Dreams That Money Can Buy: The Tragic Life of Libby Holman

by Jon Bradshaw

Book Overview

Dreams That Money Can Buy: The Tragic Life of Libby Holman This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688011586
• ISBN13: 9780688011581
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 431 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.

Customer Reviews

she was a fabulous old witch!

libby holman's name was given a recent go around when demi moore was looking for a good strong vehicle. she had been two go-arounds prior by film (more or less) with 1935's 'reckless', starring jean harlow and 'written on the wind', which brought dorothy malone an oscar for one of the most hysterical performances given by a female. i would like to see this fine book be the basis for a film bio of holman. it would have been ideal for cher after her oscar win for 'moonstruck'. her life has the makings of a good film. she was a vivid stage personality, then a tragic figure smeared across the tabloids when her first husband committed suicide and she was incriminated in his death (i guess the fact that he was sole heir to the reynolds tobacco fortune made some of the suspicion happen) and her equally tragic relationships with younger actors ralph holmes and montgomery clift make her a prime candidate for big-screen adaptation. bradshaw is a strong and capable author. he tells holman's story with an objective pen. and this is hard to keep up as we see her live through the tragedy of losing her only son, a fantastic comeback in the new york cabaret circuit, life as a philanthropist and her final escape from the world that had been unkind to her. but he manages to do it and to make her life an interesting read. she is definitely someone to remember her by.