John Gilbert: The Last of the Silent Film Stars

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 legendary 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

Author: Eve Golden
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 04/12/2013
Pages: 378
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.01h x 6.38w x 1.28d
ISBN: 9780813141626

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 03/15/2013 pg. 39
Library Journal 04/15/2013 pg. 80
Publishers Weekly 04/29/2013
Choice 09/01/2013

About the Author

Eve Golden is the author of five theater and film biographies, including Anna Held and the Birth of Ziegfeld's Broadway; The Brief, Madcap Life of Kay Kendall; and Vernon and Irene Castle's Ragtime Revolution.

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