2001, ISBN: 0385335156

[EAN: 9780385335157], Neubuch, [SC: 0.0], [PU: Penguin Random House LLC Mär 2001], BIOGRAPHY / AUTOBIOGRAPHY; & AUTOBIOGRAPHY ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMING ARTS; COMPOSERS MUSICIANS; AUTOBIOGR… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780385335157], Neubuch, [SC: 0.0], [PU: Penguin Random House LLC Mär 2001], BIOGRAPHY / AUTOBIOGRAPHY; & AUTOBIOGRAPHY ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMING ARTS; COMPOSERS MUSICIANS; AUTOBIOGRAPHY/ RICH FAMOUS; WOMEN, Neuware - She lived at full throttle on stage, screen, and in real life, with highs that made history and lows that finally brought down the curtain at age forty-seven. Judy Garland died over thirty years ago, but no biography has so completely captured her spirit -- and demons -- until now. From her tumultuous early years as a child performer to her tragic last days, Gerald Clarke reveals the authentic Judy in a biography rich in new detail and unprecedented revelations. Based on hundreds of interviews and drawing on her own unfinished -- and unpublished -- autobiography, Get Happy presents the real Judy Garland in all her flawed glory.With the same skill, style, and storytelling flair that made his bestselling Capote a landmark literary biography, Gerald Clarke sorts through the secrets and the scandals, the legends and the lies, to create a portrait of Judy Garland as candid as it is compassionate. Here are her early years, during which her parents sowed the seeds of heartbreak and self-destruction that would plague her for decades . the golden age of Hollywood, brought into sharp focus with cinematic urgency, from the hidden private lives of the movie world's biggest stars to the cold-eyed businessmen who controlled the machine . and a parade of brilliant and gifted men -- lovers and artists, impresarios and crooks -- who helped her reach so many creative pinnacles yet left her hopeless and alone after each seemingly inevitable fall. Here, then, is Judy Garland in all her magic and despair: the woman, the star, the legend, in a riveting saga of tragedy, resurrection, and genius., Books<