Alec Guinness: A LifeApplause Theatre & Cinema Books, 2002 - 516 halaman (Applause Books). The late Sir Alec Guinness, one of the great British actors of the 20th Century along with his fellow knights Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson, was known for his ability to slip, chameleon-like, into his roles. His most mmemorable included DOCTOR ZHIVAGO, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, Obi-Wan Kenobi in STAR WARS, George Smiley in the television adaptation of John Le Carre's SMILEY'S PEOPLE and his Oscar-winning performance in BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI. Known, but not known, for despite being a familiar face throughout the world from his acting and memoirs, Guiness remained an enigmatic, complex man, careful throughout his life to show little of his true self. Until now. For the first time, Garry O'Connor is able to reveal the full story, including how Guinness was shaped by his illegitimacy, his strained relationship with is mother, and his search for certainties through the Roman Catholic Church. Backed by impeccable research, including interviews with Guinness himself, and containing startling new information about his childhood, his secret relationships and the fears that haunted him, the book is a portrait of the true, complicated man behind the idelible performances. |
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... not , at Pembroke Lodge , put down for an admired school such as Marlborough or Fettes , which he would have liked , but the near anonymous solicitor guardian who intermediated to pay the fees provided 54 Alec Guiness : A Life.
... not , at Pembroke Lodge , put down for an admired school such as Marlborough or Fettes , which he would have liked , but the near anonymous solicitor guardian who intermediated to pay the fees provided 54 Alec Guiness : A Life.
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... admired because he had already taken a lot of chances , and after the war came Ealing's big chance . As Charles Crichton , director of The Lavender Hill Mob , told me , " The war made a lot of difference : for a while American films ...
... admired because he had already taken a lot of chances , and after the war came Ealing's big chance . As Charles Crichton , director of The Lavender Hill Mob , told me , " The war made a lot of difference : for a while American films ...
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... admired , but did not feel himself conquered . Alec , by virtue of the choice of this Eliot role , may have been on his way to becoming the martyr himself . That he was aware , perhaps only at an unconscious level , of the importance of ...
... admired , but did not feel himself conquered . Alec , by virtue of the choice of this Eliot role , may have been on his way to becoming the martyr himself . That he was aware , perhaps only at an unconscious level , of the importance of ...
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Acknowledgments | 11 |
Truth Is Not Privileged to Be Used All the Time | 13 |
PART ONE INCUBATION | 21 |
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