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The Elephant to Hollywood
Michael Caine
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Description for The Elephant to Hollywood
hardcover. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear, with light wear to dust jacket
It's been a long journey for Maurice Micklewhite - born with rickets in London's poverty-stricken Elephant & Castle - to the bright lights of Hollywood. With a glittering career spanning more than five decades and starring roles which have earned him two Oscars, a knighthood, and an iconic place in the Hollywood pantheon, the man now known to us as Michael Caine looks back over it all. Funny, warm, honest, Caine brings us his insider's view of Hollywood (where there's neither holly nor woods). He recalls the films, the legendary stars, the off-screen moments with a gift for story-telling only ... Read more
It's been a long journey for Maurice Micklewhite - born with rickets in London's poverty-stricken Elephant & Castle - to the bright lights of Hollywood. With a glittering career spanning more than five decades and starring roles which have earned him two Oscars, a knighthood, and an iconic place in the Hollywood pantheon, the man now known to us as Michael Caine looks back over it all. Funny, warm, honest, Caine brings us his insider's view of Hollywood (where there's neither holly nor woods). He recalls the films, the legendary stars, the off-screen moments with a gift for story-telling only ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781444700015
SKU
KMO0002690
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Michael Caine
Sir Michael Caine CBE has been Oscar-nominated six times, winning his first Academy Award for the 1986 film Hannah and Her Sisters and his second in 1999 for The Cider House Rules. He has starred in over one hundred films, becoming well-known for several critically acclaimed performances including his first major film role in Zulu in 1964, followed by films ... Read more
Reviews for The Elephant to Hollywood
uproarious and unflinching
Mail on Sunday
Mr Caine is a charming raconteur....he writes with a quality that has grown rare among memoirists: good cheer
New York Times
Michael Caine's second work of memoir brims with his gift for genial anecdote, but this time there's a hint of sadness as he looks back
Sunday Times
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Mail on Sunday
Mr Caine is a charming raconteur....he writes with a quality that has grown rare among memoirists: good cheer
New York Times
Michael Caine's second work of memoir brims with his gift for genial anecdote, but this time there's a hint of sadness as he looks back
Sunday Times
... Read more