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American Prince : : a Memoir

Curtis, Tony, 1925-2010. Book - 2008 None on shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 5 out of 5

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Includes index.
New kid in town -- A battered childhood -- Fuck 'em and feed 'em fish -- Ensign Schwartz -- The dramatic workshop -- Dancing with Yvonne de Carlo -- Getting shot by Audie Murphy -- Janet and Piper -- The Hollywood scene -- Getting the girls to scream -- "The cat's in the bag, and the bag's in the river" -- The defiant one -- Some like it hot -- The end of a marriage -- My teenage bride -- Top of the world -- Downward spiral -- "What time is the enema?" -- Cocaine -- Maybe I'll live forever.
The legendary actor chronicles his odyssey from hard-knock childhood as the son of immigrant parents to Hollywood success, detailing his days as a tinseltown playboy, the film industry during Hollywood's Golden Era, and his life as an artist at the age of eighty.

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Tony Curtis submitted by johnnyringo on July 1, 2013, 2:05pm Great read about his life

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PUBLISHED
New York : Harmony Books, c2008.
Year Published: 2008
Description: xv, 364 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780307408495
0307408493

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Curtis, Tony, -- 1925-
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.