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Gloria Swanson
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Author : Stephen Michael Shearer
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 2013-08-27
Gloria Swanson written by Stephen Michael Shearer and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-27 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Gloria Swanson defined what it meant to be a movie star, but her unforgettable role in Sunset Boulevard overshadowed the true story of her life. Now Stephen Michael Shearer sets the record straight in the first in-depth biography of the film legend. Swanson was Hollywood's first successful glamour queen. Her stardom as an actress in the mid-1920s earned her millions of fans and millions of dollars. Realizing her box office value early in her career, she took control of her life. Soon she was not only producing her own films, she was choosing her scripts, selecting her leading men, casting her projects, creating her own fashions, guiding her publicity, and living an extravagant and sometimes extraordinary celebrity lifestyle. She also collected a long line of lovers (including Joseph P. Kennedy) and married men of her choosing (including a French marquis, thus becoming America's first member of "nobility"). As a devoted and loving mother, she managed a quiet success of raising three children. Perhaps most important, as a keen businesswoman she also was able to extend her career more than sixty years. Her astounding comeback as Norma Desmond in Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard catapulted her back into the limelight. But it also created her long-misunderstood persona, one that this meticulous biography shows was only part of this independent and unparalleled woman.
Swanson On Swanson An Autobiography
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Author : Gloria Swanson
language : en
Publisher: New York : Pocket Books ; Markham, Ont. : Distributed in Canada by PaperJacks
Release Date : 1981
Swanson On Swanson An Autobiography written by Gloria Swanson and has been published by New York : Pocket Books ; Markham, Ont. : Distributed in Canada by PaperJacks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Biography categories.
Films Of Gloria Swanson
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Author : Lawrence J. Quirk
language : en
Publisher: Virgin Books Limited
Release Date : 1990-10
Films Of Gloria Swanson written by Lawrence J. Quirk and has been published by Virgin Books Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-10 with categories.
Gloria Swanson
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Author : Tricia Welsch
language : en
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date : 2013-07-27
Gloria Swanson written by Tricia Welsch and has been published by Univ. Press of Mississippi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-27 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A biography of the "Queen of Hollywood" and her decades of successes and comebacks in film, art, fashion, and journalism.
The Films Of Gloria Swanson
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Author : Lawrence J. Quirk
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
The Films Of Gloria Swanson written by Lawrence J. Quirk and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Gloria Swanson
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Author : Richard M. Hudson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
Gloria Swanson written by Richard M. Hudson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Rescued from Mack Senett's slapstickers, Swanson was molded by Cecil B. DeMille into a living symbol of glamour. Fairly successful on stage and television, Swanson was also an excellent businesswoman. The brief text in this book sums up her life and provides brief synopses of 66 movies; the photographs include stills from her film, candid shots, and portraits.
Gloria Swanson
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
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American Legends
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Author : Charles River Charles River Editors
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2018-03-10
American Legends written by Charles River Charles River Editors and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-10 with categories.
*Includes pictures *Includes Swanson's quotes about her own life and career *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "Fame was thrilling only until it became grueling. Money was fun only until you ran out of things to buy." - Gloria Swanson It goes without saying that the most enduring image of Gloria Swanson is the famous shot of her in Sunset Boulevard (1950), head tilted backward, stating, "Alright, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close up." Indeed, for many, the very mention of "Gloria Swanson" conjures the name of "Norma Desmond," her character in Sunset Boulevard, directed by Billy Wilder. That the shot of Desmond requesting her close-up remains indelibly imprinted in the minds of so many speaks in large part to the power of Sunset Boulevard, one of the most revered films of its times and the most famous film of Gloria Swanson's career. By dint of her performance in the film, Swanson has become almost synonymous with Hollywood's silent era. In many respects, Swanson's status as the female face of the silent era is entirely apropos. Working in the 1920s for Cecil B. DeMille in his lavish productions, Swanson commanded salaries of more than $1 million per year, sums that Paramount was only too willing to provide for the virtual guarantee of high box office receipts that her films provided. Swanson worked with a cross section of famous silent era figures, such Mack Sennett and Charlie Chaplin (although her experience with Chaplin did not fare well) during her early years with Keystone, as well as collaborations with DeMille and Erich Von Stroheim during her more mature years. Yet at the same time, the histrionics of Swanson's character in Wilder's film belie the sophistication that Swanson brought to the screen, as well as the salient role she played in shaping cinematic representations of women during the onset of the "new woman" in 1920s America. In other words, while one could justifiably argue that Sunset Boulevard stands as the finest film of Swanson's career, it obfuscates the impact Swanson had during her prime, not only in the film industry but also in society more broadly. American Legends: The Life of Gloria Swanson looks at the life and career of one of America's most famous actresses. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about Gloria Swanson like never before, in no time at all.
Gloria And Joe
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Author : Axel Madsen
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Media
Release Date : 2015-03-17
Gloria And Joe written by Axel Madsen and has been published by Open Road Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-17 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The ultimate Hollywood story revealed: the sizzling relationship between Joseph Kennedy, patriarch of America’s most influential political family, and Gloria Swanson, one of the most prominent silent film stars of her day. Gloria and Joe were in love with each other and with the movies, especially Queen Kelly, which completed the real-life ménage à trois. Starring along with the star of the screen and the Boston Brahman in this exposé are Erich von Stroheim, Kennedy’s wife Rose, Swanson’s husband, and a cast of colorful hangers-on. Madsen recreates their love, scandal, and world, which in its extravagance and intrigue has never been surpassed.
Gloria Swanson
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Author : Tricia Welsch
language : en
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date : 2013-08-21
Gloria Swanson written by Tricia Welsch and has been published by Univ. Press of Mississippi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-21 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Gloria Swanson: Ready for Her Close-Up shows how a talented, self-confident actress negotiated a creative path through seven decades of celebrity. It also illuminates a little-known chapter in American media history: how the powerful women of early Hollywood transformed their remarkable careers after their stars dimmed. This book brings Swanson (1899-1983) back into the spotlight, revealing her as a complex, creative, entrepreneurial, and thoroughly modern woman. Swanson cavorted in slapstick short films with Charlie Chaplin and Mack Sennett in the 1910s. The popularity of her films with Cecil B. DeMille helped create the star system. A glamour icon, Swanson became the most talked-about star in Hollywood, earning three Academy Award nominations, receiving 10,000 fan letters every week, and living up to a reputation as Queen of Hollywood. She bought mansions and penthouses, dressed in fur and feathers, and flitted through Paris, London, and New York engaging in passionate love affairs that made headlines and caused scandals. Frustrated with the studio system, Swanson turned down a million-dollar-a-year contract. After a wild ride making unforgettable movies with some of Hollywood's most colorful characters--including her lover Joseph Kennedy and maverick director Erich von Stroheim--she was a million dollars in debt. Without hesitation she went looking for her next challenge, beginning her long second act. Swanson became a talented businesswoman who patented inventions and won fashion awards for her clothing designs; a natural foods activist decades before it was fashionable; an exhibited sculptor; and a designer employed by the United Nations. All the while she continued to act in films, theater, and television at home and abroad. Though she had one of Hollywood's most famous exit lines--"All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up"--the real Gloria Swanson never looked back.