This new memoir on the actor Tony Curtis has the above title.
Co-authored by Peter Golenbock, USA Today describes the book as: “his new memoir of a legendary film career. It's filled with fond recollections of his friendships with the famous and powerful but punctuated, too, by harsh words for Hollywood legends he says did him wrong.”
USA Today also notes that Curtis: “describes his poverty-stricken upbringing in the home of a physically abusive mother and an impassive father, the misdeeds that resulted in the destruction of five marriages and estrangements from his children, the untimely deaths of his younger brother and his youngest son, the traumatic decline of his movie career, and his descent into cocaine addiction and recovery in the 1980s.”
The product description states:
“No simple tell-all, American Prince chronicles Hollywood during its heyday. Curtis revisits his immense body of work—including the unforgettable classics Houdini, Spartacus, and Some Like It Hot—and regales readers with stories of his associations with Frank Sinatra, Laurence Olivier, director Billy Wilder, and film industry heavyweight Lew Wasserman, as well as paramours Natalie Wood and Marilyn Monroe, among others.
As forthright as he is enthralling, Tony Curtis offers intimate glimpses into his succession of failed marriages (and the one that has endured), his destructive drug addiction, and his passion as a painter. Written with humor and grace, American Prince is a testament to the power of living the life of one’s dreams.”
Click here for the review.
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