Sam Spiegel by Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni
Sam Spiegel (1904-85), the Austrian-born Hollywood film producer, won Oscar after Oscar, particularly through his famous association with British director David Lean on THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI and LAWRENCE OF ARABIA. There was also THE AFRICAN QUEEN with Bogart and Hepburn, ON THE WATERFRONT with Brando and THE LAST TYCOON with De Niro. From the University of Vienna, Spiegel went to America selling Palestinian cotton. While there, he lectured on drama and was briefly hired by MGM to advise on foreign-language versions. He was fired and went to Universal. In 1929, they sent him to Berlin to work on German productions for them, before reappearing in America calling himself S P Eagle! This dazzling biography - and literary debut - does justice to an emigre who went to America selling cotton and ended up filming a F Scott Fitzgerald novel. It depicts the good and the bad of an extraordinary man: an illuminating account of both the golden age of Hollywood and one of its most infuriatingly brilliant individuals.
'[A] major and suitably majestic biography' Sheridan Morley, LITERARY REVIEW; 'Compelling.. [Fraser-Cavassoni] not only displays insight into Spiegel's compartmentalised personality, but also demonstrates an impressive depth of knowledge about the workings of Hollywood' Christopher Silvester, SUNDAY TIMES; '[A] massively researched and hugely readable memoir' Quentin Falk, DAILY MAIL; 'Glorious' J. G. Ballard, GUARDIAN
Born in 1963, Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni is a daughter of Lady Antonia Fraser. She worked as a company assistant on the set of Spiegel's BETRAYAL, his last picture. Since 1988 she has worked as a magazine journalist for among others, Interview and Harper's Bazaar. This is her first book.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780751535556 |
| ISBN 10 | 0751535559 |
| Title | Sam Spiegel |
| Author | Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2004-03-04 |
| Number of pages | 512 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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