Alec Guinness : a life / Garry O'Connor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Connor, Garry.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000.

Guinness, Alec.

Actors--Great Britain--Biography.

Actors.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

516 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Applause Theatre & Cinema Books ; Milwaukee, WI : Sales and distribution [in] North America, Hal Leonard Corp., [2002]

Summary:

"For the first time, Garry O'Connor reveals Guinness's full story, including how the actor was shaped by his illegitimacy, his strained relationship with his mother, and his search for stability through the Roman Catholic Church. His biography is backed by impeccable research, including interviews with Guinness himself, and contains startling new information about Guinness's childhood, his secret relationships, and the fears that haunted him. This book is a unique portrait of the man behind the indelible performances."--Jacket.

Contents:

Prologue: Truth Is Not Privileged to Be Used All the Time

Incubation

The Ambush of Younger Days and Some Preliminary Confessions

The Sins of the Father

The Bewitching of Naughtiness Doth Obscure Things

The Sins of the Mother

The Dancing Star

A Gift from God

The Prince of Denmark Passes Unnoticed Through London

Plenty of Material to Embroider On

A Warbler on a Cherry Tree

Commander Cuffe and the Chintz-Covered Bunk

We May Rehearse Most Obscenely and Courageously

Queer. Well

So What!

Floodlit by Moonlight

I Live for the Day When I Can Twist Harold Hobson's Crutches 'Round His Neck

I Never Needed Privacy More

Illumination

The Use of the Impersonal Third Person

The Criminal Mastermind

Peering into the Darkness

Some Further Visibility of the Invisible

Lesser Expectations

A Smoothish Face Which Had No Features

The Departing Transvestite

New Outlines in the Mirror

Most of Life is Lived Below the Water's Surface

Either a Man, the Supernatural, or an Illusion

Friendships Both Jealous and Altruistic

Move Heaven and Earth to Avoid a Memorial Service

Epilogue: Was Guinness a Great Actor?

The Career of Alec Guinness.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 509-516) and index.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

Other Format:

Online version: O'Connor, Garry. Alec Guinness.

ISBN:

1557835748

9781557835741

OCLC:

49991406