Author: Helen Hayes Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories:
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ISBNs: 9781560540519 9780151636952 1560540516 0151636958 |
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Helen Hayes has been on stage, screen and television for more than fifty years. In that time she moved among the world s most famous and talented people. She speaks with wit, wisdom, and candor on topics both public and private, offering behind-the-sceens portraits of great personalities, telling of the advice older actors gave her and how she in turn gave advice. She treats us to delightful anecdotes about Ethel Barrymore, John Ford, Al Capone. At the same time she reflects more seriously on the painful parts of her life. And, finally, she expresses her strong views on what is wrong with the American theatre today and what has always been wrong with Hollywood. An engrossing account of a rich, productive life.
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