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Gloria Swanson defined what it meant to be a movie star, but her unforgettable role in Sunset Boulevard overshadowed the true story of her life. Now Stephen Michael Shearer sets the record straight in the first in-depth biography of the film legend. Swanson was Hollywood's first successful glamour queen. Her stardom as an actress in the mid-1920s earned her millions of fans and millions of dollars.

Constance Frances Marie Ockelman (November 14, 1922-July 7, 1973), born in Brooklyn, NY, known professionally as Veronica Lake, was an American film, stage, and television actress. Lake was best known for her femme fatale roles in films noir with Alan Ladd during the 1940s, her peek-a-boo hairstyle, and films such as Sullivan's Travels (1941) and I Married a Witch (1942). The following audio recording is from a 1971 television interview.

En ung man som inte vet vad han ska bli, utföra eller uppföra sig, och mår dåligt och misslyckas gång på gång, skriver ner detta i väntan på vad som egentligen kommer att ske. Det är början på en mans liv, som sedan blev en av de mest uppburna inom sitt yrke. Skådespelarens. Boken handlar om hur man är som ofärdig, omogen, letande, sökande. På samma gång som den också utspelar sig under den så småningom mest uppburne yrkesmänniskans sista dygn i livet.

Beloved character actor Paul Dooley started his career by entertaining his family in the house his father built. Already in love with comedy and movies as a little boy, he knew he wanted to be on the big screen. Today, he is an instantly recognizable “household face” best known for his roles as the father in films such as Sixteen Candles, Breaking Away, and Runaway Bride. With over sixty-five years as an actor and countless movies, TV shows, advertisements, and stage performances to his name, Dooley describes the hilarious and sometimes heartbreaking life behind the man on screen.

Tom Fontaine became a collector in 1963 at the age of five. He first heard of Sharon Tate after his Dad and friend Del saw Valley of the Dolls in late 1967. When they came home from the movie, the only thing they talked about was actress Sharon Tate, who played Jennifer. As a curious kid, he looked into who Sharon was and walked down to his local drugstore, McCords, to find magazines that Sharon would be in. He also used these to find out about other shows and movies she appeared in. This is how his collection started, and it was a passion that continued for the next several decades.

Dorothy Lamour, born Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton (December 10, 1914-September 22, 1996) was an American actress and singer from New Orleans. Lamour began her career in the 1930s as a big band singer. In 1936, she moved to Hollywood, where she signed with Paramount Pictures. She is best remembered for having appeared in a series of successful comedies starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope, and for her appearance as Ulah in The Jungle Princess (1936), which brought her fame and marked the beginning of her image as the "Sarong Queen." The following interview is from 1978.

يتناول الكتاب سردًا تحليليًا لسيرة الفنان الكبير، ويكشف عن جذوره العائلية والإجتماعية وكيف أثرت في تكوينه الفني، وعلاقته بأمه التي كانت لها النصيب الأكبر في تشكيل حياته وكذلك علاقته بالفنانة فاتن حمامة وإنطلاقه إلى عالم النجومية في مصر والعالم العربي ومنه إلى فضاء العالمية. كما يحكي الكتاب عن مشوار غربته والشواهد الأسطورية التي أحاطت به، وعلاقته بالنساء والقمار والسينما، ويطرح العديد من الأسئلة الساخنة التي تزيل جانبًا كبيرًا من الغموض حول شخصية النجم الذي رفع اسم مصر في السينما العالمية ومحافلها خلال مسار طويل من التحدّيات.