About Glamour [Hardcover]

Len Prince (Author), Dominick Dunne (Introduction)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 1997

A collection of photographs of modern-day stars in the style of Hollywood's Golden Age. Using the setting of Chateau Marmont current stars pose as starlets, gangsters, divas and other figures of the past. Introduction by Dominick Dunne.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster (November 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0684836238
• ISBN-13: 978-0684836232
• Product Dimensions: 14.2 x 11.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,062,636 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Breathtaking, December 7, 1999

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E. Harris (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: About Glamour (Hardcover)

Truly beautiful pictures. It's almost a puzzle trying to figure out who they are. He takes people like Drew Barrymore and Jack Lemmon and turns them into glamourous, untouchable stars to be worshipped of the 30s and 40s. He has put stars back in the time when they were STARS. The intro by Dunne is heart warming and sad as he remembers the big movie era.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A "MUST HAVE!" Hollywood Glamour Book, May 9, 2001

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Jim Ferreira (San Francsico Bay Area) - See all my reviews

This review is from: About Glamour (Hardcover)

In 1994 celebrity photographer Len Prince began an ambitious project of photographing contemporary stars in costumes and settings that evoked the "golden" era of Hollywood. Using a Deardorff 8x10 and lighting techniques that pay homage to George Hurrell, he produced a magnificent collection of images which include Drew Barrymore, Jack Lemmon, Patrick Stewart and Martin Sheen. To say Prince's images are breathtaking would be nothing short of an understatement.

Not to be missed is Prince's comments on some of the sittings. My favorite being his sitting with "Miss Piggy," which includes the incident with the "buffet" and how he had to sustain himself through the afternoon shooting on a single grape.

The book introduction is by writer Dominick Dunne and is alone worth the price of the volume. In presenting Prince's work he recounts a time long gone when style was in vogue and Hollywood was the home of STARS.