Eleanor Parker: Woman of a Thousand Faces (Paperback)

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This is the first book on enduring Hollywood star Eleanor Parker, long underrated despite three best actress Academy Award nominations (Caged, 1950; Detective Story, 1951; Interrupted Melody, 1955). Parker was a beauty as well as a versatile actress, and her achievements approach those of more publicized colleagues Bette Davis and Katharine Hepburn. With Parker's blessing and her son Paul Clemens' cooperation, Doug McClelland has written one of the most thorough examinations of a film star's career. The book is valuable to librarians, academies, and film enthusiasts for its extensive documentation and analyses of all of Parker's work, for the bibliographies of her coverage in books and periodicals, for the portrait of a glamorous, creative era in filmmaking, and for the insights into the careers of Eleanor Parker's associates, many among the most heavily researched motion picture artists of cinema's "Golden Age." The book contains a forward by noted screenwriter William Ludwig, who won an Academy Award for Parker's Interrupted Melody, and afterword by Marjorie Lawrence, the opera singer whom Parker portrayed in Interrupted Melody, and photos of Eleanor Parker that show her in many of her "thousand faces." Reviews of Eleanor Parker, Woman of a Thousand Faces: "...wonderful...the first chapter had me hooked." --Leonard Maltin "This is a book of astute knowledgeability and no little passion...illuminates the fascinating and often obscure facts." --FILMS IN REVIEW "McClelland's book gives some possible explanations as to why the freeze on Parker; if she hasn't an Oscar to her name, this book-tribute may be the next best thing." --HOLLYWOOD REPORTER "...a remarkable amount of documentation...an extraordinary labor of scholarship and love...Recommended." --CLASSIC IMAGES --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Doug McClelland, a former newspaper and magazine editor, is a writer-lecturer on film. He is the author of eleven books, including "Susan Hayward: The Divine Bitch", "Down the Yellow Brick Road: The Making of the Wizard of Oz", and "Hollywood on Ronald Reagan". He has written for such periodicals as "After Dark", "Films in Review", and "Hollywood Studio Magazine". --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. (September 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0810848368
• ISBN-13: 978-0810848368
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #512,653 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)