{"product_id":"roddy-mcdowall-isbn-9780806544267","title":"Roddy McDowall","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSincerity, erudition, charisma . . . Roddy McDowall. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere is the comprehensive, first-ever biography of the award-winning child star, \u003ci\u003ePlanet of the Apes\u003c\/i\u003e movie icon, beloved film legend, and Hollywood renaissance man whose career spanned 60 years.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs one of the very few naturally gifted child actors who graduated into adult roles with relative ease, Roddy McDowall exuded charm throughout a glorious Hollywood run that included film, television, and Broadway. John Ford’s 1941 classic \u003ci\u003eHow Green Was My Valley\u003c\/i\u003e put Roddy on the map at 12-years-old. It won Best Picture over \u003ci\u003eCitizen Kane\u003c\/i\u003e and is Clint Eastwood’s favorite film of all time. But Roddy’s biggest claim to fame was yet to come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe phenomenally popular \u003ci\u003ePlanet of the Apes\u003c\/i\u003e film series, which ran from 1968-1973, introduced him to a whole new generation of fans. In a career spanning 60 years, Roddy was also a professional photographer, producer and director, starstruck movie lover himself, and film preservationist. Among his treasured friends: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, Angela Lansbury, Judy Garland, Julie Andrews, Lauren Bacall, Montgomery Clift, Marlon Brando, Natalie Wood, and Rock Hudson. Openly gay among his peers, if not the public, Roddy was a trusted keeper of secrets as well. Loyal and authentic to the end, everyone in Hollywood loved Roddy McDowall.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExhaustively researched and featuring exclusive interviews with those who knew him best, this first-ever biography from author Samuel Garza Bernstein charts the extraordinary trajectory of the London-born, award-winning actor—from a childhood in front of the cameras, to a break from the studio and his controlling stage mother, an awkward adolescence and growing awareness of his sexuality, to eventually shaping the life and career that Roddy wanted for himself. Professionally and personally, he was a success. This intimate and fascinating journey of resilience, transformation, and reinvention is a\u003cbr\u003elong-awaited and illuminating tribute to a true Hollywood legend.\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003ePraise for Samuel Garza Bernstein\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cu\u003e:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“With his conversational style, witty critiques, and rigorous research, Garza Bernstein has managed to swat away myths and inaccuracies while casually revealing new, intimate details of the life of one of Hollywood’s most sociable, yet guarded, figures. And all the while, he gives readers the gift of feeling they’re walking alongside Roddy on his seven-decade journey. \u003ci\u003eRoddy McDowall: An Actor's Life\u003c\/i\u003e sets a new standard for Hollywood biographies, one by which all others may be measured.” \u003cb\u003e—Burt Kearns\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003eMarlon Brando: Hollywood Rebel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Samuel Garza Bernstein’s comprehensive and loving portrait presents the Roddy we knew and admired.” \u003cb\u003e—Ileanna Douglas\u003c\/b\u003e, actress and author, \u003ci\u003eJungle Red: The Making of MGM’s The Women \u003c\/i\u003eon \u003ci\u003eRoddy McDowall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Roddy is somewhere out there welcoming us all to devour this splendid book.” \u003cb\u003e—Chris Sarandon\u003c\/b\u003e, actor on \u003ci\u003eRoddy McDowall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In a Bernstein star biography, you’re not just getting the story of a single character – but of an entire place and time and almost forgotten way of life. I think Roddy would have loved to dish the delights of this book, at one of his fabled Studio City dinners.” \u003cb\u003e—Kim Powers\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003eRules for Being Dead \u003c\/i\u003eon \u003ci\u003eRoddy McDowall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Samuel Garza Bernstein has managed to beautifully convey this multifaceted man around whom so much love and admiration and gossip has gathered. We think we know so much about people, and there has been so much conjecture about Roddy. The truth is so much more interesting, and Garza Bernstein has elegantly and fully shared it with us. No axes to grind, but also no attempt has been made to soften the man and the life he led. This is an honest and admirable book.” \u003cb\u003e—James Grissom\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003eFollies of God: Tennessee Williams and the Women of the Fog \u003c\/i\u003eon \u003ci\u003eRoddy McDowall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“To read this book is at many times to feel that you are back in Roddy‘s gorgeous company.” \u003cb\u003e—Joanna Gleason\u003c\/b\u003e, actress on \u003ci\u003eRoddy McDowall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A life well-lived and a story well-told.”\u003cb\u003e —Richard Natale\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003eGreenwich Connection \u003c\/i\u003eon \u003ci\u003eRoddy McDowall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A spirited portrait of a Hollywood legend.” \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e―Publisher's Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e on \u003ci\u003eStarring Joan Crawford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A bold and complex amalgam of biography, critical analysis, Hollywood gossip, and fantasy. Garza Bernstein successfully balances the apocryphal with scholarly truth, camp with sober insight. It's a satisfying, hearty stew spiced with wit and a genuine love and respect for its eternally fascinating subject.” \u003cb\u003e—Charles Busch\u003c\/b\u003e, American actor, playwright, screenwriter on \u003ci\u003eStarring Joan Crawford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A delicious melange of biographical details, cultural criticism, and fanboy fantasia that brings the most vivacious actress of the twentieth century screamingly to life.” \u003cb\u003e—Frank DeCaro\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eDrag: Combing Through the Big Wigs of Show Business\u003c\/i\u003e on \u003ci\u003eStarring Joan Crawford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Samuel Garza Bernstein writes about a woman we all wish we knew because she sounds like a f―king hoot! And he does a great job of telling you why we should all wish she was in our circle of friends if we got to dip back in time.” \u003cb\u003e―Karen McCullah\u003c\/b\u003e, screenwriter, Legally Blonde and author, \u003ci\u003eThe Bachelorette Party\u003c\/i\u003e on \u003ci\u003eStarring Joan Crawford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Garza Bernstein brings the real Joan to vivid life, in a style that’s both dishy and intimate, but also as erudite and thoroughly researched as a PhD thesis. The men, the movies, the moxie, it’s all here.” \u003cb\u003e―Kim Powers\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eRules for Being Dead \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe History of Swimming\u003c\/i\u003e on \u003ci\u003eStarring Joan Crawford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Blends both fact and fiction in a way that will keep readers turning pages and begging for more.” \u003cb\u003e―Julie Kenner\u003c\/b\u003e, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eCarpe Demon: Adventures of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Prada Paradox\u003c\/i\u003e on \u003ci\u003eLulu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eSamuel Garza Bernstein \u003c\/b\u003eis a bestselling author, a Stonewall Book Award winner, and an award-winning screenwriter and playwright whose work often reflects the wild intersections of modern life. 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