Kim R. Holston is a staff librarian in the multimedia department of Chester County Library, Exton, Pennsylvania where he assists the public seeking recommendations on motion pictures, audiobooks, eBooks, and music CDs. He has written or cowritten several books for McFarland.

• Table of ContentsPreface     viiiIntroduction     1 Brooklyn     2 Hollywood or Bust     3 Star Billing and Recognition     4 Star and Superstar     5 Personal Problems, Professional Triumphs     6 Better Than the Material     7 Bowing Out     Appendix: Chronology     Filmography     Notes     Bibliography     Index

There are girls in Hollywood whose outer hardness conceals only an inner hardness. Miss Hayward, I would say, is not in this class. She has miscalculated too often to be accused of being calculating. She struck me as being intelligent, gifted and blunt - down to earth without being earthy. - Thomas Wiseman, The Seven Deadly Sins of Hollywood.

Kim R. Holston is a staff librarian in the multimedia department of Chester County Library, Exton, Pennsylvania where he assists the public seeking recommendations on motion pictures, audiobooks, eBooks, and music CDs. He has written or cowritten several books for McFarland.

• Table of ContentsPreface     viiiIntroduction     1 Brooklyn     2 Hollywood or Bust     3 Star Billing and Recognition     4 Star and Superstar     5 Personal Problems, Professional Triumphs     6 Better Than the Material     7 Bowing Out     Appendix: Chronology     Filmography     Notes     Bibliography     Index

There are girls in Hollywood whose outer hardness conceals only an inner hardness. Miss Hayward, I would say, is not in this class. She has miscalculated too often to be accused of being calculating. She struck me as being intelligent, gifted and blunt - down to earth without being earthy. - Thomas Wiseman, The Seven Deadly Sins of Hollywood.

Kim R. Holston is a staff librarian in the multimedia department of Chester County Library, Exton, Pennsylvania where he assists the public seeking recommendations on motion pictures, audiobooks, eBooks, and music CDs. He has written or cowritten several books for McFarland.

• Table of ContentsPreface     viiiIntroduction     1 Brooklyn     2 Hollywood or Bust     3 Star Billing and Recognition     4 Star and Superstar     5 Personal Problems, Professional Triumphs     6 Better Than the Material     7 Bowing Out     Appendix: Chronology     Filmography     Notes     Bibliography     Index

There are girls in Hollywood whose outer hardness conceals only an inner hardness. Miss Hayward, I would say, is not in this class. She has miscalculated too often to be accused of being calculating. She struck me as being intelligent, gifted and blunt - down to earth without being earthy. - Thomas Wiseman, The Seven Deadly Sins of Hollywood.