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    Dropped Names: Famous Men and Women As I Knew Them
    Dropped Names: Famous Men and Women As I Knew Them
    Dropped Names: Famous Men and Women As I Knew Them
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    Dropped Names: Famous Men and Women As I Knew Them

    Written by Frank Langella

    Narrated by Frank Langella

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    Rita Hayworth dancing by candlelight in a small Mexican village; Elizabeth Taylor devouring homemade pasta and tenderly wrapping him in her pashmina scarf; streaking for Sir Laurence Olivier in a drafty English castle; terrifying a dozing Jackie Onassis; carrying an unconscious Montgomery Clift to safety on a dark New York City street.

    Captured forever in a unique memoir, Frank Langella's myriad encounters with some of the past century's most famous human beings are profoundly affecting, funny, wicked, sometimes shocking, and utterly irresistible. With sharp wit and a perceptive eye, Mr. Langella takes us with him into the private worlds and privileged lives of movie stars, presidents, royalty, literary lions, the social elite, and the greats of the Broadway stage.

    What, for instance, was Jack Kennedy doing on that coffee table? Why did the Queen Mother need Mr. Langella's help? When was Paul Mellon going to pay him money owed? How did Brooke Astor lose her virginity? Why was Robert Mitchum singing Gilbert & Sullivan patter songs at top volume, and what did Marilyn Monroe say to him that helped change the course of his life?

    Through these shared experiences, we learn something, too, of Mr. Langella's personal journey from the age of fifteen to the present day.

    Dropped Names is, like its subjects, riveting and unforgettable.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateMar 27, 2012
    ISBN9780062213266
    Author

    Frank Langella

    Frank Langella has been a professional actor for over five decades and hopes to carry on for several more. He began performing as a boy in his hometown of Bayonne, New Jersey, and currently resides in New York City. This is his first book.

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    • 5/5
      Excellent book, sharp, witty and revealing about some of the famous stars and celebrities of the 20th century. Well worth listening to.

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    • 5/5
      Well written and well read. Very interesting to hear the personal stories.