Hollywood's Great Love Teams - Tapa blanda

Part of the Encore Film Book Classics series, this is a reprint of the original text of Hollywood’s Great Love Teams by James Robert Parish. Back when Hollywood stars cast their light across the land every night—and even on Saturday afternoon—the great love teams shone brightest of all. Great romance duos won the fans right from the start of the American film industry as Francis X. Bushman & Beverly Bayne, Harold Lockwood & May Allison pitched passionate if mute woo on the silver screen. These were the ancestors, but the best was yet to come. This volume focuses on 28 of the most popular teams ever to pair on the Hollywood screen. Ronald Colman & Vilma Banky . . . Greta Garbo & John Gilbert . . . Janet Gaynor & Charles Farrell . . . Joan Crawford & Clark Gable . . Dick Powell & Ruby Keeler . . . Clark Gable & Jean Harlow . . . Kay Francis & George Brent . . . William Powell & Myrna Loy . . . Leslie Howard & Bette Davis . . . Jeanette MacDonald & Nelson Eddy . . . Errol Flynn & Olivia de Havilland . . . Margaret Sullavan & James Stewart . . . Tyrone Power & Loretta Young . . . James Cagney & Ann Sheridan . . . Greer Garson & Walter Pidgeon . . . Clark Gable & Lana Turner . . . Spencer Tracy & Katharine Hepburn . . . Alan Ladd & Veronica Lake . . . Maria Montez & Jon Hall . . . Claudette Colbert & Fred MacMurray . . . June Allyson & Van Johnson . . . Tony Curtis & Janet Leigh . . . David Niven & Deborah Kerr . . . Rock Hudson & Doris Day . . . Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward . . . Mickey Rooney & Judy Garland . . . Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall . . . and Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton. Hollywood’s Great Love Teams is a treasure trove of information: feature film listings of each member of the illustrious star duos presented . . . 178 evocative recreations and reviews of each team’s most famous movies, with comprehensive casts and credits . . . and detailed, perceptive biographies of these celebrated movie gods and goddesses.

JAMES ROBERT PARISH, a former entertainment reporter, publicist, and book series editor, is the author of many published major biographies and reference books on the entertainment industry including Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You; The Hollywood Book of Extravagance; It’s Good to Be the King: The Seriously Funny Life of Mel Brooks; The Hollywood Book of Breakups; Fiascos: Hollywood’s Iconic Flops; The Hollywood Book of Scandals; The Hollywood Book of Love; Hollywood Divas; Jet Li; Hollywood Bad Boys; The Encyclopedia of Ethnic Groups in Hollywood; The Hollywood Book of Death; Gus Van Sant; Whoopi Goldberg; Rosie O’Donnell’s Story; The Unofficial “Murder, She Wrote” Casebook; Today’s Black Hollywood; Let’s Talk! America’s Favorite TV Talk Show Hosts; Prison Pictures from Hollywood; Prostitution in Hollywood Films; The Great Cop Pictures; Ghosts and Angels in Hollywood Films; Pirates and Seafaring Swashbucklers on the Hollywood Screen; Gays and Lesbians in Mainstream Cinema; The Paramount Pretties; and The Fox Girls. Mr. Parish is a frequent oncamera interviewee on cable and network TV for documentaries on the performing arts. The author resides in Studio City, California.