{"product_id":"an-open-book-paperback-1","title":"An Open Book - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Huston\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Far superior to the endless run of books by and about movie people, Mr. Huston shows a master screenwriter's skill in setting a scene and delineating a character with a few words.\"--\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAn Open Book\u003c\/i\u003e, this veteran of five marriages, innumerable friendships, practical jokes, horses, love affairs, and intellectual obsessions tells his own story in his own way. It is direct, unadorned, complete-and wonderful reading. Here is Huston on stage for the first time at age three, dressed in an Uncle Sam suit; in the ring at eighteen, boxing for small purses; selling his first short story to H.L. Mencken; down and out in London; acting in Greenwich Village; going to Hollywood to work for Jack Warner as a writer; directing his first picture, \u003ci\u003eThe Maltese Falcon;\u003c\/i\u003e filming dangerous combat scenes in the Aleutians and in Italy; and making over forty years worth of movies, from \u003ci\u003eKey Largo\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Would Be King\u003c\/i\u003e. And the stories behind those movies are often as exciting as the movies themselves, featuring such notables as Hemingway, Selznick, Sartre, Hepburn, Monroe, Flynn, Welles, Gable, Bogart, Clift, and Brando. \u003ci\u003eAn Open Book\u003c\/i\u003e is alive with John Huston's presence: his boldness and daring, his candor and style, and the spontaneity with which he followed his dreams to their ultimate destination, the well-deserved acclaim of a world enchanted by his work.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is alive with John Houston's presence: his boldness and daring, his candor and style, and the spontaneity with which he followed his dreams to their ultimate destination: the well-deserved acclaim of a world enchanted by his work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Huston\u003c\/b\u003e (1906-1987) directed 41 films, including \u003ci\u003eThe Red Badge of Courage, The African Queen, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePrizzi's Honor\u003c\/i\u003e, and acted in some twenty others. One of the most admired, colorful, and adventurous personalities of American movies, he has been the subject of many books and stories, only some of them true.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.14 x 8.94 x 5.88 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43158609887295,"sku":"9780306805738","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/S2hKNU94bGhKNUpBeldkQXlIc3BCdz09.webp?v=1776991567","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/an-open-book-paperback-1","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}