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I Loved Her in the Movies

Memories of Hollywood's Legendary Actresses

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I Loved Her in the Movies

By: Robert J. Wagner
Narrated by: Robert J. Wagner
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Summary

 Film and television actor and New York Times bestselling author Robert Wagner’s memoir of the great women movie stars he has known.

In a career that has spanned more than sixty years Robert Wagner has witnessed the twilight of the Golden Age of Hollywood and the rise of television, becoming a beloved star in both media. During that time he became acquainted, both professionally and socially, with the remarkable women who were the greatest screen personalities of their day. I Loved Her in the Movies is his intimate and revealing account of the charisma of these women on film, why they became stars, and how their specific emotional and dramatic chemistries affected the choices they made as actresses as well as the choices they made as women.

Among Wagner’s subjects are Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Marilyn Monroe, Gloria Swanson, Norma Shearer, Loretta Young, Joan Blondell, Irene Dunne, Rosalind Russell, Dorothy Lamour, Debra Paget, Jean Peters, Linda Darnell, Betty Hutton, Raquel Welch, Glenn Close, and the two actresses whom he ultimately married, Natalie Wood and Jill St. John. In addition to offering perceptive commentary on these women, Wagner also examines topics such as the strange alchemy of the camera—how it can transform the attractive into the stunning, and vice versa—and how the introduction of color brought a new erotic charge to movies, one that enabled these actresses to become aggressively sexual beings in a way that that black and white films had only hinted at.

Like Wagner’s two previous bestsellers, I Loved Her in the Movies is a privileged look behind the scenes at some of the most well-known women in show business as well as an insightful look at the sexual and romantic attraction that created their magic. Entertainment & Celebrities Celebrity Movie Legends
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Much better than I expected tbh. I was a bit worried about a leading man commenting on the attributes of a leading woman but it’s not like that at all. This will lead me to read more of his books. This is also a nice counterbalance to all the books about him and Natalie. He is a great performer not least in narration here. So many anecdotes and memories. Fantastic these are captured. Also he enables you to learn about those great women towers of strength in the 30s to 60s who you never read about. They need to be remembered too! Well done matey :

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Who doesn’t love a genuine insight into the Uber famous of a day when they had class and style….. Really beautifully written and read from a personal perspective with a genuine twinkle. It’s a shame there aren’t more of these in a series.

Beautifully written and read

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