cancer, surgery, and a summer of healing. More than a cancer story, however, Bobblehead Dad puts you in a front-row seat as the author discovers the illuminating parallels between events in his childhood and his adulthood. Higley,…
