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Nazimova: A Biography
Paperback
Series: Screen Classics
Entertainment & Performing ArtsGifts & Stationery GeneralFilm Studies
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ISBN13: 9780813153421
Publisher: Univ Pr Of Kentucky
Published: Nov 16 2021
Pages: 432
Weight: 1.33
Height: 1.17 Width: 6.26 Depth: 9.24
Language: English
A forgotten legend, Alla Nazimova (1879-1945) was an electrifying Russian-born actress who brought Stanislavsky and Chekhov to American theater, who was applauded, praised, adored--an icon of the stage and screen for forty years, before fading into the shadows of time. Gavin Lambert unearthed Nazimova's unpublished memoirs, letters, and notes, writing an evocative account of her extraordinary life.
Nazimova began her career on the stage. Her shockingly natural approach to acting transformed the theater of her day--she thrilled Laurette Taylor, and the first time Tennessee Williams saw her he knew he wanted to be a playwright (She was so shatteringly powerful that I couldn't stay in my seat). She later ventured into film, signing a contract with Metro Pictures before it was MGM and becoming the highest-paid actress in silent pictures, ultimately writing, directing, and producing her own movies and forming her own film company. She was the only actress, other than Mae West, to become a movie star at forty, and was the first to cultivate the image of the foreign sophisticate.
In addition to her career on the stage and the screen, Lambert also delves into Nazimova's complex and dramatic personal life, from her tense relationship with her family to her numerous partners and lovers (both men and women). Nazimova: A Biography is a brilliant re-creation of the life and work of this complex, dark, glamorous, and important figure.
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