RITA MORENO: Memorias (In Spanish)
by MORENO, Rita
- Used
- as new
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- As New/No Jacket Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0451416384
- ISBN 13
- 9780451416384
- Seller
-
Austin, Texas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Synopsis
In this luminous memoir, Rita Moreno shares her remarkable journey from a young girl with simple beginnings in Puerto Rico to Hollywood legendand one of the few performers, and the only Hispanic, to win an Oscar, Grammy, Tony and two Emmys. Born Rosita Dolores Alverio in the idyll of Puerto Rico, Moreno, at age five, embarked on a harrowing sea voyage with her mother and wound up in the harsh barrios of the Bronx, where she discovered dancing, singing, and acting as ways to escape a tumultuous childhood. Making her Broadway debut by age thirteenand moving on to Hollywood in its Golden Age just a few years latershe worked alongside such stars as Gary Cooper, Yul Brynner, and Ann Miller. When discovered by Louis B. Mayer of MGM, the wizard himself declared: She looks like a Spanish Elizabeth Taylor.” Cast by Gene Kelly as Zelda Zanders in Singin’ in the Rain and then on to her Oscar-winning performance in West Side Story , she catapulted to fameyet found herself repeatedly typecast as the utility ethnic,” a role she found almost impossible to elude. Here, for the first time, Rita reflects on her struggles to break through Hollywood’s racial and sexual barriers. She explores the wounded little girl behind the glamorous façadeand what it took to find her place in the world. She talks candidly about her relationship with Elvis Presley, her encounters with Howard Hughes, and the passionate romance with Marlon Brando that drove her to attempt suicide. And she shares the illusiveness of a perfect” marriage and the incomparable joys of motherhood. Infused with Rita Moreno’s quick wit and deep insight, this memoir is the dazzling portrait of a stage and screen star who longed to become who she really isand triumphed.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- pacaritambo books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003378
- Title
- RITA MORENO: Memorias (In Spanish)
- Author
- MORENO, Rita
- Illustrator
- 2 B&W era photo sections
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Edition 1st Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0451416384
- ISBN 13
- 9780451416384
- Publisher
- Celebra/Penguin
- Date Published
- 2013
- Keywords
- Spanish language biography,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Women's Studies; Biographies & Memoirs; Arts: Theatre; Movie Books; Spanish Language;
Terms of Sale
pacaritambo books
If you should ever be unhappy with a book you order from us (Heaven forbid!), you may return the book within 15 days of receipt. If the error is ours, we will refund your original shipping charge and pay the return shipping as well. If the error is yours, we will keep actual postage. Any questions or problems, just email us and we'll work it out together. A word about international shipping: if I can prove that I mailed the book to you (and I will be able to), I cannot be responsible for the postal problems of another country. Sorry about that.
About the Seller
pacaritambo books
About pacaritambo books
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Remainder Mark
- Usually an ink marking of some sort which indicates that the book was designated a remainder. In most cases, it can be found on...
- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....