FEBRUARY 2010
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Turner Classic Movies presents the TCM Book Corner.
Every month we will provide the classic movie fan with a link to an excited film related book.
And every month, we will also be giving away several copies of that book in a monthly contest.
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Not the Girl Next Door: Joan Crawford, a Personal Biography
Author: Charlotte Chandler
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In NOT THE GIRL NEXT DOOR: JOAN CRAWFORD; A PERSONAL BIOGRAPHY (Simon & Schuster), a fascinating new biography of
the screen legend, author Charlotte Chandler draws on exclusive and remarkably candid interviews with Crawford herself and with others who
knew her, including first husband Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Crawford’s daughter Cathy. As a result, this biography is fresh and revealing, a
brand-new look at one of Hollywood’s most acclaimed stars. Born Lucille LeSueur in San Antonio, Texas, in 1908 (as she always insisted),
Crawford had become one of Hollywood’s brightest lights by 1931, when she first starred opposite Clark Gable, one of her many lovers.
Nominated three times for the Academy Award (winning Best Actress for Mildred Pierce), she became a controversial figure when her
adopted daughter Christina wrote her memoir Mommie Dearest. This new biography of Crawford, however, offers a different picture of the actress
– talented, beautiful, irascible, ruthless, vulnerable, and altogether glamorous. NOT THE GIRL NEXT DOOR is possibly the best
Crawford biography yet from Charlotte Chandler who has written critically acclaimed portraits of Groucho Marx, Alfred Hitchcock, Ingrid Bergman,
Federico Fellini, Bette Davis, and Billy Wilder. For a chance to try and win a free copy of NOT THE GIRL NEXT DOOR: JOAN
CRAWFORD, just follow the sweepstakes link on this page.
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31 Days of Oscar Highlights for Feb. 12
Dustin Hoffman ponders his future as The Graduate (1967), nominated for 7 Academy Awards including Best Director. TCM is also playing Chinatown (1974), The Parent Trap (1961), The Pumpkin Eater (1964) and more.
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31 Days of Oscar Highlights for Feb. 13
Russell Crowe stars in a tale of revenge set in ancient Rome in Gladiator, the Best Picture winner of 2000. Other featured Academy Award honorees include Blow-Up (1966), Roman Holiday (1953) and Jezebel with Bette Davis & Henry Fonda.
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Sammy Davis Jr. in A Man Called Adam on DVD
A jazz trumpet player seemingly has it all but blames himself for the traffic accident that killed his family and begins a downward spiral that threatens to destroy his life and career.
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