 | 1. | KORDA, MICHAEL. CHARMED LIVES, A FAMILY ROMANCE.
New York: Random House, 1979. First edition Cloth Very Good in Very Good DJ
Sir Alex Korda, (b. Hungary, 1893-1956 ), legendary and flamboyant film tycoon; who made and lost fortunes in his vast costly enterprises: The Private Life of Henry VIII (1932), Rembrandt (1936), The Four Feathers, (1937), The Thief of Bagdad (1940), The Third Man (1949), The Red Shoes, etc. He married Merle Oberon, and was life long friends with: Robert Sherwood, Lawrence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, Ralph Richardson, Charles Laughton, Marlena Dietrich, etc. While his eccentric brother Zoltan, directed various of his film classics, and his brother Vincent was artistic-director of his motion picture empire, it was Alex who led the brother from a remote Hugarian peasant village into the early silent -film world of Budapest, Vienna, Berlin and Paris, and to the great studios of Hollywood and London. Alex with his incredible flair for success, had an equally strong impulse toward destruction. His nephew Michael Korda, writes this biography with fascination, nostalgia and total recall about the enchanted, gifted Hollywood giant and his family......with all it's romance, success, sadness, including thefinal dark days of Alexander Korda's last day. A love story both complext and bizzarre. Illustrated with two wonderful photo sections.
Maroon cloth boards and spine, red and gilt title panels to front board and spine. DW not price clipped, red illustrated. Mild buckle to upper spine. Rubbing to edges, chip to upper spine end, small chip to lower, 1/2 inch closed tear to rear upper edge. Author's photo to rear. Text clean, no writing or inscriptions, solidly bound. tall 8 vo. 498 pp. First Edition
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