Olivia De Havilland and the Golden Age of Hollywood

Informationen zum Autor A 1954 graduate of Texas Christian University, Ellis Amburn worked as a reporter for Newsweek before going into the book publishing industry where, he rose to the position of editor, working for such well-known publishers as Delacorte Press, Coward-McCann, and William Morrow. During his career, Amburn was an editor for such authors as John le Carré, Belva Plain, Muriel Spark, Joshua Logan and Jack Kerouac, who would be the subject of Amburn's 1998 book Subterranean Kerouac. Amburn served as editorial director for G. P. Putnam's Sons and in addition worked as a ghostwriter for Priscilla Presley, Shelley Winters, Peggy Lee and Zsa Zsa Gabor. In 1990, he produced his first biography on fellow Texan Roy Orbison. Amburn lives in High Springs, Florida, outside of Gainesville and in Tifton, Georgia. Klappentext The life and career of Hollywood legend Olivia De Havilland, who appeared in such iconic films as "Gone With The Wind", "Sweet Charlotte" and "The Snake Pit", turns a revealing lens on the golden age of Hollywood, with Clark Gable, John Huston and many others appearing anecdotally.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Ellis Amburn, Amburn Ellis
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 28.02.2018
• EAN: 9781493034093
• ISBN: 978-1-4930-3409-3
• Pagine: 440
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Teatro, balletto; Hollywood, Howard Hughes, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, Golden Age, Individual actors & performers, Biography: arts & entertainment, Acting, Errol Flynn, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Biography: arts and entertainment, Individual actors and performers, Film Theory & Criticism, Film history, theory or criticism, actress, Joan Fontaine, Gone with the Wind, The Heiress, tinsel town, Jimmy Stewart