RED- THE TEMPESTUOUS LIFE OF SUSAN HAYWARD by LaGuardia,Robert/Arceri,Gene

Macmillan, New York, 1985. US first edition, hard bound in dust jacket, 6 1/2 x 9 1/2, FINE/FINE CONDITION, viii, 260 pages, illus, filmography, index........................................................ In Red, Robert LaGuardia, author of the bestseller Monty, and Gene Arceri finally reveal the unexpurgated story of the determined yet vulnerable woman behind the fire-and-ice image. Based on ten years of exhaustive research and personal interviews with intimate sources—including Hayward's older sister and close family friends—Red uncovers the dramatic details of Hayward's rise to stardom, her feverish romances, and the bitter sibling rivalry that destroyed her relationship with her family, and profoundly affected her life and career.Raised in the shadow of a beautiful and talented older sister, Susan had to scratch and claw for every bit of attention that she got. She was a fighter by nature, a trait which served her well in later battles with Hollywood agents and moguls, with her lovers and husbands, and finally with the gruesome specter of death.