I loved her in the movies : memories of Hollywood's legendary actresses

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Label

I loved her in the movies : memories of Hollywood's legendary actresses

Title remainder

memories of Hollywood's legendary actresses

Statement of responsibility

Robert J. Wagner with Scott Eyman

Creator

• Wagner, Robert, 1930-

Contributor

• Eyman, Scott, 1951-

Author

• Wagner, Robert, 1930-
• Eyman, Scott, 1951-

Subject

• Actresses -- Biography
• Actresses -- Anecdotes
• Wagner, Robert, 1930-
• Actors -- Biography

Genre

• Biography
• Anecdotes

Language

eng

Summary

"Film and television actor and New York Times bestselling author Robert Wagner's memoir of the great women movie stars he has known. In a career that has spanned more than sixty years Robert Wagner has witnessed the twilight of the Golden Age of Hollywood and the rise of television, becoming a beloved star in both media. During that time he became acquainted, both professionally and socially, with the remarkable women who were the greatest screen personalities of their day. I Loved Her in the Movies is his intimate and revealing account of the charisma of these women on film, why they became stars, and how their specific emotional and dramatic chemistries affected the choices they made as actresses as well as the choices they made as women. Among Wagner's subjects are Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Marilyn Monroe, Gloria Swanson, Norma Shearer, Loretta Young, Joan Blondell, Irene Dunne, Rosalind Russell, Dorothy Lamour, Debra Paget, Jean Peters, Linda Darnell, Betty Hutton, Raquel Welch, Glenn Close, and the two actresses whom he ultimately married, Natalie Wood and Jill St. John. In addition to offering perceptive commentary on these women, Wagner also examines topics such as the strange alchemy of the camera--how it can transform the attractive into the stunning, and vice versa--and how the introduction of color brought a new erotic charge to movies, one that enabled these actresses to become aggressively sexual beings in a way that that black and white films had only hinted at. Like Wagner's two previous bestsellers, I Loved Her in the Movies will be a privileged look behind the scenes at some of the most well-known women in show business as well as an insightful look at the sexual and romantic attraction that created their magic"--

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Provided by publisher

Biography type

autobiography

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

• 791.4302/8092
• B

Index

no index present

LC call number

PN2287.W235

LC item number

A3 2016

Literary form

non fiction