James Brough (1918–2001)
Auteur de An Untold Story: The Roosevelts of Hyde Park
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Œuvres de James Brough
We Were Five: The Dionne Quintuplets' Story from Birth through Girlhood to Womanhood (1964) 34 exemplaires
Auction! 5 exemplaires
Oeuvres associées
A Victorian in orbit; the irreverent memoirs of Sir Cedric Hardwicke as told to James Brough (1961) 7 exemplaires
Best In Books: Mandate For Change, A Man Named John, Happy New Year Herbie, Renoir, My Father, The Mirror Crack'd, By… (1963) — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
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Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1918-04-29
- Date de décès
- 2001-07-06
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK (birth)
USA (naturalized) - Lieux de résidence
- Canada
Chesterfield, Missouri, USA - Professions
- writer
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Critiques
The Ford dynasty par James Brough
Ford family (Ford family)
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.… (plus d'informations)
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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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 18
- Aussi par
- 4
- Membres
- 488
- Popularité
- #50,613
- Évaluation
- 3.4
- Critiques
- 6
- ISBN
- 27
- Langues
- 1