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She was educated in chicago, puerto rico, florida, and san juan, among other places. Gloria swanson gloria may josephine swanson birthdaymonday, march 27, 1899 birthplacechicago, illinois, u. Gloria swanson, actress, sitting in a desk in a classroom full of children, holding up her right hand, chicago, illinois, 1929. Swanson was hollywoods first successful glamour queen. No, we sell only vintage originals and do not make or distribute any copies, including digital ones. Her personality and antics in private definitely made her a favorite with americas moviegoing public. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Ready for her closeup provides a lively, deft, and full account of swansons pioneering career and personal life, both of which were informed by a spirit of constant, intrepid reinvention. Gloria swanson 18991983, a silent film star, was at the height of her career when covarrubias caputre her unglamorous likeness.
If there ever was a grande dame of hollywood, it would have been gloria swanson. Swanson little blue book of instructions for roof and stairway layoutp0110 the home depot. Joseph svennssons career took the family south to puerto rico and key west, where gloria spent most of her childhood and developed a love of performing. Ready for her closeup shows how a talented, selfconfident actress negotiated a creative path through seven decades of celebrity. This is a hefty book and covers a lot of ground just documenting her various marriages and affairs could have covered all 549 pages and almost her. Swanson on swanson by gloria swanson, first edition. At what can only be called a glittering 81, the queen of the silents tells an eyepopping allin an autobiography studded with clips of art, finance, and finagling in the movies salad days, the highs and lows of six marriages, and penultimate affairs with big names. Portrait of gloria swanson, oil on canvas, by randy j.
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