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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A marvelous actress, Gloria Grahame (1923-1981) was also an iconic figure of film noir. Her talents are showcased in several classic motion pictures of the 1940s and 1950s, including It's a Wonderful Life, Crossfire, In a Lonely Place, The Greatest Show on Earth, The Big Heat, Oklahoma!, and The Bad and the Beautiful, for which she earned an Academy Award.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>A marvelous actress, Gloria Grahame (1923-1981) was also an iconic figure of film noir. Her talents are showcased in several classic motion pictures of the 1940s and 1950s, including <i>It's a Wonderful Life, Crossfire, In a Lonely Place, The Greatest Show on Earth, The Big Heat, Oklahoma!</i>, and <i>The Bad and the Beautiful</i>, for which she earned an Academy Award. This comprehensive overview of Gloria Grahame's life and work examines each of her feature films in detail, as well as her made-for-television productions, her television-series appearances and her stage career. Also discussed are the varied ways in which Grahame's acting performances were affected by her tumultuous personal life--which included four marriages, the second to director Nicholas Ray and the fourth to Ray's stepson Anthony.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"this reference documents the film and television work of Academy Award-winning actress Gloria Grahame from the 1940s through her death in 1981"--<i>Reference & Research Book News</i>; "unquestionably important in terms of research...appropriately chosen film stills that perfectly capture the nature of the roles which Grahame played...successfully contemplates the changes in Hollywood and its audience"--<i>O Filmu Noir V Cestine</i>.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Robert J. Lentz</b> works in the fields of movie distribution and theater management, and also reviews films for print and radio media. His website is filmbobbery.com. He lives in Randolph, New Jersey.

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