Brando Unzipped: A Revisionist and Very Private Look at America's Greatest Actor
by Darwin Porter
List Price:
Our Price: $13.95
You Save: $13.00 (48%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $11.02 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Darwin PorterEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-01-05
ISBN: 0974811823
Number of pages: 550
Reading Level: Young Adult
Publisher: Blood Moon Productions, Ltd.
Book Reviews of Brando Unzipped: A Revisionist and Very Private Look at America's Greatest Actor
Book Review: YUMMY. (From "Book Marks" and "Books to Watch Out For.")
Summary: 5 Stars
YUMMY! That sums up veteran entertainment reporter and biographer (of Howard Hughes and Humphrey Bogart) Porter's titillatingly tabloidish account of Marlon Brando's eccentric, sex-centric years. The author barely pauses to take a deep breath as he dishes - drawing on 50 years of conversations with dozens of Brando's intimates - about the late, great actor's personal life. As befits "unzipped," much of the book focuses on the bisexual Brando's many sexual partners, from his World War II romance with playwright Clifford Odets, through his affairs with Stewart Granger, James Dean, Montgomery Clift, and Rock Hudson just a few among the many men he's said to have bedded, all the while squiring the great actresses of the 1940s and 1950s and 1960s, and marrying and divorcing a couple of times. But there's way more to the biography than sex: Porter writes with an insider's astuteness about the actor's movie career, critical passages that provide welcome depth. But it's no exaggeration to report that practically every page discloses a fascinating homosexual tidbit - about Liberace successfully seducing Dean, for example, but failing to seduce Brando. This is an irresistibly flamboyant romp of a read.
More Brando Unzipped: A Revisionist and Very Private Look at America's Greatest Actor reviews:
1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4
Biographies & Memoirs Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Audiobooks on Cassette
- Audiobooks on CD
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- e-Books
- Engineering
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Medicine
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in "My Favorite Bio's & My Favorite Mystery Books"
Chain Reactionby Dee Davis
HQN Books; Published: 2007-06-01; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $0.01
Price in other shops:
Be Buried in the Rainby Barbara Michaels
Harper; Published: 2007-06-01; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $0.39
Price in other shops:
A Dangerous Deception (Indigo)by J.M. Jeffries
Genesis Press; Published: 2007-06-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.30
Price in other shops:
Glory Be! (Glory, North Carolina Series #1) (Steeple Hill Love Inspired Suspense #55) (A Cozy Mystery)by Ron Benrey, Janet Benrey
Steeple Hill; Published: 2007-06-12; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $49.58
Commando (Harlequin Reader's Choice) (Morgan's Mercenaries)by Lindsay Mckenna
Harlequin; Published: 2007-06-12; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $21.74
On Targetby Catherine Mann
HQN Books; Published: 2007-07-01; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $64.09
Body Moversby Stephanie Bond
Mira; Published: 2007-07-01; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.97
Price in other shops:
Exposure Behind Closed Doorsby Victoria, Taylor Murray
Lulu.com; Published: 2007-03-26; Paperback; Book
Best price: $25.99
Price in other shops:
Swept Awayby Toni Blake
Avon Red; Published: 2007-07-01; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.68
Price in other shops:
The Rivals (Bitter Creek Novels)by Joan Johnston
Pocket Books; Published: 2007-07; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.91
Price in other shops:
Similar books summaries and other product reviews
The Marlon Brando Collection (Julius Caesar / Mutiny on the Bounty 1962 / Reflections in a Golden Eye / The Teahouse of the August Moon / The Formula )Warner Brothers; Release date: 2006-11-07; DVD
Best price: $32.02
Price in other shops:
Brando: A Life in Our Timesby Richard Schickel
Pavilion Books; Published: 2001-10-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.14
Price in other shops:
The Secret Life of Humphrey Bogart: The Early Years (1899-1931)by Darwin Porter
Blood Moon Productions; Published: 2003-06; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.50
Price in other shops:
Brando: The Biographyby Peter Manso
Hyperion Books (Adult Trd Pap); Published: 1995-11; Paperback; Book
Best price: $14.00
Price in other shops:
The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson: The Pretty Boys and Dirty Deals of Henry Willsonby Robert Hofler
Da Capo Press; Published: 2006-09-11; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.21
Price in other shops:
Somebody: The Reckless Life and Remarkable Career of Marlon Brandoby Stefan Kanfer
Knopf; Published: 2008-11-04; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $12.25
Price in other shops:
Howard Hughes, Hell's Angel: America's Notorious Bisexual Billionaire. The Secret Life of the U.S. Emperorby Darwin Porter
Blood Moon Productions; Published: 2005-04; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $17.79
Price in other shops:
Hollywood's Silent Closetby Darwin Porter
Blood Moon Productions; Published: 2001-04; Paperback; Book
Best price: $15.88
Price in other shops:
Hollywood Babylon--It's Backby Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince
Blood Moon Productions; Published: 2008-06-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $14.71
Price in other shops:
Brando: Songs My Mother Taught Meby Marlon Brando
Random House; Published: 1994-09-03; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $2.86
Price in other shops: