You ain't heard nothin' yet : interviews with stars from Hollywood's golden era / James Bawden and Ron Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bawden, James, author.

Miller, Ron, 1939- author.

Series:

Screen classics (Lexington, Ky.)

Screen Classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Interviews.

Motion picture actors and actresses.

Motion pictures--United States--History--20th century.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (347 Pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2017.

Summary:

Journalists James Bawden and Ron Miller spent their careers interviewing the greatest stars of Hollywood's golden age. They visited Lee Marvin at home and politely admired his fishing trophies, chatted with Janet Leigh while a young Jamie Lee Curtis played, and even made Elizabeth Taylor laugh out loud. In You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet, Bawden and Miller return with a new collection of rare interviews with iconic film stars including Henry Fonda, Esther Williams, Buster Keaton, Maureen O'Sullivan, Walter Pidgeon, and many more. The book is filled with humorous anecdotes and incredible behind-the-scenes stories. For instance, Bette Davis reflects that she and Katharine Hepburn were both considered for the role of Scarlett O'Hara but neither was "gorgeous enough" for the part; Janet Leigh analyzes the famous shower scene in Psycho (1960), which was shot in seven days and gave the actress nightmares for years; and Jimmy Stewart describes Alfred Hitchcock as a "strange, roly-poly man, interested only in blondes and murder." Popular horror film stars from Lon Chaney Jr. to Boris Karloff and Vincent Price are also featured in a special "movie monsters" section. With first-person accounts of Hollywood life from some of the most distinguished luminaries in the history of American cinema, this entertaining book will delight classic movie fans.

Contents:

Introduction: How to Talk to a Movie Star

A Comedy Giant. Buster Keaton

The Leading Men. Anthony Dexter

Henry Fonda

Victor Mature

Walter Pidgeon

Robert Preston

James Stewart

Cornel Wilde

Robert Young

The Leading Ladies. Bette Davis

Yvonne De Carlo

Janet Leigh

Joan Leslie

Patricia Neal

Maureen O'Sullivan

Jane Russell

Jean Simmons

Alexis Smith

Elizabeth Taylor: My Seven Minutes Alone with Elizabeth Taylor

Esther Williams

Jane Wyatt

Child Stars and How They Grew. Bonita Granville

Johnny Sheffield

Anne Shirley

Famous Monsters of Filmland. John Carradine

Lon Chaney Jr.

Boris Karloff

Anthony Perkins

Vincent Price

Unforgettable Heavies. Ernest Borgnine

Victor Buono

Jack Elam

Lee Marvin

Great Character Actors. Richard Farnsworth

Hurd Hatfield

John Houseman

Raymond Massey

Reginald Owen

Jay Robinson

Rod Steiger.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813174235

0813174236

9780813174228

0813174228

OCLC:

1001433437