Weddings and Movie Stars - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 095664872X ISBN 13: 9780956648723

Publisher: Reel Art Press, 2011

Synopsis

A movie lover's encyclopaedia of weddings and a tribute to the most iconic Hollywood stars. Will quench your thirst for impeccable glamour and salacious gossip.

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Review:

Bells Are Ringing
The wedding usually comes at the end of a movie comedy, fading to black with the implication of 'happily ever after.' For the performers, though, the ceremony is just the start of the story--usually a tragedy. 'Weddings and Movie Stars' (Reel Art Press, 288 pages, $79.95) is a glorious compendium of Hollywood happy days, mixing movie stills, posed photos and candids of the famous marrying. Thus the nice shot of Bette Davis (below left) marrying her sailor on leave, William Grant Sherry, in 1945 is followed by shots of her marrying Gary Merrill in 1950. They'd met on the set of 'All About Eve, ' which featured Marilyn Monroe making a lasting impression in a small part. An equally fleeting episode was Monroe's tabloid-fantasy marriage to Joe DiMaggio, which only lasted nine months, despite the press frenzy of their January 1954 (top) wedding. Buster Keaton and Natalie Talmadge (left), the sister-in-law of his boss, lasted 11 years, though his womanizing doomed the marriage. Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall (below right), are among the more successful pairs featured in the book. They wed in 1945 and remained together until his death in 1957. More typical is the tale of the Jaggers: Champagne flowed in 1971, when Mick married Bianca Perez-Mora Macias in St. Tropez (bottom). But they divorced nine years later. 'My marriage ended on my wedding day, ' she later said.
The Editors

June 25, 2011, The Wall Street Journal
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Bells Are Ringing

The wedding usually comes at the end of a movie comedy, fading to black with the implication of 'happily ever after.' For the performers, though, the ceremony is just the start of the story--usually a tragedy. 'Weddings and Movie Stars' (Reel Art Press, 288 pages, $79.95) is a glorious compendium of Hollywood happy days, mixing movie stills, posed photos and candids of the famous marrying. Thus the nice shot of Bette Davis (below left) marrying her sailor on leave, William Grant Sherry, in 1945 is followed by shots of her marrying Gary Merrill in 1950. They'd met on the set of 'All About Eve, ' which featured Marilyn Monroe making a lasting impression in a small part. An equally fleeting episode was Monroe's tabloid-fantasy marriage to Joe DiMaggio, which only lasted nine months, despite the press frenzy of their January 1954 (top) wedding. Buster Keaton and Natalie Talmadge (left), the sister-in-law of his boss, lasted 11 years, though his womanizing doomed the marriage. Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall (below right), are among the more successful pairs featured in the book. They wed in 1945 and remained together until his death in 1957. More typical is the tale of the Jaggers: Champagne flowed in 1971, when Mick married Bianca Perez-Mora Macias in St. Tropez (bottom). But they divorced nine years later. 'My marriage ended on my wedding day, ' she later said.

The Editors
June 25, 2011, The Wall Street Journal

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From the Publisher:

"A lavish compendium of photographs and gossipy tidbits." (Elle Decor)

"Mesmerises with the most celebrated and fabulous marriages of all time..." (Vogue)

"A glorious compendium of Hollywood happy days." (The Wall Street Journal)"

A blissful marriage of glamour and gossip." (The Scotsman)

"From true romance to timely engagement ... the pictures ooze glamour, lavishness and old time Hollywood." (The Independent)

"Expect glamorous gowns galore." (Brides Magazine)

About this edition

• Publisher: Reel Art Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 095664872X
• ISBN 13: 9780956648723
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Tony Nourmand