Overview

Captured forever in a unique memoir, Broadway and film star Frank Langella's myriad encounters with some of the past century's most famous human beings are profoundly affecting, funny, wicked, sometimes shocking, and utterly irresistible. With sharp wit and a perceptive eye, Mr. Langella takes us with him into the private worlds and privileged lives of movie stars, presidents, royalty, literary lions, the social elite, and the greats of the Broadway stage. How did Mr. Langella terrify a dozing Jackie Onassis Why did he streak for Sir Laurence Olivier in an English castle What led Elizabeth Taylor to wrap him in her pashmina scarf Why did the Queen Mother need Mr. Langella's help And what did Marilyn Monroe say to him that helped change the course of his life Through these shared experiences, we learn something, too, of Mr. Langella's personal journey from the age of fifteen to the present day. Like its author—and its subjects—Dropped Names is simply riveting and unforgettable.

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The 65 chapters in this satisfyingly scandalous memoir paint Broadway and Hollywood as teeming with vulgar, neurotic and irresistible company, and Langella as relentlessly affable in the face of nonstop groping by celebrities in far-flung locations. --Paperback Row, New York Times

Frank Langella's DROPPED NAMES is a different kind of memoir. . . . Not many of his peers could write such an eloquently dishy book. --Los Angeles Times

Author Information

Frank Langella has been a star of stage and screen for over four decades. In 2009, he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his portrayal of Richard Nixon in Ron Howard’s big-screen adaptation of Frost/Nixon, a role that had previously earned him his third Tony for its stage performance. Langella scored an artistic and critical success in 2005 playing William Paley in George Clooney’s historical docudrama, Good Night and Good Luck. Throughout the 1990s, Langella acted in a number of box-office and critical successes, including Ivan Reitman’s Dave, Adrian Lyne’s Lolita, and Roman Polanski’s The Ninth Gate. Most recently he has been seen in Oliver Stone’s Wall Street II, All Good Things, and Unknown.

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