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Despite appearing in twenty-eight movies in little over a decade, Carole Landis (1919-1948) never quite became the major Hollywood star her onscreen presence and natural talent should have made her. Her big break came in 1940 when she landed a part in Hal Roach's "One Million B.C.", but even though she went on to act in bigger and better films - including classics such as "A Scandal in Paris" and "Moon Over Miami" - she never reached the top of the Hollywood ladder. In 1948, after becoming depressed about the state of her career, and a dead-end relationship with married actor Rex Harrison, Landis took a fatal drug overdose on July 5, 1948. This engaging and informative volume traces Landis' life, from her beginnings as a dance hall entertainer in San Francisco, through her career in Hollywood to her USO tours, and ultimately her suicide, revealing a wonderful woman whose life was all too short.

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Book category Books in English The arts Film, TV & radio Individual actors & performers

• Full title: Carole Landis
• Author: Eric Gans
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 288
• EAN: 9781604730135
• ISBN: 1604730137
• ID: 04245852
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Weight: 585 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 29 mm
• Date of publishing: 30. June 2008

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