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Sitting pretty : the life and times of Clifton Webb / Clifton Webb with David L. Smith ; foreword by Robert Wagner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Webb, Clifton, 1889-1966.
- Series:
- Hollywood legends series.
- Hollywood legends series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Biography.
- Motion picture actors and actresses.
- Webb, Clifton, 1889-1966.
- Webb, Clifton.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (278 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- More than any other male movie star, the refined Clifton Webb (1889-1966) caused the movie-going public to change its image of a leading man. In a day when leading men were supposed to be strong, virile, and brave, Clifton Webb projected an image of fl
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The noses have it
- First vision of a name in lights
- Art and opera
- Making progress and moving up
- Dancing into Xanadu
- To Europe in search of adventure
- In love with Jeanne Eagels
- Great plays, then the great war
- The war starts, Blithe spirit leads to Laura
- More movies, more parties, and Garbo
- A top box-office draw
- Stars and stripes forever
- Clifton and Mabelle, together forever.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Includes filmography.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-11661-8
- 9786613116611
- 1-60473-997-5
- OCLC:
- 730953633
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