Ginger - My Story

Zusatztext "Rogers is a first-rate storyteller." Klappentext She was born Virginia Katherine McMath, but the world would come to know her—and love her—as Ginger Rogers: Broadway star, Academy Award-winning actress, and the ultimate on-screen dancing partner of the inimitable Fred Astaire. In Ginger: My Story , the legendary entertainer shares the triumphs of a remarkable career that began when she won a Texas dancing contest at age fourteen; the joys and heartbreaks of her five marriages; her relationships with some of Hollywood's major leading men, including Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, and damaged daredevil billionaire Howard Hughes; and the strength of her religious convictions that got her through thick and thin. Lavishly illustrated with rare photographs from the author's personal collection, Ginger is an enthralling, behind-the-scenes tour of Hollywood life during the Golden Age of movies by one of its most enduring stars. Zusammenfassung She was born Virginia Katherine McMath! but the world would come to know her—and love her—as Ginger Rogers: Broadway star! Academy Award-winning actress! and the ultimate on-screen dancing partner of the inimitable Fred Astaire. In Ginger: My Story ! the legendary entertainer shares the triumphs of a remarkable career that began when she won a Texas dancing contest at age fourteen; the joys and heartbreaks of her five marriages; her relationships with some of Hollywood's major leading men! including Cary Grant! Jimmy Stewart! and damaged daredevil billionaire Howard Hughes; and the strength of her religious convictions that got her through thick and thin. Lavishly illustrated with rare photographs from the author's personal collection! Ginger is an enthralling! behind-the-scenes tour of Hollywood life during the Golden Age of movies by one of its most enduring stars.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Ginger Rogers, Rogers Ginger
• Verlag: It Books
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 05.08.2008
• EAN: 9780061564703
• ISBN: 978-0-06-156470-3
• Seiten: 560
• Abmessung: 135 mm x 205 mm x 35 mm
• Themen: Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Biographien, Autobiographien; Dance, Music, Biography: general, Memoirs, Films, cinema, History of Art, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, The Americas, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Gender studies: women and girls, Composers and songwriters, Biography: arts and entertainment, PERFORMING ARTS: Film & Video / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Women, PERFORMING ARTS: Dance / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: General, ART: History / General, HISTORY: Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), MUSIC: Essays, WOMEN'S STUDIES: MEMOIR & BIO, HISTORY: Essays, Women's Studies / Memoir & Bio