Charlton Heston: Hollywood's Last Icon by Marc Eliot (English) Paperback Book

Description: Charlton Heston by Marc Eliot Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description The award-winning author of Walt Disney draws on firsthand diaries, letters and estate records in a portrait of the Hollywood icon, political activist and NRA president that explores Hestons storied career and role in Hollywood mythology. Publisher Description This is the first and definitive biography of one of the most iconic, complex and enduring legends of Hollywoods golden age, whose major presence in American film, radio, television, stage and theater lasted beyond the second half of the 20th Century, and whose classic films are known throughout the world. Written by New York Times bestselling, prize-winning author Marc Eliot - Cary Grant, Walt Disney, Clint Eastwood, Steve McQueen, Jack Nicholson, and others - with unprecedented access to the family, friends, and Hestons private papers, diaries, journal, writings and estate, he tells an unforgettable tale of an extraordinary life you may find difficult to put down. Eliots biography is rich with facts details and anecdotal material that bring to life the complex story of this most iconic of American popular cultural giants to illuminate Hestons greatest achievements and his personal failures. He examines how a small boy from the backwoods of Michigan rose to become one of Hollywoods most legendary stars, one of the Greatest Generations true-life war heroes - he saw action in the Pacific Theater during World War Two, before moving with his young wife from Chicago to New Yorks Hells Kitchen to begin their struggle to find success in the theater. Eliot traces Hestons pioneering work in live television, his being discovered by Hollywood because of it, and tells the amazing saga of his three films for Cecil B. DeMille and his two for William Wyler, including The Ten Commandments and Ben-Hur, the latter for which he won a Best-Actor Oscar, with fascinating new details, documents and photographs never before seen. Eliot follows Heston through the genre of Science Fiction, which he helped revive with Planet of the Apes, and sheds new light on every one of Hestons iconic films. He also examines Hestons long political involvements, from boom one of the organizers of Hollywoods faction of marchers who joined with Martin Luther King, Jr. for the March on Washington, to his mentoring under Ronald Reagan for eventual presidency of the Screen Actors Guild, to his late-in-life presidency of, the National Rifle Association, all the while refusing the Republican Partys continual pleas for him to run for president of the United States after Reagan. With unprecedented cooperation with Hestons family, and never-before-seen personal photos, documents and hand-written letters, Charlton Heston: Hollywoods Last Icon for the first time tells the real story of Charltons Hestons amazing life, an incisive, detailed, compelling portrayal, both for longtime fans, Hollywood movie lovers everywhere and a new college and TCM generation discovering Hestons work for the first time. Author Biography Marc Eliot is the New York Times bestselling author of more than two dozen books on popular culture, among them the highly acclaimed Cary Grant, the award-winning Walt Disney: Hollywoods Dark Prince, and American Rebel: The Life of Clint Eastwood. His work has been published in more than twenty-five languages, and he writes for a number of publications and frequently speaks about film to universities and film groups, and on radio and television. Details ISBN 0062420453 ISBN-13 9780062420459 Title Charlton Heston Author Marc Eliot Format Paperback Year 2018 Pages 576 Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc GE_Item_ID:169020814; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. 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