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Synopsis
For decades Rex Harrison was the king of the English stage. MY FAIR LADY immortalised his persona, the epitome of the English gentleman. But beneath those easy manners and cool wit lurked a tyrannical egoism. Rex always needed a woman beside him and he married six times; both Carole Landis, a young starlet, and Rachel Roberts, the actress who was his fourth wife, committed suicide. Alexander Walker traces the public and private life of this brilliant actor, from his genteel beginnings in the suburbs of Liverpool through hard graft and triumph on the English stage, to a prurient Hollywood from which scandal forced him to flee. Drawing on unpublished sources, on conversations with Rex Harrison, and on interviews with Harrison's closest family and friends, Walker brilliantly portrays Rex Harrison, the greatest high-comedy actor of his generation, and Rex Harrison, the incomparable despot.
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Alexander Walker is the author of over twenty books about the cinema and its stars, including bestselling biographies of Elizabeth Taylor, Vivien Leigh, Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Peter Sellers and Audrey Hepburn. He has also written standard works on the coming of the Talkies, a monograph on Stanley Kubrick, and the fullest account to date of the British film industr from 1960 to 1985. He has been the London "Evening Standard's" influential film critic since 1960 and has been named "Critic of the Year" three times in the British Press Awards. A prolific broadcaster on television and radio, he wrote and narrated four series of "Film Star" for the BBC. Alexander Walker was born in Ireland, and educated there, on the Continent and in the United States.
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Condition: As New. : Fatal Charm es una biografía clásica que explora la vida pública y privada de Rex Harrison, uno de los actores de comedia más brillantes de su generación. A través de una investigación exhaustiva que incluye fuentes inéditas y entrevistas con familiares y amigos cercanos, Alexander Walker retrata tanto al caballero inglés que cautivó al público en 'My Fair Lady' como al hombre complejo y a menudo despótico que se escondía tras esa fachada de ingenio y elegancia.Esta obra recorre su trayectoria desde sus inicios en los suburbios de Liverpool hasta su ascenso al estrellato en el teatro inglés y su turbulenta experiencia en Hollywood. Es un relato fascinante sobre el talento, el ego y las sombras de una de las figuras más icónicas del cine y el teatro del siglo XX. EAN: 9780752849010 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y Ficción|Arte y Cultura Título: Fatal Charm: The Life of Rex Harrison Autor: Alexander Walker Editorial: Orion Publishing Group, Limited Idioma: en Páginas: 608 Formato: tapa blanda. Seller Inventory # Happ-2026-10-22-e7f02e2c
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