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Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780025384651
ISBN: 0025384651
Label: Holiday house
Manufacturer: Holiday house
Number Of Items: 1
Publication Date: 1995-10
Publisher: Holiday house
Sales Rank: 1349360
Studio: Holiday house
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
A profile of the career of Burt Lancaster chronicles his impoverished East Harlem childhood, 1946 debut with The Killers, three marriages, and achievements in more than eighty films. 25,000 first printing. Tour.
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I enjoyed reading Against Type, but wish the author had been more expressive and inspired. Gives good overview of Lancaster's career.
Fishgall covers most of the bases but I would have liked more of Burt's impact on pop culture.
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Gary Fishgall is very good on the professional life of actors. He's written about James Stewart, Burt Lancaster, and Gregory Peck. Fishgall seems not very much interested in [physical activity] and social name-dropping, which is fine with me. He gives the bare facts of the actor's social life without the juicy and sordid detail for which many people read star biographies.
On the actor's professional life and accomplishments, Fishgall is excellent. He covers childhood and youth thoroughly ... Read More
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Chronicles the professional life and accomplishments of one of Hollywood's most loved stars, Burt Lancaster. I was disappointed with the lack of insight into the personal life of Lancaster, but as a biography of his professional life it was excellent. It was fascinating to read of the diametrically opposite views that co-stars and directors had for him, ranging from ardour to hate. This is an unbiased portrait of a great star
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