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The Tragic Secret Life of Jayne Mansfield
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Maas
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Having spent 10 years as Jayne Mansfield's press secretary, Raymond Strait knows intimately both the public image and the private person that was Jayne Mansfield. Sitting through hundreds of hours of interviews and private conversations - not only with Jayne but also with her husbands, her lovers, and her children - gave Ray the opportunity to present a revealing portrait of the woman. He records her drive for fame and success and her overpowering need to be loved and to love, needs that led her into numerous affairs with rich and powerful men - including President John F. Kennedy - and with younger men from all walks of life. And he discusses frankly Jayne's ultimately successful plan to become pregnant by Nelson Sardelli because she wanted to have an Italian child.
Known to millions as the consummate sex symbol who rivaled Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield received more press coverage than anyone else in Hollywood. The headlines were often sensational, causing society matrons and Baptist ministers to shake their heads and point their fingers. But under those sensational headlines there was a woman of greater complexity than any reporter could hope to understand. Strait goes below the surface to examine Jayne's emotions and motivations, revealing the truth about her many lovers, her three unsuccessful marriages, her love affair with Mickey Hargitay that lasted to the end, and her battle against and her surrender to alcohol and drugs.
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- Sfbelle
- 05-04-17
INTERESTING BIO, BUT, OH...THE READER...BAD!
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Meh. Not a prude, but I found it difficult to muster up sympathy for Jayne. Tragic ending, but really a wasted life through drugs and alcohol
What was most disappointing about Raymond Strait’s story?
I think any disappointments just came knowing that the outcome of this woman's life would end so tragically.
Would you be willing to try another one of Jeffrey Maas’s performances?
NO! This man does not know how to pronounce words! Pigalle in Paris was "Pig Alley." WTH? Silver lame gown was pronounced "lame" with a long "a" as in crippled! Mamie Van Doren was "Mammy Van Doren!" "Mammy"...as in the old Jolson song! WTF? Isn't there an audio editor? Very annoying.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
I was curious about her life. Big fan of her daughter. My reaction was sadness because she brought most of this on her self through chemical abuse.
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- CRoss
- 05-04-18
Needs to be renarrated
The most distracting aspect of this book is that he narrator affects a phony, sexy, breathless effeminate voice when quoting Jayne Mansfield. There are also mispronounced words. Other than that, it was an engrossing take.
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- Kindle Customer
- 10-21-22
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Loved it !! this story. the narrator is so fantastic it's like your really there!! good overall
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Jeannie Out of the Bottle
- By: Barbara Eden, Wendy Leigh
- Narrated by: Barbara Eden
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Over the past four decades, the landmark NBC hit television series I Dream of Jeannie has delighted generations of audiences and inspired untold numbers of teenage crushes on its beautiful blond star, Barbara Eden. Part pristine Hollywood princess and part classic bombshell, with innocence, strength, and comedic talent to spare, Barbara finally lets Jeannie out of her bottle to tell her whole story. Jeannie Out of the Bottle takes us behind the scenes of I Dream of Jeannie as well as Barbara’s dozens of other stage, movie, television, and live concert performances.
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My Favorite Jeannie
- By Amazon Customer on 04-18-11
By: Barbara Eden, and others
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Behind the Candelabra
- My Life with Liberace
- By: Alex Thorleifson, Scott Thorson
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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In this unusually frank book Scott Thorson, Liberace's longtime lover, tells all: the good, the bad, and the ugly truths about the legendary entertainer who went to outrageous extremes to prevent public knowledge of his homosexuality. Liberace's unhappy childhood, dominated by a mother determined to force him into a concert career, serves as the prologue for a story that goes on to detail Liberace's early appearances in honky-tonks, his move to New York to seek fame, and, finally, his first booking in Las Vegas, where he was courted by the Mafia.
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Viciously honest, candid, sad, fascintating!
- By Jeffrey on 05-26-13
By: Alex Thorleifson, and others
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Natalie Wood
- A Life
- By: Gavin Lambert
- Narrated by: Robert Blumenfeld
- Length: 13 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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From her starring roles as a skeptical child in the perennial classic Miracle on 34thStreet and a troubled adolescent in Rebel Without a Cause to mature roles in Splendor in the Grass and West Side Story, actress Natalie Wood transfixed the world with her hypnotic brown eyes. Yet behind the beautiful façade lurked a fragile, sparkling, generous, funny woman traumatized by her childhood and beset by personal demons.
