Sitting pretty : the life and times of Clifton Webb / Clifton Webb with David L. Smith ; foreword by Robert Wagner.

Author
Webb, Clifton, 1889-1966 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2011.
Description
xx, 257 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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Subject(s)
Related name
Series
Hollywood legends series [More in this series]
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-244) and index.
Contents
  • Introduction
  • The noses have it
  • First vision of a name in lights
  • Art and opera
  • Making progress and moving up
  • Dancing into Xanadu
  • To Europe in search of adventure
  • In love with Jeanne Eagels
  • Great plays, then the great war
  • The war starts, Blithe spirit leads to Laura
  • More movies, more parties, and Garbo
  • A top box-office draw
  • Stars and stripes forever
  • Clifton and Mabelle, together forever.
ISBN
  • 9781604739961 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 1604739967 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9781604739978 (e-book)
  • 1604739975 (e-book)
LCCN
2010049423
OCLC
679919600
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