Stephen C Jordan

Hollywood's Original Rat Pack

The Bards of Bundy Drive

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Produktbeschreibung

In the 1930s and '40s an untamed group of Hollywood notables, men most well-known for their talents on the silver screen, frequently met and behaved in a manner that no doubt made them infamous within their community. The group included John Barrymore, Errol Flynn, W. C. Fields, Anthony Quinn, Vincent Price, and the eccentric artist John Decker. Hollywood's Original Rat Pack revisits the lives and times of this free-spirited gang and rekindles the spirit of their excesses. In this lighthearted history, Jordan introduces the members of the Bundy Drive Boys, focuses on the unique personality traits each offered, and brings their lusty stories of carousing and debauchery to life in a manner that pays tribute to their carefree, if admittedly reckless, antics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group Inc
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Januar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 155mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 372g
• ISBN-13: 9780810860322
• ISBN-10: 0810860325
• Artikelnr.: 23017804

Autorenporträt

By Stephen C. Jordan

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Acknowledgments Chapter 2 1. Poets and Jaguars Chapter 3 2. From the
Dog-Eared Pages of History Chapter 4 3. Half-Assed Wags Chapter 5 4. Brahms
without His Toga Chapter 6 5. Nellie and I Doing Well Chapter 7 6. Flicking
Cigar Ashes Chapter 8 7. A Fog and a Haze of High Spirits Chapter 9 8. Fed
Like Elijah Chapter 10 9. The Stuff of Life Chapter 11 10. Djinns of the
Arabian Nights Chapter 12 11. Ape Nuts Chapter 13 12. Visions of Christ
Chapter 14 13. Jail Bait Chapter 15 14. Nesselrode, Push That Chin Forward
Chapter 16 15. The Laughing Pugilist Chapter 17 16. Hollywoodus in Latrina
Chapter 18 17. An Indian Has Come to Claim Your Daughter Chapter 19 18.
Biblical Loopholes Chapter 20 19. All in the Family Chapter 21 20.
Pissed-Off Swans, Montmorency, and an Olinga Chapter 22 21. Bread, a Bed,
and Blood Part 23 Appendix A: Farewell Toast to the Bundy Drive Boys Part
24 Appendix B: List of Paintings Contained in the Art Exhibit Flyer for the
John Decker Studios Part 25 Bibliography Part 26 Index Part 27 About the
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