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Praise for Hank and Jim: The Fifty-Year Friendship of Henry Fonda and James Stewart «[A] remarkably absorbing, supremely entertaining joint biography of two Hollywood legends.» -The New York Times Book Review «Scott Eyman has a gift for exploring subjects we think we know, then deepening and enriching that knowledge through diligent research and his gift of observation. This book is no exception. Henry Fonda and James Stewart have never been captured so well, nor has their extraordinary fifty-year friendship.» -Leonard Maltin John Wayne: The Life and Legend «Authoritative and engaging.» -Peter Bogdanovich, The New York Times Book Review «Deeply researched and totally absorbing.» -The Wall Street Journal «Wayne’s intimates have told Eyman things here that they’ve never told anyone else.» -The Los Angeles Times Lion of Hollywood: The Life and Legend of Louis B. Mayer «Wonderfully readable . . . [Eyman] tracks Mayer’s rise and fall with exhaustive detail and novelistic sweep.» -Manohla Dargis, New York Times Books Review «Anyone interested in filmmaking, then or now, should read Eyman’s book at least twice.» -Robert Osborne, The Hollywood Reporter Print the Legend: The Life and Times of John Ford «Eyman has emerged as one of the most distinguished and reliable of popular film historians.» -Washington Post Book World Ernst Lubitsch: Laughter in Paradise «The book is written with the kind of intuitiveness that’s rooted in knowledge and affection. Eyman’s scholarship gives the reader pleasure.» -Pauline Kael «Here is the astonishing story of someone with enormous talent and charm, who never quite believed he had become the man he most wanted to be. And how lucky we were, his adoring public, to have watched it happen.» — Meryle Secrest, author of Stephen Sondheim: A Life «As Scott Eyman’s masterful biography reveals, being ‘Cary Grant’ required A Brilliant Disguise. This is a riveting, scrupulously researched account of how Archie Leach, a penniless runaway from a broken home, willed himself into becoming one of the most iconic stars in Hollywood history. In examining Grant’s incredible feat of self-invention and the steep price the actor paid for his extraordinary success, Eyman once again demonstrates why he is one of our finest biographers.» — Mark Griffin, author of All That Heaven Allows: A Biography of Rock Hudson «The long quest by Scott Eyman to reclaim the Golden Age of Hollywood reaches its apotheosis with this always intelligent, carefully documented, intimate life story that helps explain the charm, genius, and immortality of Cary Grant.» — Patrick McGilligan, author Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light «Was there ever a more fabulously charming, witty, stylish and seductive movie star than Cary Grant? Scott Eyman’s biography peers under the hood of Hollywood’s most self-invented persona to explore the anxious, self-pitying, needy and depressed narcissist lurking within. Eyman does so with empathy, critical admiration and a deeply historical perspective that bring to life not just this remarkable performer but the golden age of Hollywood that he dominated.» — Glenn Frankel, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of The Searchers and High Noon «As always, Scott Eyman builds on a bedrock of scrupulous research, spiking his narrative with juicy behind-the-scenes stories. The result is a richly detailed portrait of the man whose greatest performance was the one that fooled moviegoers for decades: the belief that Archie Leach was just like the movie star we knew as Cary Grant.» — Leonard Maltin, film critic and historian «Replete with meticulous research, perceptive observations, and sharp critiques, this account of the actor’s life consistently engages and illuminates. . . . Top-shelf film history.» * Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
