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Spencer Tracy
James Curtis
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Description for Spencer Tracy
Paperback. During his lifetime (1900-67), Spencer Tracy was known as Hollywood's actor's actor. Critics wrote that what Olivier was to theatre, Tracy was to film. This title tells his story. Num Pages: 1024 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 45. Weight in Grams: 698.
During his lifetime, Spencer Tracy was known as Hollywood's 'actor's actor'. Critics wrote that what Olivier was to theatre, Tracy was to film. Over his career he was nominated for nine Academy Awards, and won two. But there has been no substantial, intimate biography of the man, until now. From his earliest days in stock theatre, Tracy was a publicist's trial, guarding his private life fiercely. Most of the people associated closely with him shunned the limelight - notably his wife, his children and the great actress Katharine Hepburn, with whom he had an ... Read more
During his lifetime, Spencer Tracy was known as Hollywood's 'actor's actor'. Critics wrote that what Olivier was to theatre, Tracy was to film. Over his career he was nominated for nine Academy Awards, and won two. But there has been no substantial, intimate biography of the man, until now. From his earliest days in stock theatre, Tracy was a publicist's trial, guarding his private life fiercely. Most of the people associated closely with him shunned the limelight - notably his wife, his children and the great actress Katharine Hepburn, with whom he had an ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
1024
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
1024
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099547297
SKU
V9780099547297
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Ref
99-1
About James Curtis
James Curtis was born in Los Angeles and graduated from California State University at Fullerton. He is the author of numerous biographies, among them W.C. Fields; James Whale: A New World of Gods and Monsters and Between Flops, a biography of Preston Sturges. He lives with his wife in Brea, California.
Reviews for Spencer Tracy
The definitive account of a womaniser, drunk and brilliant actor, and his decades-long affair with Katharine Hepburn
Sunday Times
Curtis's biography weaves a fascinating, not to say definitive portrait of an individual both naively simple and immensely complex.
Mail on Sunday
Sunday Times
Curtis's biography weaves a fascinating, not to say definitive portrait of an individual both naively simple and immensely complex.
Mail on Sunday