Norma Shearer: A LifeDrawing on the reminiscences of friends and colleagues, as well as on private archives, this evocative portrait of the great Hollywood star captures the triumphant film career and tragic private life of Norma Shearer |
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User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictNorma Shearer was queen of the MGM lot in the 1930s. Married to the studio's head of production, Irving Thalberg, Shearer starred in such movies as The Divorcee , The Women , and Idiot's Delight . She ... Read full review
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Hollywood in Crisis: Cinema and American Society, 1929-1939 Colin Shindler No preview available - 1996 |