Female Brando: The Legend of Kim Stanley
by Jon Krampner
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Author: Jon KrampnerEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-06-01
ISBN: 0823088472
Number of pages: 248
Publisher: Back Stage Books
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Book Review: Much Needed Book
Summary: 4 Stars
Kim Stanley, like Jeanne Eagels or Laurette Taylor, is one our great but near-forgotten actresses. Even if you've seen her, it probably wasn't onstage but in a film, acting in a cinematic style. Many of her best performances can only be seen on kinescopes at places like the Museum of Broadcasting, because whe was the queen of live television drama. She did only four movies (not counting her uncredited narration in "To Kill a Mockingbird") and received Oscar nominations for two of them (would have received one for "The Goddess" too, if she'd done more publicity for it). Her career ended early due to spiraling alcoholism, but before her theatre career ended in 1965 she inspired countless of the most famous actors of our time. This is a very scholarly and well-written book with useful appendices. The Kindle edition has formatting problems, and although Kindle has a search feature, the index at the end really should be a working one. Not only is it non-functioning, it's incorporated as if it were an illustration (you can't read the captions on the illustrations, by the way) and the letters are so tiny it's completely illegible. I recommend getting the book in hard cover if you think you might want to hold onto it.
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