Download Mary Wickes: I Know I've Seen That Face Before (Hollywood Legends Series), by Steve Taravella
By checking out Mary Wickes: I Know I've Seen That Face Before (Hollywood Legends Series), By Steve Taravella, you can know the expertise as well as things even more, not only about just what you get from people to individuals. Schedule Mary Wickes: I Know I've Seen That Face Before (Hollywood Legends Series), By Steve Taravella will be a lot more relied on. As this Mary Wickes: I Know I've Seen That Face Before (Hollywood Legends Series), By Steve Taravella, it will actually offer you the good idea to be effective. It is not only for you to be success in particular life; you can be successful in everything. The success can be begun by knowing the standard knowledge and also do activities.
Mary Wickes: I Know I've Seen That Face Before (Hollywood Legends Series), by Steve Taravella
Download Mary Wickes: I Know I've Seen That Face Before (Hollywood Legends Series), by Steve Taravella
When you are rushed of job due date and have no suggestion to obtain inspiration, Mary Wickes: I Know I've Seen That Face Before (Hollywood Legends Series), By Steve Taravella book is among your solutions to take. Schedule Mary Wickes: I Know I've Seen That Face Before (Hollywood Legends Series), By Steve Taravella will certainly provide you the best resource and point to get motivations. It is not only regarding the tasks for politic company, administration, economics, as well as other. Some ordered tasks making some fiction your jobs also need motivations to get rid of the work. As what you need, this Mary Wickes: I Know I've Seen That Face Before (Hollywood Legends Series), By Steve Taravella will most likely be your selection.
Right here, we have various publication Mary Wickes: I Know I've Seen That Face Before (Hollywood Legends Series), By Steve Taravella as well as collections to review. We likewise serve alternative kinds and sort of the e-books to look. The fun e-book, fiction, past history, novel, scientific research, and also other kinds of books are readily available below. As this Mary Wickes: I Know I've Seen That Face Before (Hollywood Legends Series), By Steve Taravella, it turneds into one of the recommended e-book Mary Wickes: I Know I've Seen That Face Before (Hollywood Legends Series), By Steve Taravella collections that we have. This is why you remain in the right site to see the incredible books to have.
It won't take even more time to obtain this Mary Wickes: I Know I've Seen That Face Before (Hollywood Legends Series), By Steve Taravella It won't take more cash to print this publication Mary Wickes: I Know I've Seen That Face Before (Hollywood Legends Series), By Steve Taravella Nowadays, people have actually been so smart to utilize the technology. Why don't you utilize your gadget or other gadget to save this downloaded and install soft documents e-book Mary Wickes: I Know I've Seen That Face Before (Hollywood Legends Series), By Steve Taravella Through this will allow you to constantly be gone along with by this book Mary Wickes: I Know I've Seen That Face Before (Hollywood Legends Series), By Steve Taravella Naturally, it will be the very best close friend if you read this book Mary Wickes: I Know I've Seen That Face Before (Hollywood Legends Series), By Steve Taravella until completed.
Be the first to download this book now as well as get all reasons you have to read this Mary Wickes: I Know I've Seen That Face Before (Hollywood Legends Series), By Steve Taravella The publication Mary Wickes: I Know I've Seen That Face Before (Hollywood Legends Series), By Steve Taravella is not just for your obligations or need in your life. Publications will certainly always be a buddy in each time you review. Now, allow the others learn about this web page. You can take the advantages as well as share it likewise for your good friends as well as people around you. By through this, you could truly get the definition of this publication Mary Wickes: I Know I've Seen That Face Before (Hollywood Legends Series), By Steve Taravella profitably. Exactly what do you think of our idea below?
Moviegoers know her as the housekeeper in White Christmas, the nurse in Now, Voyager, and the crotchety choir director in Sister Act. This book, filled with never-published behind-the-scenes stories from Broadway and Hollywood, chronicles the life of a complicated woman who brought an assortment of unforgettable nurses, nuns, and housekeepers to life on screen and stage.
