James Bawden: Seeing the way people behave when they're around you, is it still fun being Cary Grant?
Cary Grant: I don't like to disappoint people. Because he's a completely made-up character and I'm playing a part. It's a part I've been playing a long time, but no way am I really Cary Grant. A friend told me once, "I always wanted to be Cary Grant." And I said, "So did I." -- from the bookIn Conversations with Classic Film Stars, retired journalists James Bawden and Ron Miller present an astonishing collection of rare interviews with the greatest celebrities of Hollywood's golden age. Conducted over the course of more than fifty years, they recount intimate conversations with some of the most famous leading men and women of the era, including Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Joseph Cotten, Cary Grant, Gloria Swanson, Joan Fontaine, Loretta Young, Kirk Douglas, and many more.
Each interview takes readers behind the scenes with some of cinema's most iconic stars. The actors convey unforgettable stories, from Maureen O'Hara discussing Charles Laughton's request that she change her last name, to Bob Hope candidly commenting on the presidential honors bestowed upon him. Humorous, enlightening, and poignant, Conversations with Classic Film Stars is essential reading for anyone who loves classic movies.
James Bawden: Seeing the way people behave when they're around you, is it still fun being Cary Grant?
Cary Grant: I don't like to disappoint people. Because he's a completely made-up character and I'm playing a part. It's a part I've been playing a long time, but no way am I really Cary Grant. A friend told me once, "I always wanted to be Cary Grant." And I said, "So did I." -- from the bookIn Conversations with Classic Film Stars, retired journalists James Bawden and Ron Miller present an astonishing collection of rare interviews with the greatest celebrities of Hollywood's golden age. Conducted over the course of more than fifty years, they recount intimate conversations with some of the most famous leading men and women of the era, including Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Joseph Cotten, Cary Grant, Gloria Swanson, Joan Fontaine, Loretta Young, Kirk Douglas, and many more.
Each interview takes readers behind the scenes with some of cinema's most iconic stars. The actors convey unforgettable stories, from Maureen O'Hara discussing Charles Laughton's request that she change her last name, to Bob Hope candidly commenting on the presidential honors bestowed upon him. Humorous, enlightening, and poignant, Conversations with Classic Film Stars is essential reading for anyone who loves classic movies.
James Bawden, former TV columnist for the Toronto Star, is
renowned for his distinguished profiles of movie stars and
directors. He has written for Films in Review and numerous cinema
magazines.
Ron Miller was TV editor of the San Jose Mercury News from
1977 - 1999 and a syndicated columnist for the Knight Ridder News
Service. A former national president of the Television Critics
Association and a recipient of the National Headliner Award, he is
currently an instructor at the Academy for Lifelong Learning at
Western Washington University.
Picking diligently through Conversations with Classic Film Stars,
one catches a glimpse of a most human world indeed, as well as the
qualities it took to stay afloat in it, let alone rise - some
mixture of guts, talents, determination, outright lying, and the
purest luck. For any movie lover with a pulse. And for those who
love classic movies, it's nirvana."" -
""Bawden and Miller offer a lively, informative set of interviews
that they conducted originally over the years with an intriguing
assortment of stars and leading (character) players from the Golden
Age of Hollywood. Their interviews capture the flavor of the
subjects and provide a sizable amount of useful information about
the personalities themselves, their filmmaking, and life in
Tinseltown."" - James Robert Parish, author of more than one
hundred books about show business and Hollywood celebrities
""[A] dazzlingly entertaining new book [...] is a treasure trove of
info, scintillating gossip and outright, downright dishing."" - New
York Social Diary
""[T]he book serves as a significant portrait of Hollywood history.
Highly recommended."" - Library Journal
""Even if you're very familiar with the star being interviewed
there is always some hidden jewel of information to discover [... ]
Conversations with Classic Film Stars was a quick enjoyable read.
This book is perfect for someone who doesn't want to invest their
time in full-scale biographies but still wants to learn something
new and interesting about their favorite stars [....] Conversations
with Classic Film Stars would make a great gift for someone who is
just starting to develop a love for old Hollywood or for someone
who has had a lifelong passion for classic movies."" - Out of the
Past
""In Conversations with Classic Film Stars: Interviews from
Hollywood''s Golden Era, journalists James Bawden and Ron Miller
provide a fascinating collection of career reflections from many
Tinseltown names."" - Bay Area Reporter
""It's utterly amazing how two men were able to sit down with so
many legends, from Gloria Swanson to Cary Grant and Luise Rainier.
[...] Conversations with Classic Film Stars is the de facto book
for classic film fans. It's the closest many of us will ever come
to sitting down with such legends and picking their brain. Bawden
and Miller present a wide range of stars, big and small, but treats
each subject with the magnanimity we'd expect to see."" - Journeys
in Classic Film
""It's utterly amazing how two men were able to sit down with so
many legends, from Gloria Swanson to Cary Grant and Luise
Rainier."" - Cinema Sentries
""It is truly a time capsule for film fans."" - Louisville
Courier-Journal
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