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S'està carregant… Dropped Names: Famous Men and Women As I Knew Them (edició 2012)de Frank Langella
Informació de l'obraDropped Names: Famous Men and Women as I Knew Them de Frank Langella
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. Fun book. I thought I would read a chapter or two at a time but it's just not possible--like trying to stop eating chocolates. Snapshot chapters of some really interesting characters and an actor's insight into their behaviour. Great bitchy gossip too! ( ) Frank Langella, the lanky, dark actor known for Dracula and his shaking eyes, has written a fun, gossipy though respectful memoir dropping names from Marilyn Monroe to Jackie O. Sometimes there was a brief encounter, sometimes he met them working on a picture or play, sometimes they were a friend of a friend, sometimes he got to know their widow (Charles Laughton). He soaked in every detail of every encounter: some brief, some intense (he implies he climbed into bed with a few aging actresses), some scandalous. But only in a classy way. He didn't mind flirting with men either. And they flirted back. Be prepared for the tone to shift from witty to heartbreaking: the most touching sections regard his long friendship with the actor Raul Julia. The book is available through San Diego Public Library, call or order online. The ebook and audiobook are available via the library webpage in Cloud Library. Download the free app in your app store. I like reading about celebrities but not necessarily gossip. Langella threads the needle between outright gossip with his own memories of the "names" he drops. He has met each and every celebrity on his list and tells his own impression of each of them. Some are people who are universally loved and others a universally disliked. His take on each is not their public persona or a brief overview of their careers. He talks about what they said to him, what they did to him and how he reacted. He likes people I'm not fond of and dislikes some of my favorites. However, he met them in person and the only thing I can go on is their movies. Fascinating reading and gives an insiders view of life in and around Hollywood and theatre. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
Rita Hayworth dancing by candlelight in a small Mexican village; Elizabeth Taylor devouring homemade pasta and tenderly wrapping him in her pashmina scarf; streaking for Sir Laurence Olivier in a drafty English castle; terrifying a dozing Jackie Onassis; carrying an unconscious Montgomery Clift to safety on a dark New York City street. Captured forever in a unique memoir, Frank Langella's myriad encounters with some of the past century's most famous human beings are profoundly affecting, funny, wicked, sometimes shocking, and utterly irresistible. With sharp wit and a perceptive eye, Mr. Langella takes us with him into the private worlds and privileged lives of movie stars, presidents, royalty, literary lions, the social elite, and the greats of the Broadway stage. What, for instance, was Jack Kennedy doing on that coffee table? Why did the Queen Mother need Mr. Langella's help? When was Paul Mellon going to pay him money owed? How did Brooke Astor lose her virginity? Why was Robert Mitchum singing Gilbert & Sullivan patter songs at top volume, and what did Marilyn Monroe say to him that helped change the course of his life? Through these shared experiences, we learn something, too, of Mr. Langella's personal journey from the age of fifteen to the present day. Dropped Names is, like its subjects, riveting and unforgettable. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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