{"product_id":"gloria-swanson-paperback","title":"Gloria Swanson - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephen Micahael Shearer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGloria Swanson defined what it meant to be a movie star, but her unforgettable role in \u003ci\u003eSunset Boulevard \u003c\/i\u003eovershadowed the true story of her life. Now Stephen Michael Shearer sets the record straight in the first in-depth biography of the film legend. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSwanson was Hollywood's first successful glamour queen. Her stardom as an actress in the mid-1920s earned her millions of fans and millions of dollars. Realizing her box office value early in her career, she took control of her life. Soon she was not only producing her own films, she was choosing her scripts, selecting her leading men, casting her projects, creating her own fashions, guiding her publicity, and living an extravagant and sometimes extraordinary celebrity lifestyle. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe also collected a long line of lovers (including Joseph P. Kennedy) and married men of \u003ci\u003eher\u003c\/i\u003e choosing (including a French marquis, thus becoming America's first member of nobility). As a devoted and loving mother, she managed a quiet success of raising three children. Perhaps most important, as a keen businesswoman she also was able to extend her career more than sixty years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer astounding comeback as Norma Desmond in Billy Wilder's \u003ci\u003eSunset Boulevard\u003c\/i\u003e catapulted her back into the limelight. But it also created her long-misunderstood persona, one that this meticulous biography shows was only part of this independent and unparalleled woman.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSTEPHEN MICHAEL SHEARER is the author of \u003ci\u003ePatricia Neal: An Unquiet Life \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBeautiful: The Life of Hedy Lamarr\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written for the \u003ci\u003eLas Vegas Review-Journal \u003c\/i\u003eand is also a former model and actor, having appeared on stage, television, and in film. Shearer currently resides in Minnesota and New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 528\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.24 x 9.25 x 6.13 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 27, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42691998679103,"sku":"9781250871275","price":34.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/e1027113788e75df6d90363f898e5d32.webp?v=1764993873","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/gloria-swanson-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}