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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791711903321

Autore

Edwards Anne <1927->

Titolo

Leaving home [[electronic resource] ] : a Hollywood blacklisted writer's years abroad / / Anne Edwards

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Landahm, : Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2012

ISBN

1-283-54820-8

9786613860651

0-8108-8200-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (319 p.)

Disciplina

813/.54

B

Soggetti

Authors, American - 20th century

Screenwriters - United States

Expatriate authors - England - London

Blacklisting of authors - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

The departure -- An American in a queen's land -- In a London kind of fog -- A dream is born -- Gentlemen don't always prefer blonds -- "My kid seems to like your kid" -- "Everything in life is a gamble" -- A time for decision and Norman Mailer -- Love and other emotions -- "Funny girl" -- Hollywood calling -- A question of adultery -- The end of an affair -- Judy, Judy, Judy! -- The emerald city of Madrid -- Swiss interlude -- On the Riviera -- Going home -- Last call.

Sommario/riassunto

In this new memoir, Anne Edwards-bestselling author of biographies on Judy Garland, Vivien Leigh, Margaret Mitchell, and Ronald Reagan-turns the spotlight on herself, chronicling her 20-year exile from the United States from the 1950s until the early 1970s.