Joan Crawford

副标题: Hollywood Martyr

ISBN: 9780306816246

出版社: Da Capo Press

出版年: 2008-02-05

页数: 336

定价: USD 15.00

装帧: Paperback

内容简介

The major biography of the star who, according to the New York Times , "personified the dreams and disappointments of millions of American women" In the first fully uncensored biography of Joan Crawford, bestselling author David Bret follows Crawford from working in a Kansas City laundry to collecting an Oscar for Mildred Pierce , including details from her countless love affairs and her devotion toward Christian Science. Bret also divulges how her loathed mother forced her to work as a prostitute and use sex strategically, as well as what really led her to disinherit two of her four children, earning her the moniker "Mommie Dearest." Drawing on a wealth of unpublished material and interviews with stars like Marlene Dietrich and Douglas Fairbanks, David Bret presents a fascinating portrait of a single-minded, uncompromising woman.