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# Read # Dropped Names: Famous Men and Women As I Knew Them by Frank Langella ✓ eBook or Kindle ePUB. Dropped Names: Famous Men and Women As I Knew Them Langella’s personal journey from the age of fifteen to the present day. Dropped Names is, like its subjects, riveting and unforgettable.. Langella takes us with him into the private worlds and privileged lives of movie stars, presidents, royalty, literary lions, the social elite, and the greats of the Broadway stage. With sharp wit and a perceptive eye, Mr. Rita Hayworth dancing by candlelight; Elizabeth Taylor tenderly wrapping him in her Pashmina scarf; streaking for Sir Laurenc
| Title | : | Dropped Names: Famous Men and Women As I Knew Them |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.95 (648 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0062094491 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-12 |
| Language | : | English |
This is his first book.. Frank Langella has been a professional actor for over five decades and hopes to carry on for several more. He began performing as a boy in his hometown of Bayonne, New Jersey, and currently resides in New York City
Langella’s personal journey from the age of fifteen to the present day. Dropped Names is, like its subjects, riveting and unforgettable.. Langella takes us with him into the private worlds and privileged lives of movie stars, presidents, royalty, literary lions, the social elite, and the greats of the Broadway stage. With sharp wit and a perceptive eye, Mr. Rita Hayworth dancing by candlelight; Elizabeth Taylor tenderly wrapping him in her Pashmina scarf; streaking for Sir Laurence Olivier in a drafty English castle; terrifying a dozing Jackie Onassis; carrying an unconscious Montgomery Clift to safety on a dark New York streetCaptured forever in a unique memoir, Frank Langella’s myriad encounters with some of the past century’s most famous human beings are profoundly affecting, funny, wicked, sometimes shocking, and utterly irresistible. We learn something, too, of Mr
Magnificent, Poignant AudreyLM I downloaded Mr. Langella's memoir on Audible so had the immense pleasure of hearing him read his own words. Growing up in NY in the 60s and 70s I was treated to a Broadway show on every birthday and adored Frank Langella in Dracula on my 17th. I was eager to learn more about him and now I have, but oh how much more I've received from this exquisite, wry, utterly revealing look at so many legendary actors, many at the sometimes tragic. Susan Haase said If You're a Frank Langella Fan or If You Love the Theaterthis book is for you!. I have been a fan of Frank Langella's for years. I first saw him in, "The Diary of a Mad Housewife" years and years ago. Since then, I have followed his career on the stage and in movies, finding him more of a "theater" actor than a screen actor. After seeing him win (another) Tony a couple of weeks ago ("If You're a Frank Langella Fan or If You Love the Theaterthis book is for you!" according to Susan Haase. I have been a fan of Frank Langella's for years. I first saw him in, "The Diary of a Mad Housewife" years and years ago. Since then, I have followed his career on the stage and in movies, finding him more of a "theater" actor than a screen actor. After seeing him win (another) Tony a couple of weeks ago (2016), I "Googled" him and learned of this book, "Dropped Names" I immediately ordered it on my Kindle and could not put it down.Whi. 016), I "Googled" him and learned of this book, "Dropped Names" I immediately ordered it on my Kindle and could not put it down.Whi. Good Reading and Writing from An Admirable Actor and Writer Tiwanna Ellerbe Frank Langella is one of my favorite artists. He is possessed with the kind of rare intelligence and giftedness that always makes any acting or writing project he takes on a pleasure for the audience and reader to experience! I have read other works of his, including an adaptation he wrote of the play, "Cyrano de Bergerac." I was SO looking forward to getting a copy of "Dropped Names" when I read that he was finally going to do a memo
A natural raconteur, he seems to fit precisely Henry James’s famous description of the novelist as one ‘on whom nothing is lost.’” (New York Times)“Frank Langella’s DROPPED NAMES is a different kind of memoir. “Splendid. As much a memoir as a primer on the vicissitudes of an actor’s life, the book is a collage based on real-life situations that offer touching insights into stars like Rita Hayworth, and into the practical magic that informs Langella’s signature sensibility.” (The New Yorker)“Rarely have I read a book about celebrities that is as insightful, candid, revealing, and as well-written as this one. But his memories of the stars he’s encountered during a lengthy career on Broadway and in film shed perceptive light on the costs of pursuing and maintaining fame.” (Detroit Free Press)“Langella’
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