Hal Wallis Charles Higham STARMAKER First Edition Signed
First USA edition, first print hardback of STARMAKER (The Autobiography of Hal Wallis) by Hal Wallis and Charles Higham and published by Macmillan in 1980. Signed with a personal message to Patrick McLoughlin by Wallis on the front endpaper (Patrick McLoughlin worked on several films as a Set Decorator/Dresser and was nominated for two Academy Awards). Full numberline 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Includes a letter from Wallis to McLoughlin.The book is in very good- condition (quarterbound black boards with yellow cloth spine; black lettering to spine). The book shows signs of ageing with age spotting and faded lettering on the spine, which also has creases to the top and bottom. The book is in a fair/good- unclipped dust jacket that has extensive wear along the edges with creasing and fingernail open tears, there is also a sticker mark on the back cover. On the inner dust jacket, there are creases and yellowing along the edges and inner spine. Internally, a few pages have small age spots but are otherwise clean and tight and there are no tears or other inscriptions.
Discoverer of great stars - including Elvis Presley, Deam Martin, Humphrey Bogart, Shirley MacLaine, Errol Flynn, Charlton heston, Kirk Douglas, and jerry Lewis - Hal Wallis, legendary Oscar-winning producer of Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, and over one hundred other classic pictures, has led a life most people only dream about.
In this exciting memoir, told in conjunction with best-selling biographer Charles Higham, Wallis relates countless never-before-told stories about the great and powerful. Items are sent promptly and well packed
186 pages, plus Foreword by Catherine Hepburn, Memos, Filmography and Index
ISBN: 0026231700
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