Wallace Reid: the life and death of a Hollywood idol

"American actor Wallace Reid took part in over 160 films. This first full biography recounts Reid's complicated childhood, his disrupted family history and his rise to film stardom. The text explores in depth how the modern studio turned the popular star, a well-adjusted man with a loving...

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1. Verfasser: Fleming, E. J. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Jefferson, N.C. [u.a.] McFarland 2007
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Zusammenfassung:"American actor Wallace Reid took part in over 160 films. This first full biography recounts Reid's complicated childhood, his disrupted family history and his rise to film stardom. The text explores in depth how the modern studio turned the popular star, a well-adjusted man with a loving family, into a drug dependant mental patient within three years"--Provided by publisher.
Beschreibung:"American actor Wallace Reid took part in over 160 films. This first full biography recounts Reid's complicated childhood, his disrupted family history and his rise to film stardom. The text explores in depth how the modern studio turned the popular star, a well-adjusted man with a loving family, into a drug dependant mental patient within three years"--Provided by publisher.
Filmography: p. 241-259 -- Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-288) and index
Beschreibung:IX, 302 S. Ill. 27 cm
ISBN:0786428155