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To the American public, she will always be remembered as the woman who had a grapefruit ground into her face by James Cagney in the 1931 film classic Public Enemy. In fact, in an acting career that spanned nearly four decades, Mae Clarke appeared in nearly 100 feature films and logged in nearly as many television appearances. During the two years before she died at the age of 82, Mae Clarke spent many hours reliving those years. In a series of candid and often poignant interviews, she talks about her years in Hollywood, her failed marriage, and her health problems.

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...will give the reader a very good idea of what a sensible and intelligent young actress, with no nonsense about her and no exaggerated notion of her own importance, had to do to make her way in Hollywood. * Classic Images *
...lively memoir that corrects our myopic vision of Clarke and her contribution to show business. * Past Times *

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      Publisher Scarecrow Press
      Published 10 April 1996
      ISBN-13 9780810830448
      978-0810830448
      ISBN-10 0810830442
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      Book Synopsis
      To the American public, she will always be remembered as the woman who had a grapefruit ground into her face by James Cagney in the 1931 film classic Public Enemy. In fact, in an acting career that spanned nearly four decades, Mae Clarke appeared in nearly 100 feature films and logged in nearly as many television appearances. During the two years before she died at the age of 82, Mae Clarke spent many hours reliving those years. In a series of candid and often poignant interviews, she talks about her years in Hollywood, her failed marriage, and her health problems.

      Trade Review
      ...will give the reader a very good idea of what a sensible and intelligent young actress, with no nonsense about her and no exaggerated notion of her own importance, had to do to make her way in Hollywood. * Classic Images *
      ...lively memoir that corrects our myopic vision of Clarke and her contribution to show business. * Past Times *

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