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Fay Wray and Robert Riskin : A Hollywood Memoir by Victoria Riskin-Signed 1st Ed
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- Condition
- Signed By
- Victoria Riskin
- Signed
- Yes
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Personalized
- Yes
- Features
- Dust Jacket, Illustrated, Signed, First Edition
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Inscribed
- Yes
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9781524747282
- Book Title
- Fay Wray and Robert Riskin : a Hollywood Memoir
- Item Length
- 9.5in
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.3in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Performing Arts
- Topic
- Rich & Famous, Personal Memoirs, Film / Screenwriting, Entertainment & Performing Arts
- Item Width
- 6.5in
- Item Weight
- 28.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 416 Pages
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A Hollywood love story, a Hollywood memoir, a dual biography of two of Hollywood's most famous figures, whose golden lives were lived at the center of Hollywood's golden age, written by their daughter, an acclaimed writer and producer. Fay Wray was most famous as the woman--the blonde in a diaphanous gown--who captured the heart of the mighty King Kong, the twenty-five-foot, sixty-ton gorilla, as he placed her, nestled in his eight-foot hand, on the ledge of the 102-story Empire State Building, putting Wray at the height of New York's skyline and cinematic immortality. Wray starred in more than 120 pictures opposite Hollywood's biggest stars--Spencer Tracy, Gary Cooper ( The Legion of the Condemned, The First Kiss, The Texan, One Sunday Afternoon ), Clark Gable, William Powell, and Charles Boyer; from cowboy stars Hoot Gibson and Art Accord to Ronald Colman ( The Unholy Garden ), Claude Rains, Ralph Richardson, and Melvyn Douglas. She was directed by the masters of the age, from Fred Niblo, Erich von Stroheim ( The Wedding March ), and Mauritz Stiller ( The Street of Sin ) to Leo McCarey, William Wyler, Gregory La Cava, "Wild Bill" William Wellman, Merian C. Cooper ( The Four Feathers, King Kong ), Josef von Sternberg ( Thunderbolt ), Dorothy Arzner ( Behind the Make-Up ), Frank Capra ( Dirigible ), Michael Curtiz ( Doctor X ), Raoul Walsh ( The Bowery ), and Vincente Minnelli. The book's--and Wray's--counterpart: Robert Riskin, considered one of the greatest screenwriters of all time. Academy Award-winning writer (nominated for five), producer, ten-year-long collaborator with Frank Capra on such pictures as American Madness, It Happened One Night, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Lost Horizon, and Meet John Doe, hailed by many, among them F. Scott Fitzgerald, as "among the best screenwriters in the business." Riskin wrote women characters who were smart, ornery, sexy, always resilient, as he perfected what took full shape in It Happened One Night, the Riskin character, male or female--breezy, self-made, streetwise, optimistic, with a sense of humor that is subtle and sure. Fay Wray and Robert Riskin lived large lives, finding each other after establishing their artistic selves and after each had had many romantic attachments--Wray, an eleven-year-long difficult marriage and a fraught affair with Clifford Odets, and Riskin, a series of romances with, among others, Carole Lombard, Glenda Farrell, and Loretta Young. Here are Wray's and Riskin's lives, their work, their fairy-tale marriage that ended so tragically. Here are their dual, quintessential American lives, ultimately and blissfully intertwined.
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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1524747289
ISBN-13
9781524747282
eBay Product ID (ePID)
5038385107
Product Key Features
Book Title
Fay Wray and Robert Riskin : a Hollywood Memoir
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Rich & Famous, Personal Memoirs, Film / Screenwriting, Entertainment & Performing Arts
Publication Year
2019
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Performing Arts
Number of Pages
416 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.5in
Item Height
1.3in
Item Width
6.5in
Item Weight
28.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pn2285.R565 2019
Reviews
"If this gracefully-written memoir was simply the rich and absorbing account of two unique and talented people who fell in love, that would be enough. But it is also a study of the creative process; a colorful account of Hollywood's Golden A≥ a telling slice of American history; and a deeply moving testament to a daughter's love. An altogether wonderful book." --Richard North Patterson, "A wonderfully intimate memoir, vivid and personal in the best possible sense, illuminating parallel lives full of drama, humor, and indelible images. I found it compulsive reading." -- James Curtis, author of Between Flops: A Biography of Preston Sturges; W.C. Fields: A Biography; and Spencer Tracy: A Biography "Anyone who thinks that Fay Wray was just the girl screaming in King Kong's hand as he climbs the Empire State Building is in for a big--and pleasant--surprise. Her daughter Victoria Riskin has written a fascinating, richly detailed and superbly illustrated account of the lives of two remarkable people, Fay Wray and star screenwriter Robert Riskin, that spans one of the most interesting periods of Hollywood from the advent of the talkies through the depression and the war and on through the time of the Hollywood blacklist; this is not only the love story of two brilliantly talented people, it is a brilliant piece of cinematic history, at once robust, touching, and deeply satisfying, with a cast of characters that includes almost everybody of interest in those tumultuous years in the motion picture business. For anybody who is interested in the movies, Victoria Riskin's book will be a must-read." -- Michael Korda, author of Charmed Lives "A joy to read . . . a Hollywood memoir of rare depth and sensitivity. All will be captivated by this splendid dual biography of two of Hollywood's most fascinating and colorful personalities." -- Joseph McBride, author of Frank Capra: The Catastrophe of Success "I was always curious about life in Hollywood before I came here. I found out in this fascinating book. And wow! What a story it is!" -- Kirk Douglas "One of the great real-life Hollywood love stories; a warm, evocative, and deeply moving tale." -- Kenneth Turan, film critic, Los Angeles Times "If this gracefully-written memoir was simply the rich and absorbing account of two unique and talented people who fell in love, that would be enough. But it is also a study of the creative process; a colorful account of Hollywood's Golden A≥ a telling slice of American history; and a deeply moving testament to a daughter's love. An altogether wonderful book." --Richard North Patterson
Copyright Date
2019
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2018-027978
Illustrated
Yes
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