Peter Finch, A Biography Foreword by Liv Ullmann by Faulkner, Trader - 1979

Angus & Robertson, 1979. 312pp & over 500g to post, short gift inscription. Trader Faulkner was a student and protege of Peter Finch and worked with John Gielgud and Vivien Leigh. >> Womaniser, drinker, acting genius, poet, egocentric, rogue - just some of the labels that have been attached to this incredibly complex and tragic man. Best remembered for films like Sunday Bloody Sunday, Far From The Madding Crowd, and Network, for which he won a posthumous Oscar, Finch was a man of great intellect, a man torn between being a true artist and becoming a glittering Hollywood star. Often a victim of his own failings, his life abounds with stories of his charm, his unpleasantness, his drinking and his insatiable appetite for women - and appetite that led him into numerous affairs, sometimes disastrous, with actresses like Kay Kendall and Vivien Leigh. Here is a moving and immensely absorbing profile of an extraordinary man, covering a unique and unforgettable era in film history. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 24 Cm.