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a mom story
- By M. Gobet on 10-30-15
By: Gavin Lambert
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Lucille
- The Life of Lucille Ball
- By: Kathleen Brady
- Narrated by: C. M. Hébert
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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In 20 years of show business, Lucille Ball had only modest and sporadic success. Her TV program, I Love Lucy, was her last chance to fulfill the ambition that had sustained her through the frustrations of her professional life and the anguish of a failing marriage. The role of Lucy Ricardo revealed her true gifts, but it changed her life immeasurably. This definitive portrait of Lucille Ball is based on the recollections of fellow performers, her closest friends and family, and Lucille herself.
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A So-So Look at Lucy
- By James Gordon on 10-24-07
By: Kathleen Brady
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Audition
- A Memoir
- By: Barbara Walters
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 26 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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"Young people starting out in television sometimes say to me: 'I want to be you.' My stock reply is always: 'Then you have to take the whole package.'" And now, at last, the most important woman in the history of television journalism gives us that "whole package", in her inspiring and riveting memoir. After more than 40 years of interviewing celebrities of all kinds, Barbara Walters has turned her gift for examination onto herself to reveal the forces that shaped her extraordinary life.
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Absolutely Incredible Listen!
- By Shaddi on 01-22-09
By: Barbara Walters
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His Way
- The Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra
- By: Kitty Kelley
- Narrated by: Anna Fields
- Length: 21 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the book Frank Sinatra failed to stop, the unauthorized biography of one of the most elusive public figures of our time. Celebrated journalist Kitty Kelley spent three years researching government documents (Mafia-related material, wiretaps and secret testimony) and interviewing more than 800 people in Sinatra's life (family, colleagues, law-enforcement officers, personal friends).
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awful narrator!!!!
- By judy wiley on 07-30-15
By: Kitty Kelley
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The Whole Truth and Nothing But
- By: Hedda Hopper
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
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From the dawn of the studio system to the decade it all came crashing down, Hedda Hopper was one of the Queens of Hollywood. Although she made her name as a star of the silent screen, she found her calling as a gossip columnist, where she had the ear of the most powerful force in show business: the public. With a readership of 20,000,000 people, Hopper turned nobodies into stars, and brought stars to their knees. And in this sensational memoir, she tells all.
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Film Buffs Rejoice
- By Ernie D. Casciato on 09-13-17
By: Hedda Hopper
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Both of Us
- My Life with Farrah
- By: Ryan O'Neal, Jodee Blanco, Kent Carroll
- Narrated by: Ryan O'Neal
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
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Ryan O’Neal and Farrah Fawcett: He was the handsome Academy Award-nominated star of Paper Moon and the classic romance Love Story. She was the beautiful, all-American Charlie’s Angel, whose poster adorned the bedroom walls of teenage boys everywhere. One of the most storied love affairs in Hollywood history, their romance has captivated fans and media alike for more than three decades.
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Tender Memoir
- By Chris on 05-09-12
By: Ryan O'Neal, and others
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Goddess
- The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe
- By: Anthony Summers
- Narrated by: Donna Postel
- Length: 19 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Marilyn Monroe, born to deprivation and a series of foster homes, became an acting legend of the 20th century. She married famous men, Joe DiMaggio and playwright Arthur Miller, and her many lovers included President John F. Kennedy. Her death, at 36, is a mystery that remains unsolved to this day. Anthony Summers interviewed 600 people for this book, which reveals unknown truths, some funny, some very sad, about this brilliant but troubled woman. First to gain access to the files of Monroe's last psychiatrist, he throws light on Monroe's troubled psyche.
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Fascinating and very plausible
- By Theresa on 10-23-17
By: Anthony Summers
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The Hustons
- By: Lawrence Grobel
- Narrated by: David Drummond
- Length: 37 hrs and 43 mins
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When John Huston died at 81 on August 28, 1987, America lost a towering figure in movie history. The director of such classic films as The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The African Queen, The Maltese Falcon, Prizzi's Honor, and The Dead, John Huston evoked passionate responses from everyone he encountered. He was at the center of a dynasty, with three generations of Oscar winners (Walter, John and Anjelica).
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Desperately in Need of an Editor
- By Leslie on 09-03-20
By: Lawrence Grobel