I Remember It Well.
Minnelli, Vincente; Arce, Hector; Lerner, Alan Jay (foreword).
Place Published: London:
Publisher: Angus and Robertson,
Date Published: 1975.
Description: 392 pages with index plus 32 pages black & white photos. The book is NEAR FINE with lightly bumped front bottom corner. The dust jacket is NEAR FINE with minor edgewear. Comes with BRODRAT jacket cover. JMVintage specializes in books, magazines, and treasures related to the Duke & Duchess of Windsor..and other curious subjects. Dust jacket notes read: "As husband to the superstar of one generation and father to the superstar of another, few film directors' personal lives have been as extravagantly splashed in newspaper headlines and gossip columns as Vincente Minnelli's. In this profusely illustrated autobiography, the Academy Award-winning director shares the triumphs of one of Hollywood's most distinguished careers. Through words, as well as photographs from his family album, Minnelli also tells for the first time of his bitter-sweet marriage to Judy Garland, and shares the excitement of preparing a new film with his most treasured 'production'-daughter Liz Minnelli. He traces his life from his childhood days barnstorming with the Minnelli Brothers Tent Theater, to New York in the thirties, and then on to Hollywood in 1940 where he started a twenty-six year association with Metro-Goldywn-Mayer MGM. During this latter period he is credited with almost singlehandedly bringing sophistication to the film musical through his introduction of the story ballet within the film as well as the first American use of surrealistic influences. Out of this new approach came such classics as Meet Me In St. Louis, The Pirate, An American in Paris, The Band Wagon and Gigi. As he gives us the highlight of his career, Minnelli gives glimpses of some of the most exciting people in show business as he reminisces about Fanny Brice, Bea Lille, the Gershwins, Fred Astaire, Katharine Hepburn, Gene Kelly, Spencer Tracy, Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, Lauren Bacall and Elizabeth Taylor, Rex Harrison, Barbra Streisand, and a host of others. In this rare and personal book, a consummate craftsmen stresses that 'in the final analysis, my work is the story of my life,' and proceeds to pay tribute to the special world of the cinema."
Binding: Hard BackCondition: Near Fine in Near Fine dj
ISBN: 0207956383
Book Id: 7098
Price: $16.00
