{"product_id":"eleanor-parker-woman-of-a-thousand-faces-paperback","title":"Eleanor Parker: Woman of a Thousand Faces - 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\u003eDoug McClelland\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first book on enduring Hollywood star Eleanor Parker, long underrated despite three best actress Academy Award nominations (Caged, 1950; Detective Story, 1951; Interrupted Melody, 1955). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eParker was a beauty as well as a versatile actress, and her achievements approach those of more publicized colleagues Bette Davis and Katharine Hepburn. With Parker's blessing and her son Paul Clemens' cooperation, Doug McClelland has written one of the most thorough examinations of a film star's career. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book is valuable to librarians, academies, and film enthusiasts for its extensive documentation and analyses of all of Parker's work, for the bibliographies of her coverage in books and periodicals, for the portrait of a glamorous, creative era in filmmaking, and for the insights into the careers of Eleanor Parker's associates, many among the most heavily researched motion picture artists of cinema's \"Golden Age.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book contains a forward by noted screenwriter William Ludwig, who won an Academy Award for Parker's Interrupted Melody, and afterword by Marjorie Lawrence, the opera singer whom Parker portrayed in Interrupted Melody, and photos of Eleanor Parker that show her in many of her \"thousand faces.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDoug McClelland\u003c\/b\u003e, a former newspaper and magazine editor, is a writer-lecturer on film. He is the author of eleven books, including \u003ci\u003eSusan Hayward: The Divine Bitch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDown the Yellow Brick Road: The Making of the Wizard of Oz\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHollywood on Ronald Reagan\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written for such periodicals as \u003ci\u003eAfter Dark\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFilms in Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHollywood Studio Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.12 x 5.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 1989\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53803075567923,"sku":"9780810848368","price":136.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Zm2c7Z3koJ9780810848368.webp?v=1786006234","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/eleanor-parker-woman-of-a-thousand-faces-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}