The MGM Girls: Behind the Velvet Curtain
by Brown, Peter Harry, and Brown, Pamela Ann
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0312501617
- ISBN 13
- 9780312501617
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983. xvi, 288 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket, with moderate edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. CONTENTS: Book One: Daddy's little girls. Father knows best: Louis B. Mayer; Jazz babies: Mae Murray and Joan Crawford; The twenties; But not on the first date: Love and the MGM girls; Book Two: Crowned heads. Fool's gold: The great Garbo hoax; Her most exalted majesty: The story of Norma Shearer; Imperial concubine: Marion Davies at MGM; Book Three: Damsels in distress. Tragic muses: Judy, Jean, and the others; Friday's child: Lana Turner's story; Three's company: Debbie-Eddie, Eddie-Liz, Debbie; No sorrow now: The return of Connie Francis; Book Four: The survivors. They built 'em right: Ann Miller, Debbie Reynolds, Cyd Charisse, and Jane Powell.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- LEFT COAST BOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 109822
- Title
- The MGM Girls: Behind the Velvet Curtain
- Author
- Brown, Peter Harry, and Brown, Pamela Ann
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0312501617
- ISBN 13
- 9780312501617
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Film, TV, & Video / Film / Performers; Film, TV, & Video / Film / History & Criticism;
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