James Brough (1918–2001)
Auteur van An Untold Story: The Roosevelts of Hyde Park
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We Were Five: The Dionne Quintuplets' Story from Birth through Girlhood to Womanhood (1964) 34 exemplaren
Auction! 5 exemplaren
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- Geboortedatum
- 1918-04-29
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2001-07-06
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- UK (birth)
USA (naturalized) - Woonplaatsen
- Canada
Chesterfield, Missouri, USA - Beroepen
- writer
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The Ford dynasty door James Brough
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Author, Hedda Hopper, talks about different people and events during her time as a columnist during Hollywood's golden era. The chapters on Marion Davies and Louise Fazenda were particularly touching. The chapter on Clark Gable was superb and it was interesting to read about touring overseas with Bob Hope. However, the chapter on the House Un-American Activities Committee and the denouncement of Communists was a bit hard to take with no mention of the innocent people who were blacklisted and lost their careers. Overall, a good look at Hollywood from someone who was there through it all.… (meer)
I enjoyed this biography about Consuelo Vanderbilt so much more than the novel An American Heiress, which is loosely based on her life. I was horrified by the austere way in which she was raised, and saddened that she was forced into a loveless marriage. The author included a lot of interesting period history, which filled the story our quite nicely.
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- 487
- Populariteit
- #50,715
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- 3.4
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- 6
- ISBNs
- 27
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- 1