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James Mason: Odd Man Out (Coronet Books) (Paperback)

by Sheridan Morley (Author)
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James Mason was the star of many films, such as "The Wicked Lady", "Julius Caesar" and "A Star is Born", but saw his life as empty and a failure. The author has written this biography with the permission of Mason's widow, Clarissa, and has previously written "The Other Side of The Moon".

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  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Coronet Books; New edition edition (August 16, 1990)
  • ISBN-10: 0340530200
  • ISBN-13: 978-0340530207
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,977,460 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars More on his private life, please, June 28, 2003
By Candace Scott (Lake Arrowhead, CA, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: James Mason: Odd Man Out (Hardcover)
This is a reasonably good, though dry, effort at examining the life of the mellifluous-voiced British actor, James Mason. The book is paced well and there is a fair amount of information on most of his movies. However, there is a lack of information on Mason's personal life, especially regarding his unusual first marriage to the ascerbic Pamela Mason.

Though Pamela Mason was a loud-mouthed and shrewish adulteress, she was also extremely witty and interesting in her own right. Anyone who recalls her appearences on L.A. TV shows from the 60's and 70's will still chuckle at her endless tirades, usually ending with the predictable sentence, "James was so dull."

This book actually provides convincing evidence that James *was* boring. Mason comes off as depressed, rigid, indecisive and inrodinately unhappy. He makes many poor choices and instead of getting over them and getting on with his life, he broods about the negative consequences of his actions. For example, he moves to Hollywood and instantly detests California and American life, yet he inexplicably continues to live in the States for another 15 years. Hello, James... what was the problem?

It is never explained why James stayed with Pamela for so many years, even when he was miserable in her presence and unhappy living in America. When he finally does divorce her, he ends up shilling out millions in alimony and making a succession of wretched movies in order to pay off Pamela.

Ultimately, the real tragedy is that a man as intelligent, urbane and handsome as James Mason (not to mention his stupendous voice!) handled his career in such a haphazard way. He was a marvelous screen actor, but wasted his talent in many potboilers. This book doesn't really explain these poor choices and doesn't reveal enough about Mason's private life.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Very well done., September 4, 2002
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I really enjoyed this biography by Sheridan Morley on James Mason. It is really good, and tells much about his life, but more about his career. It's a very good read though, and you will learn about him from it. It's well written and really is an interesting read for any fan of James Mason.
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