Warren William: Magnificent Scoundrel of Pre-Code Hollywood
On the motion picture screen, Hollywood star Warren William (1894-1948) was a magnificent rogue, often deliciously immoral and utterly callous, yet remarkably likable in his wickedness. Off-screen, the actor was as humble and retiring as his film characters were mean and heartless. This biography examines William's life and career in detail, from his rural Minnesota roots through his service in World War I, his Broadway stage success, and his meteoric rise and gradual fall from Hollywood fame in the 1930s and 1940s. Also analyzed are his film persona and the curious mechanisms by which our culture "selects" certain film personalities to remember and others to forget. Featured is a wealth of biographical material never before available, including rare candid photos of William's early years. Interviews with his surviving nieces provide intimate family details and personal remembrances.

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Warren William: Magnificent Scoundrel of Pre-Code Hollywood
On the motion picture screen, Hollywood star Warren William (1894-1948) was a magnificent rogue, often deliciously immoral and utterly callous, yet remarkably likable in his wickedness. Off-screen, the actor was as humble and retiring as his film characters were mean and heartless. This biography examines William's life and career in detail, from his rural Minnesota roots through his service in World War I, his Broadway stage success, and his meteoric rise and gradual fall from Hollywood fame in the 1930s and 1940s. Also analyzed are his film persona and the curious mechanisms by which our culture "selects" certain film personalities to remember and others to forget. Featured is a wealth of biographical material never before available, including rare candid photos of William's early years. Interviews with his surviving nieces provide intimate family details and personal remembrances.

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Warren William: Magnificent Scoundrel of Pre-Code Hollywood

Warren William: Magnificent Scoundrel of Pre-Code Hollywood

by John Stangeland
Warren William: Magnificent Scoundrel of Pre-Code Hollywood

Warren William: Magnificent Scoundrel of Pre-Code Hollywood

by John Stangeland

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Overview

On the motion picture screen, Hollywood star Warren William (1894-1948) was a magnificent rogue, often deliciously immoral and utterly callous, yet remarkably likable in his wickedness. Off-screen, the actor was as humble and retiring as his film characters were mean and heartless. This biography examines William's life and career in detail, from his rural Minnesota roots through his service in World War I, his Broadway stage success, and his meteoric rise and gradual fall from Hollywood fame in the 1930s and 1940s. Also analyzed are his film persona and the curious mechanisms by which our culture "selects" certain film personalities to remember and others to forget. Featured is a wealth of biographical material never before available, including rare candid photos of William's early years. Interviews with his surviving nieces provide intimate family details and personal remembrances.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780786448784
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication date: 11/11/2010
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 240
Product dimensions: 7.00(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

John Stangeland has been a free-lance comic book artist for Marvel, DC, Image, Comico, Malibu and Now Comics. He owns and operates Atlas Comics, a retail comic book store in Norridge, Illinois.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Preface 1

Introduction 3

1 The First Hundred Years 5

2 Stage Struck 20

3 Skyscraper Souls 27

4 The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance 31

5 Madame X 38

6 One Dangerous Night 41

7 The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date 43

8 Times Square Playboy 48

9 The Secret Bride 56

10 Go West, Young Man 85

11 Living on Velvet 99

12 The Town That Forgot God 131

13 Smarty 144

14 The Man in the Iron Mask 152

15 Imitation of Life 173

16 The Lone Wolf Strikes 181

17 Outcast 195

18 Bedside 200

19 Veils 208

20 Nocturne 211

Chapter Notes 213

Bibliography 221

Index 227

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