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Praise for Gloria Swanson: The Ultimate Star Shearer succeeds brilliantly in not missing a moment of 1920s Hollywood starlet Gloria Swanson's gilded, imperfect life. ... Shearer's riveting, weighty biography is a powerful paean to the silent movie era, its renowned stars and directors, and to Gloria, who was as famous for her acting as for her liveried butlers, generous gifts, and extravagant Parisian shopping sprees. -- Publishers Weekly In this excellently detailed account of actress Gloria Swanson's life, we see a young starlet grow into the unforgettable 'Norma Desmond' from Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard. ... With a glimpse into the lives of the full range of film stars, an examination of the tribulations in Hollywood through World War II, and a complete look at Swanson's robust life, this well-written title is sure to please any reader with a passion for classic Hollywood movies. -- Library Journal Reveals the passion, the ego and the insecurities that propelled the movie queen through a seven-decade Hollywood career in which she was a remarkably modern woman years ahead of her time: producing her own movies, choosing her scripts and leading men on-screen and off, becoming a flamboyant Hollywood magnate and blowing a fortune indulging her libido. ... Stephen Michael Shearer exposes the demons that drove the egocentric screen siren. -- The Daily Express (UK) Stephen Shearer... is to be lauded for his scholarship and the depth of his research. -- New York Journal of Books A comprehensive biography of Swanson, who was not only one of film's biggest stars in her day but an astute and successful businesswoman. -- Tampa Bay Times Praise for Beautiful: The Life of Hedy Lamarr A fascinating biography that recreates Hollywood's Golden Age of Glamour. -- Publishers Weekly Much more than a standard Hollywood biography. -- Edge Magazine In Beautiful, Mr. Shearer writes with hu

Praise for Beautiful: The Life of Hedy Lamarr <br> A fascinating biography that recreates Hollywood's Golden Age of Glamour. <br>-- Publishers Weekly<br><br> Much more than a standard Hollywood biography. -- Edge Magazine<br><br> In Beautiful , Mr. Shearer writes with humor and has fun with some of the glorious nonsense of Lamarr's movies. -- The Wall Street Journal

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STEPHEN MICHAEL SHEARER is the author of Patricia Neal: An Unquiet Life and Beautiful: The Life of Hedy Lamarr. He has written for the Las Vegas Review-Journal and is also a former model and actor, having appeared on stage, television, and in film. Shearer currently resides in Minnesota and New York City.

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