Paulette: The Adventurous Life of Paulette Goddard

by Joe Morella and Edward Z. Epstein

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312598297
• ISBN13: 9780312598297
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.

Customer Reviews

PAULETTE GODDARD "HAPPINESS IS THE ABSENCE OF PAIN. `RETOUCHING' IS THE ABSENCE OF BEAUTY.

Plain Pauline Marion Levy humble beginnings poor as poor became Paulette Goddard Beautiful, Sexy, Glamorous, Enchanting, Inspiring and Exciting. Charlie Chaplin's Famous Gamine in Modern Times and The Great Dictator, Paulette went on to get the Hollywood nod by being Oscar Nominated for best supporting actress for the wisecracking seductive nurse in So Proudly We Hail 1943. Paulette Goddard was never one to give up so full of life and charm, a great traveller, a free Spirit with wit and intelligence to capture the heart of genius. This book is about Paulette Goddard's Adventurous Life. I actually read this book in one go which means I throughly enjoyed it and couldn't put it down. Colourful is the best way for me to describe this. Although her film work is documented and looked into and talked about as we go through her life, the main focus I felt was on her marriages, men and party lifestyle. There's also a lot of factual information going on. It must be a difficult task to put something together on this woman; more of a challenge, trying to discover who exactly Paulette Goddard was. It fascinated me that all through her life she never gave anyone the correct answer just toyed with her answer. Even her date of birth and birthplace stated as 3 June 1910, Whitestone Landing, Long Island, New York, USA is really still a question mark to everyone including the FBI who started to investigate her during the 1930's. Paulette was a master of deceiving the press, friends and generally playing the Hollywood game. In life no one was given a straight answer it baffled all and made her more intriguing. Paulette was a very smart Woman. There's two thing's I caught on quick about Paulette Goddard she lifted the Spirit in her men and her life was never a boring one. Her Four husbands are just starters, 1927-1931 Edward, Edwin or Edgar James? Very Rich, if Paulette had her way later in life, she would have forgotten she was married to this one, maybe if it wasn't for the nice divorce settlement. Next up 1936-1942 Charlie Chaplin genius, Paulette played a brilliant game with the press, giving them the run around for years about marriage were they, weren't they? Paulette lifted him from his loneliness; Modern Times was the result. Living with a genius was never easy, although they kept their friendship at a distant later on they had much respect for one another. 1944-1949 Burgess Meredith remarkable actor they were well suited and went into many business enterprises together. 1958-1970 his death, Author Enrich Maria Remarque (All Quiet on the Western Front) another incredible mind, Paulette had finally met her match, Paulette recalls this moment in her life 'all we needed was each other'. George Gershwin wanted to marry her, Clark Gable dated her; Diego Rivera painted her calling her Shimmering spirit, inner fire. Her party scene circles, H.G Wells, Aldous Huxley, Harry Hopkins, Jock Whitney, The king of Yugoslavia, Jean Cocteau, Jean Renoir, John Steinbeck,