{"product_id":"sal-mineo-book-michael-gregg-michaud-9780307718686","title":"Sal Mineo","description":"Sal Mineo is probably most well-known for his unforgettable, Academy Award-nominated turn opposite James Dean in \u003ci\u003eRebel Without a Cause\u003c\/i\u003e and his tragic murder at the age of thirty-seven. Finally, in this riveting new biography filled with exclusive, candid interviews with both Mineo's closest female and male lovers and never-before-published photographs, Michael Gregg Michaud tells the full story of this remarkable young actor's life, charting his meteoric rise to fame and turbulent career and private life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of the hottest stars of the 1950s, Mineo grew up as the son of Sicilian immigrants in a humble Bronx flat. But by age eleven, he appeared on Broadway in Tennessee Williams's \u003ci\u003eThe Rose Tattoo, \u003c\/i\u003e and then as Prince Chulalongkorn in the original Broadway production of \u003ci\u003eThe King and I\u003c\/i\u003e starring Yul Brynner and Gertrude Lawrence. This sultry-eyed, dark-haired male ing nue of sorts appeared on the cover of every major magazine, thousands of star-struck fans attended his premieres, and millions bought his records, which included several top-ten hits. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis life offstage was just as exhilarating: full of sports cars, motor boats, famous friends, and some of the most beautiful young actresses in Hollywood. But it was fourteen-year-old Jill Haworth, his costar in \u003ci\u003eExodus\u003c\/i\u003e--the film that delivered one of the greatest acting roles of his life and earned him another Academy Award nomination and a Golden Globe win--with whom he fell in love and moved to the West Coast. But by the 1960s, a series of professional missteps and an increasingly tumultuous private life reversed his fortunes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy the late sixties and early seventies, grappling with the repercussions of publicly admitting his homosexuality and struggling to reinvent himself from an aging teen idol, Mineo turned toward increasingly self-destructive behavior. Yet his creative impulses never foundered. He began directing and producing controversial off-Broadway plays that explored social and sexual taboos. He also found personal happiness in a relationship with male actor Courtney Burr. Tragically, on the cusp of turning a new page in his life, Mineo's life was cut short in a botched robbery. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRevealing a charming, mischievous, creative, and often scandalous side of Mineo few have known before now, \u003ci\u003eSal Mineo\u003c\/i\u003e is an intimate, moving biography of a distinctive Hollywood star. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50121513828625,"sku":"CIN0307718689G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50485533638929,"sku":"CIN0307718689VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50509100450065,"sku":"GOR006500410","price":13.5,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":51841190199569,"sku":"CIN0307718689A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53143887020305,"sku":"GOR005292950","price":23.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0307718689.jpg?v=1750695688","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/de-ch\/products\/sal-mineo-buch-michael-gregg-michaud-9780307718686","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}