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9780306810190

Burt Lancaster An American Life

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  • ISBN13:

    9780306810190

  • ISBN10:

    0306810190

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-05-24
  • Publisher: Da Capo Press

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Summary

Now in paperback, here is the critically acclaimed, best-selling biography of one of Hollywood's legendary stars. Burt Lancaster is known to audiences around the world as the electrifying performer ofGunfight at the O.K. Corral, From Here to Eternity,andBirdman of Alcatraz,among many others. Kate Buford brings to life his vivid, memorable on-screen presence as well as the off-screen life he kept intensely private. The first writer to win cooperation from Lancaster's widow and close friends, Buford has written the intimate story of one of the last great unexamined Hollywood lives, capturing both the golden boy and the husband, philanderer, and sometime bisexual. Buford's portrait is compelling, comprehensive, intelligentand definitive.

Author Biography

Kate Buford is a commentator for Public Radio International's "Marketplace" and has written for publications including the New York Times and Architectural Digest. She lives in Irvington-on-Hudson, New York.

Table of Contents

Prologuep. 3
The Set-Up 1913-1945
New York City Boyp. 11
The Daring Young Manp. 28
The Play 1945-1960
Discoveryp. 59
Taking Charge of the Asylump. 83
The Hero Businessp. 101
Zenithp. 133
A Cookie Full of Arsenicp. 169
The Fallp. 185
The Payoff 1960-1990
Embracing the Zeitgeistp. 199
Burying the Heroesp. 262
Comebacksp. 299
The End 1990-1994
Fade Outp. 339
Epitaphp. 345
Filmographyp. 347
Notesp. 361
Selected Bibliographyp. 421
Acknowledgmentsp. 431
Indexp. 433
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