Charmed Lives - A Family Romance

Author(s): Michael Korda

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A Rolls Royce Silver Cloud drove him to airports; the British film industry kowtowed to his power; the great Hollywood studios fawned at his feet.Sir Alexander Korda, one of the world's most flamboyant movie tycoons, rose from obscurity in rural Hungary to become a legendary filmmaker. With him were his brothers, Zoltan and Vincent, all living charmed lives in circles that included H. G. Wells, Sir Lawrence Olivier, Marlena Dietrich, Vivien Leigh, and Merle Oberon, who was soon to be Alex's wife. But along with Alex's flair for success was an equally powerful impulse for destruction. Now, Vincent's son, Michael Korda, in the first book of his memoirs, recalls the enchanted figures of his childhood...the glory days of the Korda brothers' great films...and then their heartbreaking, tragic end.

1980. First UK edition. A near fine copy only marked by a previous owners signature to the front free endpaper. The d/w is unclipped and very good.


Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9780713913187
  • : Allen Lane
  • : Allen Lane
  • : 0.837
  • : January 1980
  • : {"length"=>["23"], "width"=>["15"], "units"=>["Centimeters"]}
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : 512
  • : 791.43/092/2
  • : HARDCOVER
  • : Michael Korda