Peter Werner: Me and My Idol

D 2012, 126 S., Farbe, geb., € 40.99
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Bruno Gmünder
In dieser schwulen Hommage an große Frauen drückt sich die Faszination von Schwulen für ihre Idole aus. Erst wenn eine Diva oder ein aufstrebendes Starlet auf den Bühnen der schwulen Subkultur von Drag Queens imitiert oder parodiert wird, hat sie es wirklich zum Star geschafft, bekommt sie dadurch quasi den schwulen Adelstitel verpasst. In »Me and My Idol« lichtete Peter ... Weiterlesen

Donald Spoto: Possessed

The Life of Joan Crawford. USA 2010, 336 pp. with numerous b/w photographs, brochure, € 13.49
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Joan Crawford was one of the most incandescent film stars of all time, yet she was also one of the most misunderstood. The biographer here goes beyond the popular caricature - the abusive, unstable mother portrayed in her adopted daughter Christina Crawford's memoir, »Mommie Dearest« - to give us a three-dimensional portrait of a very human woman, her dazzling career, ... Weiterlesen

Donald Spoto: Possessed - The Life of Joan Crawford

USA 2010, 336pp. illustrated, hardbound, € 21.99
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Joan Crawford was one of the most incandescent film stars of all time, yet she was also one of the most misunderstood. The biographer here goes beyond the popular caricature - the abusive, unstable mother portrayed in her adopted daughter Christina Crawford's memoir, »Mommie Dearest« - to give us a three-dimensional portrait of a very human woman, her dazzling career, ... Weiterlesen

Charlotte Chandler: Mae West - She Always Knew How

A Personal Biography. USA 2010, 317pp., illustr., brochure, € 15.99
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Actress, playwright, screenwriter, and iconic sex symbol Mae West created a scandal and a sensation on Broadway with her play »Sex« in 1926. Convicted of obscenity, she was sentenced to a short prison term. She went to jail a convict but emerged a star. In Hollywood, she was the number one box-office attraction during the 1930s and saved Paramount Studios ... Weiterlesen