Wickes was part of some of the most significant moments in film, television, theatre, and radio history. On that frightening night in 1938 that Orson Welles recorded his earth-shattering "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast, Wickes was waiting on another soundstage for him for a rehearsal of Danton's Death, oblivious to the havoc taking place outside. When silent film star Gloria Swanson decided to host a live talk show on this new thing called television, Wickes was one of her first guests. When Lucille Ball made her first TV appearance anywhere, Wickes appeared with her--and became Lucy's closest friend for more than thirty years. Wickes was the original Mary Poppins, long before an umbrella carried Julie Andrews across the rooftops of London. And when Disney began creating 101 Dalmatians, it asked Wickes to pose for animators trying to capture the evil of Cruella de Vil. The pinched-face actress who cracked wise by day became a confidante to some of the day's biggest stars by night, including Bette Davis and Doris Day. Bolstered by interviews with almost three hundred people, and by private correspondence from Ball, Davis, Day, and others, Mary Wickes: I Know I've Seen That Face Before includes scores of never-before-shared anecdotes about Hollywood and Broadway. In the process, it introduces readers to a complex woman who sustained a remarkable career for sixty years.- Sales Rank: #786524 in eBooks
- Published on: 2013-06-01
- Released on: 2013-06-01
- Format: Kindle eBook
From Booklist
Whether donning a nun’s habit opposite Whoopi Goldberg in Sister Act or a nurse’s uniform in Now, Voyager with Bette Davis, Wickes’ appearances in dozens of the most beloved plays, films, and television shows of the twentieth century ensured that she would be forever recognizable, if not identifiable, to even the most casual cineast. Noticeably tall and blessed, or cursed, with a prominent nose and recessive chin, Wickes would not be any casting director’s first call for a romantic lead. But her quick wit, abundant charm, and professional dedication made her their dream choice for many iconic supporting roles. Though she became typecast portraying nuns, nurses, and maids, Wickes brought a queenly demeanor and quirky humor to even the most quotidian characters, an ethic that won her the respect and friendship of many Broadway and Hollywood celebrities, most notably Lucille Ball, who considered Wickes her dearest friend. Divulging the kind of insider details that entertainment buffs adore, Taravella also delivers a scholarly, affectionate, and vivid biography of a legendary actress. --Carol Haggas
Review
“Divulging the kind of insider details that entertainment buffs adore, Taravella delivers a scholarly, affectionate, and vivid biography of a legendary actress.”
―Carol Haggas, Booklist
“This is a straightforward biography that celebrates and shines a light on a woman who Hollywood never took seriously. Her friendships with various Hollywood hoi polloi, including a long-standing friendship with Lucille Ball, are a tender chapter in the book, and Ball’s daughter Lucie Arnaz’s recollections will cause tears to well up. Biographies about lesser-known actors are always fascinating because you never know what to expect. Taravella doesn’t stoop to naming names or providing salacious gossip. He wants to give you insight on a woman who made people laugh but who never got her due.”
―Kristen Lopez, Journeys in Classic Film blog
“Highly recommended. The biography is incredibly well-researched, and it is obvious that Taravella put an immense amount of work into providing readers as thorough an understanding of Mary Wickes as possible. Mary Wickes: I Know I’ve Seen That Face Before is filled with interesting anecdotes about Wickes’s career that may be wholly unfamiliar to her many fans.”
―Brandie Ashe, True Classics cinema blog
From the Inside Flap
The full story of one of Hollywood's most accomplished character actresses
Most helpful customer reviews
59 of 61 people found the following review helpful.
Great subject, poor execution
By A customer
I pre-ordered this book because I was excited to learn more about Mary Wickes. She had a remarkable and long-lasting career and I wanted to know more about who she was as a person. This book is full of anecdotes by people who knew her and these stories are the best part of the book. You get a sense that, even though Mary could be a bit distant, people who knew her really cared about her. I have enjoyed the book for this reason.
However, the practical execution of this book leaves a great deal to be desired. The organization of the book is choppy at times and people are mentioned in ways that become confusing and convoluted. At times this results in a repetetiveness that makes the writing style clunky. There are so many misspellings of famous names that the mind boggles. The worst example is a reference to the actress Sarah Bernhardt, where just one line later her name is spelled "Bernhard". Was there no proof reader for this book? If there was, he/she needs to be fired. Dates are incorrect on several photos: A photo of Mary on the "I Love Lucy" show is dated "1925", which is dyslexic at best (I assume it should be 1952); the photo of the film version of "The Man Who Came to Dinner" is dated 1939, which is just plain wrong. Other factual errors include a reference to Mary playing Madame Arcati in Noel Coward's "High Spirits". It's BLITHE SPIRIT. There are so many typographical errors and missing words throughout this book that I can't list them here. At least I won't unless I get paid for the massive amount of corrections. If a reader is required to pay $40 for a book (or even $28) then the reader is entitled to a professionally edited and properly assembled manuscript. I can't tell if the remoteness I feel about Mary Wickes emanates from the subject herself or from the fact that I could not completely engage in her story because of the distraction of such shoddy technical work on the part of the writer/editor/proof reader. Five stars for the subject matter, but three stars for the product itself.
