The Hustons: The Life & Times of a Hollywood Dynasty

The Hustons: The Life & Times of a Hollywood Dynasty

When John Huston died at 81 on August 28, 1987, America lost a towering figure in movie history. The director of such classic films as The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The African Queen, The Maltese Falcon, Prizziâ€™s Honor, and The Dead, John Huston evoked passionate responses from everyone he encountered. He was at the center of a dynasty, with three generations of Oscar winners (Walter, John and Anjelica). Now, for the first time as an e-book, the complete story of this remarkable family is told in The Hustons by Lawrence Grobel. The book chronicles the familyâ€™s historyâ€”from Walterâ€™s days on the vaudeville circuit and his later fame on Broadway, through Johnâ€™s meteoric rise, to Anjelicaâ€™s emergence as a great actress in film today. Grobel interviewed John Huston for over 100 hours and conducted 200 interviews with Johnâ€™s four children, three of his five wives, many of his mistresses, producers, writers, technicians, and a number of celebrities who rarely grant interviews. J.P. Donleavy named The Hustons the best book of the year when it was published. James A. Michener dubbed it a â€œMasterpiece.â€ Kirkus called it â€œSpellbinding.â€ Larry King thought it, â€œBiography writing at its absolute best.â€ Frederick Raphael wrote, â€œThe Hustons is a delicious, wicked guide to the delicious, wicked life of a sly, sadistic scoundrel who was equaled only by Byron in the sentimental cynicism and fecund carelessness with which he played the worldâ€™s game.â€ Alyn Brodsky in The Miami Herald called it, â€œAn engrossing study in family dynamicsâ€¦ Marvelousâ€¦This is one of the best biographies of a Hollywood personality sinceâ€”actually, I canâ€™t recall since when.â€ And the Hollywood Reporter said it â€œReads like a gutsy movie that might have been made by Huston himself.â€
Country USA
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2012-09-30
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2012-09-30
Format	Kindle eBook

The Hustons: The Life & Times of a Hollywood Dynasty

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