Lana Turner

by Lana Turner

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052524106X
• ISBN13: 9780525241065
• Release Date: September 1982
• Publisher: Dutton Books
• Length: 311 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Greatest Legend Of All Time

Lana autobiography it's excellent! She truly is the original last huge legend of mgm studios and the star making machinery! Found at a soda shoppe skipping a high school typing class and asked if she'd like to be in films! And replies idk I'll have to ask my mother! In the beginning she showed she had not only drop dead gorgeous looks but some talent,in each film Lana was able to show showcase what an amazing actress she is, her work in zeigeld girl,bad and the beautiful,flame and the flesh, Madame x are just some of the amazing films Lana has made and undoubtedly show how talented Lana is! This book is like a diary that Lana kept ,it has everything Lana tells it all and in a very classy way. Her life was life a true life soap opera and she survived!

GREAT GIFT

LOVED THIS BOOK SO MUCH,GAVE IT AS A GIFT...IT LOOKS AS IF IT COULD HAVE BEEN SOLD FOR TWICE THE PRICE

From auburn to blonde, from Catholic student to goddess!

That, in my opinion, is a good summary of Lana Turner's rise to fame. Lana Turner was one of the most beautiful and talented actresses of her time, with unforgettable performances in classics like "The Postman Always Rings Twice", "Homecoming", "Johnny Eager", and "The Bad and the Beautiful". This autobiography is very gripping and provides a very entertaining look at Hollywood as experienced by Lana during her long and impressive career. There are three sections of great photos which show how timeless her beauty was. I agree with the previous reviewers' comments about Lana's descriptions of her failed marriages and not-so-perfect relationship with her daughter, but after all, a Hollywood legend like Lana had to defend and preserve her character. She's very candid about many events and scandals, and her writing style makes the book impossible to put down. For a "no-spin" account of Lana Turner I recommend searching for a biography, but unfortunately there are not many. This book is a definite must for all Lana Turner fans!

Hollywood's Bombshell Remembers

For quite some time, I didn't know what I thought about this book. It baffled me because it alternates between excruciating details about clothes, shoes, and hairstyles, and Lana's heartbreaking stories of love and betryal. Lana Turner was married seven times. The reasons she gives for marrying each of her husbands are about as trivial as the reasons she gives for divrcing them. For instance, she was dating someone, and then Joan Crawdford called her up and said he was HER man. So what does Lana do? She bumps into bandleader Artie Shaw at a party one night, and MARRIES the guy. THEN, even though she had never even met him before, she writes with genuine puzzlement that she didn't know he had been married twice before, or that he was abusive. She leaves him, finds out she is pregnant, and aborts the baby. Exit marriage one. Enter husband #2, Stephen Crane. She marries him on an impulse, finds out that he's still legally married to his first wife, and leaves him, angry and pregnant. She goes back, has the baby, and divorces him. Exit marriage number two. Enter husband #3. Millionare Bob Topping became her third husband, and she writes that she accepted his proposal because- get this- although she did not love him, and he was still married to someone else, "there's something awfully compelling about a big, diamond ring". And on and on. The faces change, but the story's almost exactly the same with each successive husband. The only thing she writes about with poignancy is her various failed attempts at motherhood and her countless miscarriages. She writes about how badly she wanted each pregnancy, yet when she became pregnant by movie idol Tyrone Power (who was still legally married to HIS first wife- surprise, surprise), she aborts that baby because she didn't want to ruin her career. I think Lana Turner wrote this book to prove that she wasn't as shallow as people thought she was. It was apparently lost on her that this book underlined that theory indefinitely.

Hollywood's Bombshell Remembers

For quite some time, I didn't know what I thought about this book. It baffled me because it alternates between excruciating details about clothes, shoes, and hairstyles, and Lana's heartbreaking stories of love and betrayal. Lana Turner was married seven times. The reasons she gives for marrying each of her husbands are about as trivial as the reasons she gives for divorcing them. For instance, she was dating someone, and then Joan Crawford called her up and said he was HER man. So what does Lana do? She bumps into bandleader Artie Shaw at a party later in the evening, and MARRIES the guy-- THAT night. THEN, even though she had never even met him before their wedding day, she writes with genuine amazement that SHE didn't know he had been married twice before, or that he was abusive. She leaves him, finds out she is pregnant, and aborts the baby. Exit marriage one. Enter husband #2, Stephen Crane. She marries him on an impulse, finds out that he's still legally married to his first wife, and leaves him, angry and pregnant. She reluctantly goes back,(after alot of "fatherly persuasion" from her mentor, Louis B. Mayer, President of MGM Studios) has the baby,a daughter named Cheryl Christina Crane, who infamously stabbed her mother's abusive gang- tied lover to death in a trial that rocked 1950's Hollywood to its core. However, long before this incident, Lana had already discarded Cheryl's father, Stephen;so it's so long husband number two. HELLO husband #3: Millionare Bob Topping became her third husband, and she writes that she accepted his proposal because- get this- although she did not love him, and he was still married to someone else, "there's something awfully compelling about a big, diamond ring". To my utter bafflement, she actually leaves this husband,too. And on and on, right down to the last matrimonial drop- a "drip" which consisted of a charlatan Hollywood hypontist doctor,Dr. Dante, Lana's seventh and last groom. FYI: in a strange turn of events, this last husband dumped HER, via a memo he'd taped to her bathroom mirror. It said something to the effect that he just couldn't do "this" anymore, and, therefore, she would not be seeing him (or most of her money) again. He signed the note, "Love, Muggs". Upon reading it, Miss Turner fell to the floor in a dead faint; not because he left her high and dry, but because she "had no idea" his nick-name was "Muggs." The only thing she writes about with poignancy is her various failed attempts at motherhood and her countless miscarriages. She writes about how badly she wanted each pregnancy, and she becomes pregnant by movie idol Tyrone Power (who-- gasp!- was still legally married to HIS first wife). I actually saw a glimmer of maturity and strength of character, because she told Tyrone, "D--- it!! NObody is going to take THIS baby away from me!" Tyrone Power left the decision entirely in Lana's perfectly-manicured hands,vowed to support any decision she made- then took the first thing sm

Very interesting.

I read this when I was 13 and I found it very well written and good