Fowler tells the lively story of the large Drew and Barrymore clan, well behaved at home, but known for chivalrous brawling on the streets.
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Gene Fowler wrote gracefully and eloquently of his great friend John Barrymore in this, a biography from an era in which private lives were not seen as tabloid fodder and in which an author could concentrate on the significant moments of an artist's journey rather than sensationalism. As Fowler intended, Barrymore emerges from this book not as a hell-raising, womanizing alcoholic who was also an actor, but as an artist of real merit and significance whose life was by turns quixotic, hilarious, tragic, the man himself an authentic genius (as can still be seen in some of his film performances) doomed by self-destructive alcoholism. And yet, as Fowler states, "...his spirit remained essentially young and unconquered." Highly recommended for any readers interested in writing as elegant as a Fred Astaire dance number about a great, misunderstood man and actor.
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I WAS a reporter for the New York American at the time, and not entirely in the good graces of the city editor. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Miss Collier, Tower Road, Uncle Googan, John Drew, Mum Mum, Uncle Jack, The Mariner, Michael Strange, San Francisco, Peter Ibbetson, Miss Barrie, Los Angeles, Warner Brothers, Arthur Hopkins, The Lambs, Edward Sheldon, Maurice Barrymore, Jack Barrymore, Ashton Stevens, Constance Collier, Grampian Hills, Sir Herbert Tree, The Sea Beast, Alchemist's Corner New!
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I WAS a reporter for the New York American at the time, and not entirely in the good graces of the city editor. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Miss Collier, Tower Road, Uncle Googan, John Drew, Mum Mum, Uncle Jack, The Mariner, Michael Strange, San Francisco, Peter Ibbetson, Miss Barrie, Los Angeles, Warner Brothers, Arthur Hopkins, The Lambs, Edward Sheldon, Maurice Barrymore, Jack Barrymore, Ashton Stevens, Constance Collier, Grampian Hills, Sir Herbert Tree, The Sea Beast, Alchemist's Corner New!
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- Moby Dick (Usborne Classics) by H Melville on page 235, and page 236
- Fifth Avenue by Arthur Bartlett Maurice on page 24, and page 26
- Moby Dick (Bibliotheque Des Grands Classiques)(Illustrated) (French Edition) by Melville on page 235, and page 236
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