Sparks Fly Upward
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: repr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
Few lives in the golden age of Hollywood burned quite as fiercely as that of Stewart Granger — and Sparks Fly Upward is his unfiltered, razor-sharp account of a life lived at full throttle. Born James Lablache Stewart in London in 1913, Granger chronicles his ascent from the theatre stages of wartime Britain to the glittering, treacherous heights of Hollywood stardom, where he became one of the most dashing leading men of the 1950s, starring alongside the likes of Elizabeth Taylor and Deborah Kerr in films such as King Solomon's Mines and Scaramouche. With characteristic wit and remarkable candour, he lays bare the glamour and the grime of the studio system, his turbulent marriages, and the relentless ego battles fought on both sides of the Atlantic. Granger writes with a disarming, almost reckless honesty that sets this memoir apart from the carefully manicured celebrity autobiographies of its era, pulling no punches about the industry's ruthlessness or his own considerable flaws. The narrative illustrates the broader tensions of a generation of actors caught between the disciplined world of British theatre and the gilded machinery of the Hollywood dream factory. Rich in anecdote, sharp in observation, and impossible to put down, Sparks Fly Upward leaves the reader wondering whether the man behind the legend was, in fact, even more compelling than any role he ever played on screen.
Author: Stewart Granger
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Edition: repr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
Few lives in the golden age of Hollywood burned quite as fiercely as that of Stewart Granger — and Sparks Fly Upward is his unfiltered, razor-sharp account of a life lived at full throttle. Born James Lablache Stewart in London in 1913, Granger chronicles his ascent from the theatre stages of wartime Britain to the glittering, treacherous heights of Hollywood stardom, where he became one of the most dashing leading men of the 1950s, starring alongside the likes of Elizabeth Taylor and Deborah Kerr in films such as King Solomon's Mines and Scaramouche. With characteristic wit and remarkable candour, he lays bare the glamour and the grime of the studio system, his turbulent marriages, and the relentless ego battles fought on both sides of the Atlantic. Granger writes with a disarming, almost reckless honesty that sets this memoir apart from the carefully manicured celebrity autobiographies of its era, pulling no punches about the industry's ruthlessness or his own considerable flaws. The narrative illustrates the broader tensions of a generation of actors caught between the disciplined world of British theatre and the gilded machinery of the Hollywood dream factory. Rich in anecdote, sharp in observation, and impossible to put down, Sparks Fly Upward leaves the reader wondering whether the man behind the legend was, in fact, even more compelling than any role he ever played on screen.