Wallace Reid The Life and Death of a Hollywood Idol |
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Author:
| Fleming, E. J. |
ISBN: | 978-0-7864-7725-8 |
Publication Date: | Nov 2013 |
Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $35.00 |
Book Description:
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Of all the actors who have enjoyed great fame only to vanish from the public eye, Wallace Reid perhaps fell the fastest and hardest. This first full biography recounts Reid's complicated childhood, his disrupted family history and his rise to film stardom. It documents his myriad talents and accomplishments. The text also explores how the modern studio, however unconsciously, turned the popular star, a well-adjusted man with a loving family, into a drug-dependent mental patient.
Of all the actors who have enjoyed great fame only to vanish from the public eye, Wallace Reid perhaps fell the fastest and hardest. This first full biography recounts Reid's complicated childhood, his disrupted family history and his rise to film stardom. It documents his myriad talents and accomplishments. The text also explores how the modern studio, however unconsciously, turned the popular star, a well-adjusted man with a loving family, into a drug-dependent mental patient.