The Golden Girls of MGM: Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Lana Turner, Judy Garland, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly, and Others

by Jane Ellen Wayne

Book Overview

Garbo and Crawford. Ava, Hedy, Judy, Liz epitomized Hollywood's golden era. With a trembling lip or sultry eye, with a tear or song or husky whisper, these women held moviegoers across America in their sway from the hard times of the 1930s through the booming postwar years to the early sixties. They were royalty and box office, and led pampered public lives--furs, jewels, designer gowns; limousines, flash bulbs, handsome escorts--that captured the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786713038
• ISBN13: 9780786713035
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.6" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Stars Of The Golden Age Revealed

The Golden Girls of MGM is a fabulous book if you enjoy reading about the old school stars of Hollywood. This is one of the best biographies of old Hollywood I've ever read. As the cover suggests , the author has written individual chapters on each of those stars and then some. I found the book to be entertaining and juicy, without being overly salacious. The Golden Girls of MGM is worth every penny !

Another Wonderful Book From Jane Ellen Wayne

I always have a great time reading Jane Ellen Wayne's books. Once I started reading this one I could not put it down. Every chapter is filled with terrific stories about Hollywood's greatest actresses. You will learn all about Jeanette MacDonald's love affair with Nelson Eddy and Norma Shearer's marriage to Irving Thalberg. None of the ladies are portrayed as saints but if you can handle the truth you won't be disappointed.

Very good reading

I am very impressed with this book. I am learning things in every chapter. I have read it several times - and haven't done this in ages - so I have decided to read every page. I was going to skip some chapters of stars I wasn't fond of, but found I was learning things about others in those chapters. I have read most of Jane Ellen Wayne's books and love her style. I think The Golden Girls of MGM is her best.

For Movie Fans

I am an avid fan of old films so I was delighted to find The Golden Girls of MGM in my book store. Though I knew a lot about MGM, I discovered a great deal more in Wayne's thick and delicious book. These beautfiful and talented actresses are a great study. Wayne dishes the dirt, but she sticks to the basics as well.The book is written in a breathless style. I will read it again and agin over the years so that I can relive those Golden years that were magical, but not forgotten, thanks to this book,

SUPER!

WHAT A GREAT BOOK! I LAUGHED AND I CRIED AND I COULDN'T STOP READING.MS. WAYNE DOES A GREAT JOB DISHING THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY FACTS ABOUT THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE BUT THROUGH IT ALL, YOU LOVED THESE FAMOUS ACTRESSES WHO WERE MARRIED MANY TIMES BUT ALWAYS LOYAL TO GOOD OLD MGM.

Revealing

I loved this book. I felt that I got ten and more biographies of the most famous actresses in the world.It's well researched, and it's fun to read. The author emphasizes the good and the bad, the happy and the sad. I've read all of Jane Ellen's books and enjoy her style. The Golden Girls of MGM is one of her best.