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Buy this book on-line GRANGER,STEWART: : SPARKS FLY UPWARDS.[Author SIGNED copy.]LONDON.GRANADA,1981. ISBN 0246114037.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,rpt.[Originally published in 1981,this edn is the 5th reprint,also in the same year as the first issue.] FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but author's neat,black ink presentation inscrptn:'For Florence Stewart Granger.' to ffe,no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher price.This is
believed to usually indicate an export copy,which usually precedes the UK,trade edn.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,
silver background with subject b/w photographic panels and red+black lettering,with negligible shelf-wear and
creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Both head+foot of spine/
backstrip minimally bumped with reciprocal
creasing.Top+fore-edges bright and clean,
contents bright,tight,solid and sound,and near pristine - no dog-ear creases to any pages' corners.Bright,clean,3 corners minimally bumped,publisher's original,
plain,dark blue cloth bds with bright, crisp,silver gilt letters to spine/
backstrip and clean,plain white eps.8vo,7-416pp [paginated] includes prelude,31 chapters,24pp of subject,contemporary b/w photographs in 3 blocks of 8pp apiece between pp96/7,pp192/3 and pp320/1 respectively,a filmography,and an index,
plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages
and dedication.
Stewart Granger's talent for writing is as exciting as his talent for acting - and
living.Funny,heart-breaking,hair-raising and always completely candid,this autobiography discusses openly his tempestuous private life and presents a vivid insider's view of movie-making.
With humour and modesty he tells of his
leap to stardom with his first film,'The Man in Grey',and of his arrival in Hollywood where he became an overnight sensation with his part in 'King Solomon's
Mines'.He describes with gusto his fights with studio bosses in England and Hollywood,especially the bizarre and
chilling battle with Howard Hughes,boss of
Granger's second wife,Jean Simmons.
The near-fatal accidents in film stunts he always insisted on doing himself,the narrow escapes from wild animals while filming in Africa and India,the unlimited temptations of being thrown together with some of the most beautiful women in the world,the bitter disappointment of losing everything he loved - nothing in Stewart Granger's life has ever been uneventful and it is all here in this vastly entertaining book.
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