The Debonairs (FIRST EDITION; INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR)

James Robert Parish; Don E. Stanke (Authors); T. Allan Taylor (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0870002937 / ISBN 13: 9780870002939

Edité par Arlington House Publishers, 1975

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FIRST EDITION 1975, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Inscription by author Don E. Stanke on the front pastedown endpaper reads, "To John Hill, Thank you for being you, my friend and confidante! Forever, Don Stanke, Christmas, 1975". A 3"x5" color photograph is laid in, presumed to be Don E. Stanke with either his friend to whom the book was inscribed, (John Hill), or possibly co-author James Robert Parish (yet identities are not specifically known/confirmed). Hardcover. Bound in black and quarter gray linen cloth with a blind debossed image of a hat with the logo of Arlington House Publishers on the cover. Black lettering on the spine. Leaves are an off-white paper color. Heavily illustrated with over 300 black and white photographs throughout. Dustjacket is in gray, black and white color themes, and contains multiple black and white photographs on the front and back covers. Contains biographical information on eight great actors from the 1930's, specifically: George Brent, Melvyn Douglas, Cary Grant, Rex Harrison, Ray Milland, Robert Montgomery, David Niven and William Powell. The book's dedication page honors Herbert Marshall (1890-1963) and Adolphe Menjou (1890-1963), "who were debonair gentlemen on and off the screen". Indexed. 511 pp.FROM THE DUST JACKET: "To begin with, he had a mustache. Even if he didn't, he could have worn one with panache. He carried his cigarettes (regents, or some brand made especially for him) in a platinum case. If he smoked a pipe, he managed to avoid littering the landscape with ashes and dottle, and had no need for the usual paraphernalia of cleaners, tampers, and a messy tobacco pouch. Things came easy to him, money, adventure, women. But he did make things easier for lady luck, thanks to his incguity and wit. He enjoyed his success in opulent surroundings, wearing tasteful, expensive, perfect clothing like a second skin. He was the Debonair - a rather specialized model from the Thirties, now obsolete. You can still see the likes of him in old movies, which is where entertainment historians James Robert Parish and Don E. Stanke caught him Their charming new book, The Debonairs, probes eight leading men of the Thirties who most perfectly defined the Debonair manner, morality and method. Their careers, films, lives and personalities emerge in vivid detail."ABOUT THE AUTHORS:James Robert Parish, over the 1970's established himself as the foremost chronicler of Hollywood's Golden Era. Painstaking in research, meticulous to the last small detail, Mr. Paris manages to combine deep film scholarship with a bright style that makes reading irresistible. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, he is a member of the New York Bar. Mr. Parish is the author of Hollywood's Great Love Teams, The RKO Gals, The Fox Girls, The Paramount Pritties, The Tough Guys, Hollywood Character Actors, and nine other valuable film works.Don E. Stanke of San Francisco has interviewed more than 40 film and stage personalities, and his articles about these luminaries have appeared in motion picture journals from coast to coast. He is co-author of The Glamour Girls, The Debonairs, the Swashbucklers, The All-Americans, and The Leading Ladies, and has contributed to The Real Stars #2, The Tough Guys, and Hollywood Players: The Thirties.CONDITION: This copy is in near fine condition, with some light rubbing to the covers and corners are ever-so-lightly bumped. The dustjacket is also in near fine condition, with some rubbing on the covers, light chipping and wear along the corners and edges, and some light age toning on the inside and inner flaps. Endpapers bear very light discoloration and faint age toning around the page edges. Other than the inscription on the front pastedown endpaper, this copy is completely free from marginalia, annotation or creasing. Quite a lovely copy, perfect for any classic film enthusiast, movie star fan, or biography lover. Additional photos available upon request. At over 3 lbs., due to this book'.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Debonairs (FIRST EDITION; INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR)
• Éditeur: Arlington House Publishers
• Date de parution: 1975
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0870002937
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780870002939
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: First Edition.
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• État de la jaquette: Near Fine
• Poids: 50 onces
• Signé: Inscribed by author
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Biography & Autobiography

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Part of the Encore Film Book Classics series, this is a reprint of the original text to The Debonairs by James Robert Parish and Don E. Stanke. Things came easy to him: money, adventure, women. But he did make things easier for lady luck, thanks to his ingenuity, wit, and refined behavior. He enjoyed his success in opulent surroundings, wearing tasteful, expensive, perfect clothing like a second skin. He was the screen’s Debonair—a rather specialized model from Hollywood’s Golden Age. You can still see the likes of him in old movies. The Debonairs probes the intriguing lives of eight leading men of the bygone Tinseltown era; screen stars who most perfectly defined the Debonair manner, morality, and method. Their impressive careers, many major films, colorful lives, and memorable personalities emerge in vivid detail: RAY MILLAND—The quick smile, the easy disposition (and something deeper as displayed in The Lost Weekend) . . . ROBERT MONTGOMERY—Smooth and smart, he was the All-American sophisticate . . . DAVID NIVEN—Lighthearted enthusiasm almost hid the quiet courage of a gentleman . . . WILLIAM POWELL—Suave as silk, he could play a martini-guzzling detective or a bellowing head of the household with equal aplomb . . . GEORGE BRENT—Tough hero (in real life as well) turned light romantic lead . . . MELVYN DOUGLAS—So elegant he must have been born in a dinner jacket . . . REX HARRISON—His greatest professional problem was that he made it all look so easy . . . CARY GRANT—Larcenous or courtly, but always stylish. Whether aristocratic by birth or by training, the Debonair was always the gentleman—even when he was a cad. He made evening clothes respectable, a shoeshine necessary, gallantry indispensible. He flourished during the grim Depression. Now the dapper Debonairs stroll again in this book which contains hundreds of casts and credits of the subjects, pertinent critical judgments, contemporary reviews, and dimensional biographical studies of these gallants and their contemporaries (including the women in their lives). For all time, The Debonairs deftly captures this specialized type of sophisticated screen leading man as we love to remember them: impeccably tailored, unobtrusively rakish, sly, dry—and charming even when they aren’t half trying.