Description: My Path & My Detours by Jane Russell copyright 1985 - This hardcover book issued with dustjacket is in very good condition - Dustjacket in very good condition with no wear - inside is very good no torn or missing pages in the book.SIGNED on 1st page "Beverly God bless!! Jane Russell " The candid story of Hollywood's popular sex symbol reveals the "girl next door" underneath--marrying her high school sweetheart, founding an international adoption agency--as well as the real truth behind her relationship with Howard Hughes It may seem hard to believe now, but Russell--the matronly lady on TV hawking Playtex bras ""for us full-figured gals""--once symbolized lust for a generation of GIs. Ads for her film debut in The Outlaw showed her pouting on a bed of straw, blouse stretched tight, skirt hiked up, gun pointed strategically at thigh. Shocking stuff in 1940. At the time, Russell herself found it hard to believe, too. The only girl amongst a family of four boys, she was 18 when Howard Hughes discovered and cast her in The Outlaw. A theatrical novice, she was a pure PR creation, famous just for being famous--thanks to a barrage of cheesecake shots that kept the public appetite whetted while Hughes fought a five-year battle with the censors. When The Outlaw was finally releashed in 1946, it quickly died, as did most of her movies thereafter. Russell wasn't, by her own admission, the most driven of actresses; most of the time, as she puts it, ""I just learned the lines and had fun."" Russell is possessed of a strong mystical/ religious streak, manifested by her identifying everyone by their Zodiac sign (as in ""Vincent Price was my Gemini brother""), and by printing messages from the Almighty (which she hears after hours of praying in tongues). Aside from that, Russell comes across much as she did in her movies: warm, earthy, commonsensical. cinematic colleagues like Marilyn Monroe (her costar in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, her most memorable film). --Jane's first abortion, Jane's arrest for drunk driving-- Also listed Joan Crawford SIGNED, Olivia de Havilland, Ramon Novarro SIGNED, Kim Novak, Jean Arthur, Jean Harlow, Katharine Hepburn SIGNED, Errol Flynn, Rudolph Valentino, Myrna Loy SIGNED and other Hollywood Bios & Photos........... Thanks for looking and happy bidding Combine postage offered
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Book Title: My Path & My Detours
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Topic: Movie & Television, Autobiography, Entertainment, Film, Movies, Musicals, Performing Arts
Format: Hardcover
Inscribed: Yes
Type: Autobiography
Features: Signed, 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
Author: Jane Russell
Personalized: Yes
Publication Year: 1985
Language: English
Signed: Yes
Edition: First Edition
Genre: Film, Biographies & True Stories
Modified Item: Yes
Subjects: Biographies & True Stories
Subject: Biography & Autobiography
Country of Manufacture: United States
Special Attributes: Signed
