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9%OFFFrank Langella - Dropped Names: Famous Men and Women As I Knew Them - 9780062094490 - V9780062094490
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Dropped Names: Famous Men and Women As I Knew Them

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Description for Dropped Names: Famous Men and Women As I Knew Them Paperback. What, for instance, was Jack Kennedy doing on that coffee table? Why did the Queen Mother need Mr Langella's help? When was Paul Mellon going to pay him money owed? How did Brooke Astor lose her virginity? Why was Robert Mitchum singing Gilbert & Sullivan patter songs at top volume? This book deals with these questions. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: AN; APB; APF; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 137 x 24. Weight in Grams: 292.
Rita Hayworth dancing by candlelight in a small Mexican village; Elizabeth Taylor devouring homemade pasta and tenderly wrapping him in her pashmina scarf; streaking for Sir Laurence Olivier in a drafty English castle; terrifying a dozing Jackie Onassis; carrying an unconscious Montgomery Clift to safety on a dark New York City street. Captured forever in a unique memoir, Frank Langella's myriad encounters with some of the past century's most famous human beings are profoundly affecting, funny, wicked, sometimes shocking, and utterly irresistible. With sharp wit and a perceptive eye, Mr. Langella takes us with him into the private worlds and ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780062094490
SKU
V9780062094490
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About Frank Langella
Frank Langella has been a professional actor for over five decades and hopes to carry on for several more. He began performing as a boy in his hometown of Bayonne, New Jersey, and currently resides in New York City. This is his first book.

Reviews for Dropped Names: Famous Men and Women As I Knew Them
Splendid... As much a memoir as a primer on the vicissitudes of an actor's life, the book is a collage based on real-life situations that offer touching insights into stars like Rita Hayworth, and into the practical magic that informs Langella's signature sensibility.
The New Yorker Rarely have I read a book about celebrities that is as ... Read more

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