Greta & Cecil.
Souhami, Diana.
Place Published: San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.:
Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco,
Date Published: 1994.
Description: Stated FIRST EDITION, 1st printing. This book is in FINE condition -- very tight and pristine. Dust jacket in VERY GOOD condition with some very minor shelf wear, otherwise would be considered FINE condition. 271 pages with index plus 24 pages black and white photos. This book is lovingly wrapped in new BRODART archival dust jacket to preserve its FINE condition. Several pages of discussion regarding the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. JMVintage specializes in books, magazines and ephemera related to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor and British royalty. Dust jacket cover reads: "She is at once simple, subtle and the acme of sophistication no one can find out the truth about her" . . . from Cecil Beaton's diary This dual biography reveals, as never before, the secret life and the extraordinary relationship of Hollywood's legendary pair: Greta Garbo and Cecil Beaton, the celebrated Hollywood photographer who immortalized her image. With provocative details about their personal lives and a subtle focus on their work, Diana Souhami divulges the secrets of Greta and Cecil's unconventional loves and obsessions. It is a compelling tale of a strange romance where boundaries merge between image and reality, fact and fantasy, male and female, and art and life. Greta Garbo's notorious desire for privacy piqued the curiosity of her admirers and acquaintances. Few knew the truth about her androgynous nature and her relationship with Mercedes de Acosta-the well-known lesbian socialite. Yet Garbo's distinctive passion and mystery were brilliantly conveyed in her silent films. For the quality of this wordless power she became known as "The Divine." Entranced by her, Cecil Beaton longed to be Garbo's intimate. He was "the darling photographer of the glittering class," well known in Hollywood for his homosexual liaisons, his artful fashion photography, and his eye for quintessential feminine beauty. The women he photographed included film stars, tycoons' wives, viscountesses, and royalty-but in Garbo he saw incomparable beauty. Pining after her for years and frustrated by her refusal to be photographed or even glimpsed by him, he finally met her in 1932 at the home of Edmund Goulding, who had just directed Garbo in Grand Hotel. This encounter initiated a relationship that was to last for more than a decade and evolved from admiration to friendship to impassioned love, and finally estrangement and betrayal. Their ardent affair, Garbo's discreet liaisons with the women she loved, and Beaton's charismatic yet emotionally distraught personality are brought to life in Diana Souhami's hallmark style. Photographs, letters, and a wealth of new research reveal the obsessions, true desires, and secrets of Hollywood behind closed doors. ---------------------
Edition: First editionBinding: Hard Cover
Condition: Fine in Very Good dj
ISBN: 0062508296
Book Id: 17420
Price: $18.50
