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Charmed Lives: A Family Romance | Michael Korda
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A Rolls Royce Silver Cloud drove him to airports; the British film industry kowtowed to his power; the great Hollywood studios fawned at his feet.Sir Alexander Korda, one of the world's most flamboyant movie tycoons, rose from obscurity in rural Hungary to become a legendary filmmaker. With him were his brothers, Zoltan and Vincent, all living charmed lives in circles that included H. G. Wells, Sir Lawrence Olivier, Marlena Dietrich, Vivien Leigh, and Merle Oberon, who was soon to be Alex's wife. But along with Alex's flair for success was an equally powerful impulse for destruction. Now, Vincent's son, Michael Korda, in the first book of his memoirs, recalls the enchanted figures of his childhood...the glory days of the Korda brothers' great films...and then their heartbreaking, tragic end.
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I thought this wildly eye-opening book(pictured)by S&S editor-in-chief would be all about Jackie Susann, since it became a cheesy-fun film with Bette Midler. Turns out Korda handled many 70s authors & sunk a shocking bundle of $$ publicizing their books. They even gave away silver ankhs to promote The Love Machine! He also handled McMurtry,& Joan Crawford—who gave advice on raising kids in her memoir. What?!?🤦🏻‍♀️😳
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allureofbeauty The movie was fun. 2y
UwannaPublishme @allureofbeauty Love Bette! I need to watch it again. 2y
TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! Also, guess who has a half-written letter to you on their desk?? 😂 I only started it two weeks ago, so I'm sure it will be in the mail one of these days! 2y
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UwannaPublishme @TheAromaofBooks Aww, thx for thinking of me. And hey, I‘m not going anywhere, so take your time. 😁❤️🤗✍🏻💌 2y
TheAromaofBooks So I really wanted to send you a small birthday gift. It's obviously taken me way past your birthday to accomplish this 😂 I fit it into a box, but then when I got to the post office my PO lady basically told me I was ridiculous and repackaged the entire thing so that it would fit into a flat rate envelope and go for half the price. So if it packaging seems a little wonky... it is! 😆 2y
UwannaPublishme @TheAromaofBooks Wow Sarah! Just received your (not at all wonky)package today. What a treat! I‘m now surrounded by my favorite Peanuts! Thank you SO much, my friend. 😉😁🥜😋P.S. Your PO lady Rocks! 1y
TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! So glad it got their safely. It's mostly been sitting on my table for two weeks 😂 My PO lady really does rock. She rules that post office with an iron fist (and by that I mean everyone who goes there since she's the only employee who works there) but she does look out for us, too! 1y
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