An incisive biography explores the life of actress Barbara Stanwyck, her rise to stardom, her marriages, and her part the McCarthy hearings of the 1950s. Reprint.
Axel Madsen Knihy
Axel Madsen bol spisovateľ, ktorého dielo sa často zaoberalo témami sexuality a homosexuality v umení a kultúre. Preslávil sa svojimi detailnými a prenikavými biografiami umelcov, v ktorých skúmal ich tvorivé procesy a osobné životy. Jeho písanie vynikalo schopnosťou odhaliť skryté motivácie a spoločenské tlaky, ktoré formovali umeleckú dráhu jeho subjektov. Madsenova práca ponúka hlboký vhľad do preplietania osobného a umeleckého života.
A biography of Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, who revolutionized fashion and was a force and legend in her time.
The Sewing Circle
Hollywood's Greatest Secret : Female Stars who Loved Other Women
- 288 stránok
- 11 hodin čítania
This is the documented story of some of the most glamorous women in the world who lived two lives--in public as larger-than-life romantic heroines of the screen, and in private as lesbians or bisexuals. From the early years of the "talkies" through the beginning of the 1950s, they were secretly known as the Sewing Circle, and this is their story. Among them were Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo, Tallulah Bankhead, Katherine Cornell, Barbara Stanwyck, and Joan Crawford. Others whose secret lives are divulged for the first time: Maude Adams, Lynn Fontanne, Myrna Loy, Edith Head, Janet Gaynor, Jill Esmond, Elsa Lanchester, Isadora Duncan, Laurette Taylor, Libby Holman, Marjorie Main, Agnes Moorehead, and Dame Judith Anderson.--Publisher description.
Sonia Delaunay
- 366 stránok
- 13 hodin čítania
Sonia Delaunay, wife of painter Robert Delaunay, and co-founder of the Orphist school in 1910, was the center of a brilliant circle in Paris. Madsen offers a rich and compelling look at this fascinating and influential woman, the first living female artist to have a retrospective show at the Louvre.
On The Deal Maker: How William C. Durant Made General Motors:"A well-written biography."-New York TimesOn Stanwyck: The Life and Times of Barbara Stanwyck:"Madsen's admirably researched, insightful portrait of her aloof nature . . . reveals she was always torn between her wish to give of herself and her need to be in control."-Christian Science MonitorOn Chanel: A Woman of Her Own:"Fascinating . . . . Takes the reader behind the coromandel veneers of Chanel's life."-New York Times Book Review"Carefully knits together the complex pattern of Chanel's complicated existence. It's not an easy task."-Toronto Globe and MailOn Gloria and Joe:"Axel Madsen finally gives the public a fascinating chronicle of the romance that could have ruined more than two careers."-Dallas Morning NewsOn Cousteau:"Both critical and understanding. And it is exceptionally readable. Readers are well advised to take the plunge."-Chicago TribuneOn Malraux:"Will stand as the best of more than a dozen books about Malraux in print."-Kansas City Star
Eine Biographie, die weit über das Leben der Biographierten hinausgeht und das politische Leben in Frankreich der Jahrhundertmitte überblickt
Der Nähkreis
- 299 stránok
- 11 hodin čítania
Viele der glamourösesten, verführerischsten Filmidole waren lesbisch oder bisexuell - ein absolutes Tabu im Hollywood der 20er bis 50er Jahre. Der "Nähkreis" war für viele Stars der einzige Ort, an dem sie sie selber sein konnten.§Dieses Buch ist ein mitreißendes Dokument und ein Blick hinter die Kulissen einer Welt der großen Illusionen.
Biografie van de Franse modeontwerpster en grondlegster van een groot couturehuis (1883-1971).
