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Evelyn Brent:

The Life and Films of Hollywood's Lady Crook
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McFarland, 2009 - Biography & Autobiography - 302 pages
"Evelyn Brent's life and career were going quite well in 1928. But by the end of that year Brent was headed for a quick, downward spiral ending in bankruptcy and occasional work as an extra. What happened is a complicated story laced with bad luck, poor decisions, and treachery detailed in the first and only full-length biography"--Provided by publisher.
  

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Having just seen Brent in Von Sternberg's 1927 'Underworld', and being intrigued, I obtained her biography through interlibrary loan. In this $45 paperback there are 102 pages of biography and 137 ... Read full review

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Selected pages

Contents

Preface
3
Europe
18
Stardom
39
A Surprise Marriage
54
Life with Harry Edwards
62
Financial Disaster
75
Vaudeville
89
Finished
98
A Cult Figure
112
The Films 19141950
123
Television Appearances
259
Filmography Notes
279
Index
285
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Evelyn Brent: The Life and Films of Hollywood's Lady Crook
Evelyn Brent: The Life and Films of Hollywood's Lady Crook
Lynn Kear,James King
No preview available - 2009

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TitleEvelyn Brent: The Life and Films of Hollywood's Lady Crook
AuthorsLynn Kear, James King
PublisherMcFarland, 2009
ISBN0786454687, 9780786454686
Length302 pages
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Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts
  
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