| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xv, 364 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes filmography (pages 333-350) and index. |
| Contents |
New kid in town -- A battered childhood -- Fuck 'em and feed 'em fish -- Ensign Schwartz -- The dramatic workshop -- Dancing with Yvonne de Carlo -- Getting shot by Audie Murphy -- Janet and Piper -- The Hollywood scene -- Getting the girls to scream -- "The cat's in the bag, and the bag's in the river" -- The defiant one -- Some like it hot -- The end of a marriage -- My teenage bride -- Top of the world -- Downward spiral -- "What time is the enema?" -- Cocaine -- Maybe I'll live forever. |
| Summary |
The legendary actor chronicles his odyssey from hard-knock childhood as the son of immigrant parents to Hollywood success, detailing his days as a tinseltown playboy, the film industry during Hollywood's Golden Era, and his life as an artist at the age of eighty. |
| Subject |
Curtis, Tony, 1925-2010.
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Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9780307408495 |
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0307408493 |
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