Reagan: The Hollywood Years
de Eliot, Marc
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- as new
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- As New/near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0307405125
- ISBN 13
- 9780307405128
- Librería
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Benson, Vermont, United States
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Sinopsis
Ronald Reagan was one of the most powerful and popular American presidents. The key to understanding his political success and the remarkable likability and effortless charisma that made it possible is hidden in his early years as a Hollywood movie star.Other biographers and Reagan in his two memoirs have skimmed over the thirty years he spent as an actor, union activist, and ladies' man. Now, for the first time, in this highly entertaining and provocative new work, acclaimed film critic and historian Marc Eliot reveals the truth of those formative years and presents a far different and infinitely more detailed portrait of Reagan than ever before. Based on original research and never-before-published interviews, documents, and other materials, Eliot sheds new light on Reagan's film and television work opposite some of the most talented women of the time, including Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, and Ginger Rogers; his starlet-strewn bachelor days when his name was linked with Lana Turner and Susan Hayward; his first, rocky marriage to actress Jane Wyman and his career-making second marriage to Nancy Davis; his controversial eight years as the president of the Screen Actors Guild; his friendships with Jimmy Stewart and William Holden; his place in the "Irish Mafia" alongside Pat O'Brien, Spencer Tracy, Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, and Errol Flynn; and the crucial role of super-agent Lew Wasserman, who was instrumental in developing the persona that would prove essential to Reagan's future as a world leader.Set against the glamorous and often combative background of Hollywood's celebrated Golden Age, Eliot's biography provides an exceptionally nuanced examination of the man and uncovers the startling origins of the legend.From the Hardcover edition.
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- Librería
- The Book Shed (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 993479
- Título
- Reagan: The Hollywood Years
- Autor
- Eliot, Marc
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Nuevo
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- near fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First printing
- ISBN 10
- 0307405125
- ISBN 13
- 9780307405128
- Editorial
- Harmony Books
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2008
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