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John Gilbert : the last of the silent film stars / Eve Golden.

by Golden, Eve.

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Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, c2013.

Gilbert, John, 1897-1936.

Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.

9780813141626 (cloth : acid-free paper)

0813141621 (cloth : acid-free paper)

Screen classics (Lexington, Ky.)

366 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Charming and classically handsome, John Gilbert (1897-1936) was among the world's most recognizable actors during the silent era. He was a wild, swashbuckling figure on screen and off, and accounts of his life have focused on his high-profile romances with Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich, his conflicts with Louis B. Mayer, his four tumultuous marriages, and his swift decline after the introduction of talkies. A dramatic and interesting personality, Gilbert served as one of the primary inspirations for the 2011 movie The Artist. Biographer Golden separates fact from fiction, tracing the actor's life from his youth spent traveling with his mother in acting troupes to the peak of fame at MGM, where he starred opposite Mae Murray, Norma Shearer, Crawford, Garbo, and other actresses in popular films such as The Merry Widow (1925) and Flesh and the Devil (1926). Meticulous, comprehensive, and generously illustrated, this book provides a behind-the-scenes look at one of the silent era's greatest stars and the glamorous yet brutal world in which he lived.--From publisher description.

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