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The MGM Stock Company

The Golden Era

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Type
Dictionaries
Subject
Studio
Keywords
MGM, actors, actresses
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Publisher
Bonanza
Language
English
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Hardcover862 pages
6 x 9 ½ inches (15.5 x 24 cm)
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0-517-21663-9
978-0-517-21663-7
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Book Presentation:
This reference directory to gigantic MGM—home to “more stars than are in the heavens”—is a cornucopia of film lore, with detailed biographies and career studies of nearly 150 studio greats from June Allyson to Robert Young. Rich in quotes from the stars themselves, replete with fascinating salary statistics and contemporary reviews, this volume is an anatomy of Hollywood’s greatest studio and its glittering array of contracted notables during the lot’s magical heyday. The subjects include individual chapters on, among many others, Fred Astaire, Mary Astor, Lew Ayres, Fay Bainter, Lucille Ball, the Barrymores, Freddy Bartholomew, Wallace Beery, Ann Blyth, Lucille Bremer, Virginia Bruce, Billie Burke, Louis Calhern, Leslie Caron, Cyd Charisse, Jackie Cooper, Joan Crawford, Arlene Dahl, Marion Davies, Melvyn Douglas, Marie Dressler, Nelson Eddy, Anne Francis, Clark Gable, Greta Garbo, Ava Gardner, Judy Garland, Betty Garrett, Greer Garson, John Gilbert, Gloria Grahame, Stewart Granger, Kathryn Grayson, Jean Harlow, Helen Hayes, Katharine Hepburn, Jean Hersholt, Lena Horne, Jose Iturbi, Van Johnson, Howard Keel, Gene Kelly, Deborah Kerr, Hedy Lamarr, Fernando Lamas, Angela Lansbury, Mario Lanza, Myrna Loy, Keye Luke, Jeanette MacDonald, Marjorie Main, the Marx Brothers, Ann Miller, Robert Montgomery, Agnes Moorehead, Margaret O’Brien, Maureen O’Sullivan, Eleanor Powell, Jane Powell, William Powell, Luise Rainer, Donna Reed, Debbie Reynolds, Mickey Rooney, Rosalind Russell, Ann Rutherford, Norma Shearer, Frank Sinatra, Red Skelton, Ann Sothern, James Stewart, Lewis Stone, Margaret Sullavan, Robert Taylor, Lawrence Tibbett, Audrey Totter, Spencer Tracy, Lana Turner, Robert Walker, Johnny Weissmuller, Dame May Whitty, and Esther Williams.

About the authors:
JAMES ROBERT PARISH, a former entertainment reporter, publicist, and book series editor, is the author of many published major biographies and reference books on the entertainment industry including Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You; The Hollywood Book of Extravagance; It’s Good to Be the King: The Seriously Funny Life of Mel Brooks; The Hollywood Book of Breakups; Fiascos: Hollywood’s Iconic Flops; The Hollywood Book of Scandals; The Hollywood Book of Love; Hollywood Divas; Jet Li; Hollywood Bad Boys; The Encyclopedia of Ethnic Groups in Hollywood; The Hollywood Book of Death; Gus Van Sant; Whoopi Goldberg; Rosie O’Donnell’s Story; The Unofficial “Murder, She Wrote” Casebook; Today’s Black Hollywood; Let’s Talk! America’s Favorite TV Talk Show Hosts; Prison Pictures from Hollywood; Prostitution in Hollywood Films; The Great Cop Pictures; Ghosts and Angels in Hollywood Films; Pirates and Seafaring Swashbucklers on the Hollywood Screen; Gays and Lesbians in Mainstream Cinema; Hollywood’s Great Love Teams; Good Dames, and The Fox Girls. Mr. Parish is a frequent oncamera interviewee on cable and network TV for documentaries on the performing arts. The author resides in Studio City, California RONALD L. BOWERS, is a film historian and film book collector who, besides co-authoring The MGM Stock Company: The Golden Era, has authored The Selznick Players. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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