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Film Stars Don''t Die in Liverpool - A True Story

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On 29 September 1981, Peter Turner received a phone call that would change his life. His former lover, Hollywood actress Gloria Grahame, had collapsed in a Lancaster hotel and was refusing medical attention. He had no choice but to take her into his chaotic and often eccentric family's home in Liverpool.

Liverpool born and bred, Turner had first set eyes on Grahame when he was a young actor, living in London. Best known for her portrayal of irresistible femme fatales in films such as The Big Heat, Oklahoma and The Bad and the Beautiful, for which she won an Oscar, Grahame electrified audiences with her steely expressions and heavy lidded eyes and the heroines she bought to life were often dark and dangerous. Turner and Grahame became firm friends and remained so ever after their love affair had ended. And it was to him she turned in her final hour of need.

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool is an affectionate, moving and wryly humorous memoir of friendship, love and stardom.

About the author










Peter Turner is a Liverpool-born actor, writer and director. He joined the National Youth Theatre aged sixteen, working extensively in theatre, film and television. He is the author of Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool, the true story of his intimate friendship with Hollywood star Gloria Grahame.

Summary

The touching story of the last days of a Hollywood star, soon to be a major motion picture.

Foreword

The touching story of the last days of a Hollywood star, soon to be a major motion picture.

Product details

Authors Peter Turner
Publisher Macmillan
 
Languages English
Age Recommendation from age 18
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 31.05.2016
 
EAN 9781509818211
ISBN 978-1-5098-1821-1
No. of pages 176
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet
Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, ART / Performance, Individual actors & performers, Films, cinema, Biography: arts & entertainment, Biography: arts and entertainment, Individual actors and performers

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