Madeleine Carroll: Actress and Humanitarian, from The 39 Steps to the Red Cross

Author:   John Pascoe
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
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9781476675466


Pages:   208
Publication Date:   30 May 2020
Format:   Paperback
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Madeleine Carroll: Actress and Humanitarian, from The 39 Steps to the Red Cross


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At the height of her celebrity, Madeleine Carroll (19061987) was the world's highest-paid actress. She worked alongside such greats as Laurence Olivier and Charles Laughton, British directors Victor Saville and Alfred Hitchcock, and Hollywood directors John Ford and Otto Preminger. She also did radio and television shows—all of which she abandoned to become a Red Cross worker. Piecing together long-lost facts, the author describes Carroll's almost indescribable life, narrating her personal highs and lows, as well as her fervent commitment to helping others - particularly child victims of war.

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Author:   John Pascoe
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 25.40cm
ISBN:  

9781476675466


ISBN 10:   1476675465
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   30 May 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix Preface 1 Introduction 3 Act I—Star of British Stage and Screen 5 One: The English Rose (1906–27) 5 Two: Star of the Silent Screen (1928) 12 Three: Stage Spectaculars (1929) 18 Four: Star of the Talkies (1930) 24 Five: Marriage (1931) 37 Six: Pleasure Cruise (1932) 43 Seven: Victor Saville (1933) 47 Eight: Hollywood (1934) 53 Nine: Alfred Hitchcock (1935) 64 Act II—Hollywood and the European Theater of War 75 Ten: The General Died at Dawn (1936) 75 Eleven: The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) 86 Twelve: United Artists, Then Paramount (1938) 93 Thirteen: The Radio Star (1939) 99 Fourteen: Technicolor (1940) 111 Fifteen: The Airman or the Seaman (1941) 125 Sixteen: Bob Hope's Favorite Blonde (1942) 131 Seventeen: United Seamen's Service (1943) 136 Eighteen: American Red Cross (1944–45) 142 Act III—Broadway, Broadcasting and Building a Better World 151 Nineteen: Love and Marriage (1946) 151 Twenty: The Film Producer (1947) 157 ­Twenty-One: The Broadway Star (1948) 159 ­Twenty-Two: The Public Speaker (1949) 164 ­Twenty-Three: The Television Pioneer (1950) 171 ­Twenty-Four: Married Life (1951–56) 174 ­Twenty-Five: The Radio Soap Star (1957–59) 183 ­Twenty-Six: The Watershed (1960–63) 187 ­Twenty-Seven: Beekman and Other Places (1964–86) 192 The Final Curtain (1987) 203 Filmography 205 Stage Performances 212 Selected Radio Performances 216 Chapter Notes 219 Bibliography 227 Index 231

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A very good biography...covers a lot of ground...Pascoe's research in thorough...a good read...[Carroll] led an eventful life, and the author does a terrific job laying it all out in detail. There's a good balance of her private life and her professional work. The photos are another plus for the book; they are an outstanding mix of portraits, scene stills and rare candids. --Classic Images


"""A very good biography...covers a lot of ground...Pascoe's research in thorough...a good read...[Carroll] led an eventful life, and the author does a terrific job laying it all out in detail. There's a good balance of her private life and her professional work. The photos are another plus for the book; they are an outstanding mix of portraits, scene stills and rare candids.""--Classic Images"


A very good biography...covers a lot of ground...Pascoe's research in thorough...a good read...[Carroll] led an eventful life, and the author does a terrific job laying it all out in detail. There's a good balance of her private life and her professional work. The photos are another plus for the book they are an outstanding mix of portraits, scene stills and rare candids. --Classic Images


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John Pascoe has been a researcher, writer and editor for British Steel, Arup and Electrocomponents. He is the holder of the Society for Technical Communication (STC) International Award of Excellence, STC Trans-European Award and CSI Honor Award for “outstanding achievement.” He lives in the United Kingdom.

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