First published 2012
Frank Langella opens his personal vault of celebrity encounters spanning decades in Hollywood and Broadway. He shares intimate moments with Rita Hayworth as she danced by candlelight and Elizabeth Taylor as she wrapped him in her pashmina. He describes streaking through a cold English castle for Sir Laurence Olivier and startling a sleepy Jackie Onassis. One night he carried an unconscious Montgomery Clift to safety on a dark New York street. Langella brings readers into the private worlds of movie stars, presidents, royalty, literary figures, and Broadway legends. His sharp observations reveal the human side of fame's biggest names. The memoir traces his own path from age fifteen to the present, weaving personal growth through celebrity encounters that are alternately funny, shocking, and tender.
Genres: 20th-century, autobiography, biography-memoir, 21st-century
Vibes: intimate, tender, thought-provoking
Tropes: memoir, personal-narrative
Setting: Broadway, England, Hollywood, New York
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
356 pages · Hardcover · Harper