{"product_id":"madeleine-carroll-9781476675466","title":"Madeleine Carroll","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAct I—Star of British Stage and Screen 5\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne: The English Rose (1906–27) 5\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo: Star of the Silent Screen (1928) 12\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree: Stage Spectaculars (1929) 18\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFour: Star of the Talkies (1930) 24\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFive: Marriage (1931) 37\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSix: Pleasure Cruise (1932) 43\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeven: Victor Saville (1933) 47\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEight: Hollywood (1934) 53\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNine: Alfred Hitchcock (1935) 64\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAct II—Hollywood and the European Theater of War 75\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTen: The General Died at Dawn (1936) 75\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEleven: The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) 86\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwelve: United Artists, Then Paramount (1938) 93\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThirteen: The Radio Star (1939) 99\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFourteen: Technicolor (1940) 111\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFifteen: The Airman or the Seaman (1941) 125\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSixteen: Bob Hope's Favorite Blonde (1942) 131\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeventeen: United Seamen's Service (1943) 136\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEighteen: American Red Cross (1944–45) 142\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAct III—Broadway, Broadcasting and Building a Better World 151\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNineteen: Love and Marriage (1946) 151\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwenty: The Film Producer (1947) 157\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e­Twenty-One: The Broadway Star (1948) 159\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e­Twenty-Two: The Public Speaker (1949) 164\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e­Twenty-Three: The Television Pioneer (1950) 171\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e­Twenty-Four: Married Life (1951–56) 174\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e­Twenty-Five: The Radio Soap Star (1957–59) 183\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e­Twenty-Six: The Watershed (1960–63) 187\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e­Twenty-Seven: Beekman and Other Places (1964–86) 192\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Final Curtain (1987) 203\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFilmography 205\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStage Performances 212\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelected Radio Performances 216\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Notes 219\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography 227\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex 231\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040447627607,"sku":"9781476675466","price":27.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476675466.jpg?v=1750946778","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/madeleine-carroll-9781476675466","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}