Gary Carey (2) (1938–2008)
Auteur van Katharine Hepburn
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- Geboortedatum
- 1938
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2008
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Land (voor op de kaart)
- USA
- Oorzaak van overlijden
- emphysema
- Woonplaatsen
- Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
- Opleiding
- Columbia University (BA)
- Beroepen
- editor, publisher, The Seventh Art magazine
curator, Museum of Modern Art's Department of Film
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Doug & Mary: A biography of Douglas Fairbanks &… door Gary Carey
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Anita Loos, b.1888 (maybe 1893). She wrote the novel, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. By 1921 she was writing movie scenarios in Hollywood and earning $100,000 a year.
One review of Carey's biog of Loos calls the writing "lackluster and tedious." I would concur. How is it possible not to get this woman's personality onto the page--but Carey manages. Also, Carey may know the facts of Loos's life, but he doesn't show much knowledge or interest in the period--which is a crime.
A positive: the book is filled with wonderful photos.
A big negative: no notes, no bibliography, no index.… (meer)
One review of Carey's biog of Loos calls the writing "lackluster and tedious." I would concur. How is it possible not to get this woman's personality onto the page--but Carey manages. Also, Carey may know the facts of Loos's life, but he doesn't show much knowledge or interest in the period--which is a crime.
A positive: the book is filled with wonderful photos.
A big negative: no notes, no bibliography, no index.… (meer)
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- 3.3
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- ISBNs
- 76
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