CARL ROLLYSON
Mr. Rollyson is the author of The Life of William Faulkner and The Last Days of…
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Alexis Smith: The Star Who Got Away
The actress, as Peter Shelley admits, is ‘a somewhat forgotten figure in movie history.’ Hollywood tried to build her up, but she never ascended to the top echelon of movie stars.
The Sun Never Really Set on Gloria Swanson
‘I have decided that when I become a star, I will be every inch and every moment a star.’ Hers was an exhausting ambition, and yet Swanson never swerved from the demands of stardom.
Unraveling the Complexities of the Marilyn Monroe Look
No matter the plethora of books about Marilyn Monroe, Terry Newman’s book breaks new ground — largely because its author writes with such authority and insight about an artist whose work continues to inspire.
It Took Two Women To Create Marilyn Monroe
Monroe and photographer Eve Arnold learned a good deal from one another, as is shown in the new edition of Arnold’s book, ‘Marilyn Monroe,’ featuring 100 color and black-and-white photographs of the actress.
Judging Charlie Chaplin
Although Chaplin was ill served by the American justice system, he behaved badly and sometimes stupidly, as Diane Kiesel shows.
Four Medieval Women Who Rocked
Women, in whatever guise, rarely won recognition, but the four exceptional women in Hetta Howes’s book excelled in public roles that called into question what was supposed to be the nature of women.
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