67 of 69 people found the following review helpful.
The Serious Life of a Comic Actress
By takingadayoff
What a surprise this book was. I guess I was expecting something like one of Mary Wickes' movies -- light entertainment, amusing, inconsequential. Steve Taravella's biography of Wickes is serious and rigorous, even academic. That's not to say it's a tough read, but it is a tough-minded biography. Quite often, celebrity bios are written by smitten fans, but Taravella is dispassionate and fair.
The result is a portrait of a Mary Wickes who is sharper-edged than I imagined. Taravella started with the obligatory geneaology and childhood of Wickes (born Wickenhauser) and then traced her career meticulously. He interviewed friends and associates of Wickes and examined the papers she left to her alma mater, Washington University in St. Louis.
Wickes seemed like a high-spirited young woman and she enjoyed playing stage roles for laughs, although she also seemed to relish the occasional serious part she got. As she got older, and especially after her mother died, she became more likely to say what was on her mind and less likely to couch it in a joke or even a smile. Friends were sometimes hurt and offended, but she maintained some very good friendships her whole life, Lucille Ball among them.
It's a good biography, readable and entertaining, but not gossipy. Although Wickes fans may disagree, I think the biography was a better effort than her career warranted. I look forward to more biographies from Steve Taravella.
(Thanks to NetGalley for a review copy.)
43 of 45 people found the following review helpful.
A Distinct Surprise
By Michael Shepley
As a former St. Louisan, and someone who met Mary Wickes when she worked at The Muny Opera there in 1971, I was delighted to find this book on display at Barnes and Noble in New York City. No price is indicated, so I had sticker shock when the cash register rang $40 for this hardback. Still, I decided to go home with it. Mary Wickes, after all, is so much a part of American film (and stage, and TV) that it was tough to resist wanting to know more about her. Surprisingly, and thankfully, this book is a labor of love that goes way beyond the gushy, gossip-based books we have come to know in this genre. (This publisher, with its Hollywood Legends Series, seems dedicated to first-class efforts.) It's amazing that Steve Taravella stuck with this project as long as he did, and put so much scholarly time and research into it, because Mary Wickes -- not without interest -- was a prickly person. Many adored her; a few did not. Those of us who live alone certainly can understand a sense of isolation and a "do it my way" strain that come through Mary. She was also considered "ugly," but she always had humor which made her so delightful as nosy housekeepers and maids and the like. When I met her, I had to drive her to or from a PR engagement. She was particularly attached to Washington University in St. Louis, and when it came out that my grandfather had been Chancellor there in the late Fifties and early Sixties, she was quite attentive and indicated that she had met and admired him. Still, there was something abrupt, even coarse, about her. Fans often think that actors will be like the characters they've played, and I guess I expected her to be like Emma in "White Christmas." I was shocked to read that the Motion Picture Academy neglected to include her in their video tribute of deceased actors the year she died. The truth is, she was as unique as they come, and that's what makes great screen personalities. The fact that she could take her looks and make them and her humor into a sustained career is truly remarkable. I'm very impressed with Steve Taravella and what he has accomplished. Given the depth of detail, I was surprised to find some misspelled names (Charles Adams for Addams, Zak Effron for Efron) but these are minor quibbles. I can't say it's a "happy read," but anyone interested in Mary Wickes (and there should be many, whether or not there really are) should definitely pick up a copy (substantially discounted on Amazon, I see!). I guess the book raises the question for me of whether I'd rather not know about someone's isolation and limitations and just watch "Now, Voyager" or "The Man Who Came to Dinner" (a terrible film, except for Mary), gratefully, over and over again. Somehow, though, it seems important that Steve Taravella has saluted her with a book she probably wouldn't have liked, but one that honors her place in our hearts and our culture.
Mary Wickes: I Know I've Seen That Face Before (Hollywood Legends Series), by Steve Taravella PDF
Mary Wickes: I Know I've Seen That Face Before (Hollywood Legends Series), by Steve Taravella EPub
Mary Wickes: I Know I've Seen That Face Before (Hollywood Legends Series), by Steve Taravella Doc
Mary Wickes: I Know I've Seen That Face Before (Hollywood Legends Series), by Steve Taravella iBooks
Mary Wickes: I Know I've Seen That Face Before (Hollywood Legends Series), by Steve Taravella rtf
Mary Wickes: I Know I've Seen That Face Before (Hollywood Legends Series), by Steve Taravella Mobipocket
Mary Wickes: I Know I've Seen That Face Before (Hollywood Legends Series), by Steve Taravella Kindle
Tidak ada komentar:
Posting Komentar