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Idol Rock Hudson : the true story of an American film hero / by Jerry Oppenheimer and Jack Vitek.
LIBRA - Special PN2287.H75 O77 1986
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Oppenheimer, Jerry.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hudson, Rock, 1925-1985.
- Hudson, Rock.
- Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Biography.
- Motion picture actors and actresses.
- United States.
- Moving-Picture--Actors--Actresses.
- Local Subjects:
- Moving-Picture--Actors--Actresses.
- Hudson, Rock, 1925-1985.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 273 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Villard Books, 1986.
- Summary:
- Rock Hudson's life had all the elements of a Hollywood tearjerker, not unlike one of the many he starred in during the 1950s: there weree the humble beginnings, the unhappy childhood, the yearnings for another life, the sudden rise to fame, the adoration of millions, and, ultimately, disintergration and tragedy.
- Notes:
- Filmography: pages 249-263.
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has banner label laid in at front.
- ISBN:
- 0394554892
- 9780394554891
- OCLC:
- 13581015
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