A Touch of Stardust

Zusatztext “If you could time-travel to anywhere in the golden age of Hollywood! it would be hard to imagine a place more exciting than the set of Gone with the Wind . . . . [A] breathtaking novel.” — The New York Times Book Review    “Sparkles with the magic of classic moviemaking.”  —Sarah McCoy! author of The Baker's Daughter  “Simply enjoyable. . . . Alcott’s depiction of the earthy! expletive-spewing Lombard reads just right.” — Daily News “Enticing. . . . Gets just close enough to the glamour to . . . put a twinkle in your eye.” — The Austin Chronicle “This lively read with its cinematic scenes cries out for blockbuster movie treatment.” — Toronto Star    “Historical figures become intricate characters in Alcott’s hands.” — Seattle Post-Intelligencer “Readers of Nancy Horan’s Loving Frank  and other biographical fiction will love this well-written! thoroughly researched look at Hollywood's glamorous and not-so-glamorous past.” —Library Journal (starred review) “Well worth reading.” — Historical Novel Society “[A] stellar historical novel. . . . A terrific tribute to the industry pioneers.” —Booklist “Alcott is a splendid storyteller.” — RT Book Reviews   “Powerful and charming.” — Curled Up With a Good Book “Well-crafted commercial fiction displaying intelligence and nuance.” —Kirkus Reviews Informationen zum Autor KATE ALCOTT is the pseudonym for journalist Patricia O’Brien, who has written several books, both fiction and nonfiction. As Kate Alcott, she is the  New York Times  bestselling author of  The Dressmaker  and  The Daring Ladies of Lowell . She lives in Washington, D.C. The many stories shared by her late husband, Frank Mankiewicz, who grew up in a legendary film family, helped her bring Old Hollywood to life. Klappentext Julie Crawford left Fort Wayne! Indiana with dreams of being a Hollywood screenwriter. Unfortunately! her new life is off to a rocky start. Fired by the notoriously demanding director of Gone With the Wind! she's lucky to be rescued by Carole Lombard! whose scandalous affair with the still-married Clark Gable is just heating up. As Carole's assistant! Julie suddenly has a front-row seat to two of the world's greatest love affairs. And while Rhett and Scarlett-and Lombard and Gable-make movie history! Julie is caught up in a whirlwind of outsized personalities and overheated behind-the-scenes drama … not to mention a budding romance of her own. CHAPTER   4   January  26,  1939           "Nothing nervous about this happy crowd, I’d say,” murmured Doris, surveying the field where she and dozens of others stood waiting. Her speech had its usual cynical tone, delivered with a roll of the eyes and a wry, impatient twist of the mouth—not quite a smirk. It occurred to Julie that Doris sounded a little too much like the wisecracking, flip Rosalind Russell. Maybe it wasn’t just coincidence. Lots of girls here were walking around emulating some star they wished they could be. Why not tough, sexy Doris? Thinking about it made her less intimidating, if not more likable. Still, she was right. A roll of jittery chatter was threading through the huddled crowd of people on the edge of the Back Forty. Selznick had invited everybody who worked at the studio to watch the “festivities” of the first day of shooting, a word that had produced a fair number of snickers among those who knew how fraught with problems this venture was. You could see it in the director George Cukor’s rigid stance. He held himself immobile in the restless crowd, arms folded, a set expression on his face. Julie scanned the crowd, trying to pick out the critics and journalists, several of whom looked enlivened by the prosp...

Product details

• Authors: Kate Alcott
• Publisher: Anchor Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.01.2016
• EAN: 9780804171984
• ISBN: 978-0-8041-7198-4
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 203 mm x 16 mm
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature