Gloria and Joe: The Star-Crossed Love Affair of Gloria Swanson and Joe Kennedy [Hardcover]

Axel Madsen (Author)

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Madsen produced the fine biography William Wyler as well as other books on Hollywood personalities. However, this dual biography of silent film star Gloria Swanson and Joseph Kennedy (father of Jack, Bobby, and Ted) is one of his lesser efforts. In the late 1920s, while Swanson was one of Hollywood's most popular actresses and Kennedy was beginning his rise in the financial side of the film business, the two began a three-year love affair, although both were married. Unfortunately, there is little new here. Most of the information on Kennedy can be found in several biographies of the clan, and Swanson is well served by her excellent autobiograhy, Swanson on Swanson (LJ 11/1/80). John Smothers, Monmouth Cty. Lib., Manalapan, N.J.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 328 pages
• Publisher: Arbor House Pub Co; 1St Edition edition (February 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0877959463
• ISBN-13: 978-0877959465
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 6 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,670,407 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Not Quite What I Expected, July 9, 2010

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This review is from: Gloria and Joe: The Star-Crossed Love Affair of Gloria Swanson and Joe Kennedy (Hardcover)

This book was interesting and well-written, but only about 1/3 of the text dealt with the actual relationship between Swanson and Kennedy. There was MUCH background information on Swanson's life, as well as Joe Kennedy's - which was nothing new to me. All in all, I don't regret buying this book, but I was a little disappointed.