1920's Hollywood Memoir Flapper Irene Mayer David O Selznick Broadway Socialite

Description: A PRIVATE VIEWby IRENE MAYER SELZNICKFirst Edition, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, UK, 1983. Very Good in Very good dustjacket, tight binding, solid spine, good cover with some edge wear & light foxing to edges, in original unclipped dj, unmarked text. Illustrated. Irene Mayer came to Hollywood when she was ten. Her childhood was populated with legendary names as her father, Louis B., practically created the movie industry. But life at the Mayers' was not lived in the typical Hollywood style. They believed in family, in strict hours, tiny allowances, no boys, no going away to college, and no socializing with actors. She didn't marry an actor. She married David O. Selznick, a wildly energized, and ambitious man who would go on to make some of the greatest movies Hollywood would ever see. Irene eventually left him, and Hollywood, for New York where she became a Broadway producer. Here she tells her story: about being her father's daughter, her husband's wife, and, finally, herself."Irene Mayer Selznick offers us a front-row seat at the Hollywood spectacle and we enjoy every moment of it." Loc: A5StoreAdd to FavoritesFeedback1920's Hollywood Memoir Flapper Irene Mayer David O Selznick Broadway Socialite A PRIVATE VIEWby IRENE MAYER SELZNICKFirst Edition, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, UK, 1983. Very Good in Very good dustjacket, tight binding, solid spine, good cover with some edge wear & light foxing to edges, in original unclipped dj, unmarked text. Illustrated. Irene Mayer came to Hollywood when she was ten. Her childhood was populated with legendary names as her father, Louis B., practically created the movie industry. But life at the Mayers' was not lived in the typical Hollywood style. They believed in family, in strict hours, tiny allowances, no boys, no going away to college, and no socializing with actors. She didn't marry an actor. She married David O. Selznick, a wildly energized, and ambitious man who would go on to make some of the greatest movies Hollywood would ever see. Irene eventually left him, and Hollywood, for New York where she became a Broadway producer. Here she tells her story: about being her father's daughter, her husband's wife, and, finally, herself."Irene Mayer Selznick offers us a front-row seat at the Hollywood spectacle and we enjoy every moment of it." Loc: A5

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