{"product_id":"odd-man-out-james-mason-a-biography-paperback","title":"Odd Man Out: James Mason - A Biography - 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\u003eSheridan Morley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Incredibly good-looking, in a dark way ... that curious quality of a man with an eternal secret. ... That was what was so arresting. ... That and the voice.' \u003cem\u003eGeraldine Fitzgerald\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe reason for watching a James Mason film, as the film critic Pauline Kael once noted, was usually only James Mason himself.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMason was actually pointed toward a career in architecture before acting overtook him during his third year at Cambridge. He went on to make an indelible impression playing emotionally haunted characters on stage and screen, such as one early stand-out role, Johnny McQueen in Carol Reed's \u003cem\u003eOdd Man Out\u003c\/em\u003e (1947).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMason and his first wife, Pamela, arrived in the United States in the late forties, and the Hollywood phase of his career lasted through the 1950s. It memorably included diverse classics such as \u003cem\u003eThe Desert Fox\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eA Star is Born\u003c\/em\u003e (for which he was Oscar-nominated) and \u003cem\u003eNorth by Northwest\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfter his return to Europe, and remarried to Clarissa Kaye, he continued in landmark movies such as \u003cem\u003eLolita\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGeorgy Girl\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Verdict\u003c\/em\u003e and, his last, \u003cem\u003eThe Shooting Party\u003c\/em\u003e, receiving two more Oscar nominations in the process. But in this revealing book, Mason is shown to be a highly sensitive man uncomfortable with stardom, and often at odds with attempts to mould or typecast him. He remains, in legacy, the most intriguing and unpredictable of the great screen-actors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'James knew how to steal movies, and give a performance that only really got noticed when the whole film was put together; so he would emerge with immense distinction having apparently been doing very little on the set.' \u003cem\u003eChristopher Plummer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 214\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 05, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52452843192627,"sku":"9781911413653","price":26.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/cVNIRlZlbFJFRlV1QWs3UkFtbEk2UT09.webp?v=1759118318","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/odd-man-out-james-mason-a-biography-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}