The lives of movie stars are often more closely followed than those of political leaders, sports figures, or sometimes one's own relatives, but even the most avid film buffs might be surprised to learn their favorite actors served in one of this country's sea services and distinguished themselves above and beyond the call of duty. In this book, filled with fascinating and revealing profiles of more than fifty celebrities, many readers will discover for the first time the patriotic contributions and sacrifices actors have ...
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The lives of movie stars are often more closely followed than those of political leaders, sports figures, or sometimes one's own relatives, but even the most avid film buffs might be surprised to learn their favorite actors served in one of this country's sea services and distinguished themselves above and beyond the call of duty. In this book, filled with fascinating and revealing profiles of more than fifty celebrities, many readers will discover for the first time the patriotic contributions and sacrifices actors have made in the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard from World War I to Vietnam. Henry Fonda, Humphrey Bogart, Robert Montgomery, and Ernest Borgnine are among many stars who have portrayed naval personnel on film, but do their fans know that Fonda won a Bronze Star for his actions during Pacific naval encounters, that Bogart dropped a fleeing prisoner with his .45, that Montgomery was awarded a Bronze Star for his courageous performance of duty during the Normandy invasion, or that Borgnine hunted U-boats off America's East Coast? A virtual Who's Who, this entertaining yet historically accurate and complete account brings to life these and dozens of other stars' naval and coast guard service backgrounds and film careers, drawn from interviews, diaries, letters, and official military and film industry archives. Find out how John Howard won a Navy Cross, how Navy Hellcat ace Wayne Morris downed seven Japanese planes, how UDT frogman Aldo Ray reconned the Okinawa landing beaches, how Eddie Albert saved more than a dozen wounded marines on the bloody reefs of Tarawa, and how Hedy Lamarr patented World War II communications anti-jamming technology still in use today. Rarely have movie stars' real lives been portrayed in such detail, including interesting anecdotes from their Hollywood careers and never before published photographs from their military careers, including Paul Newman as a Navy radioman/gunner who flew in torpedo bombers during World War II.
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Add this copy of Stars in Blue Movie Actors in America's Sea Services to cart. $20.25, like new condition, Sold by Crossroad Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Eau Claire, WI, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by US Naval Institute Press.
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Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1557509379. Signed / inscribed by Wise on the front flyleaf. Spine tail is Very lightly bumped. Else binding and pages are clean. Light bumping to lower DJ corners. Else DJ is bright, clean.; B&W Photographs; AMH19A; 9.25" x 6.25"; 352 pages; Signed by Author.
Add this copy of Stars in Blue: Movie Actors in America's Sea Services to cart. $25.00, like new condition, Sold by Landmark Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Traverse City, MI, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by US Naval Institute Press.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. First Edition in fine condition with like jacket! A great collectible copy! Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 352 p. Audience: General/trade.
Add this copy of Stars in Blue: Movie Actors in America's Sea Services to cart. $28.83, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Naval Institute Press.
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Add this copy of Stars in Blue: Movie Actors in America's Sea Services to cart. $95.00, good condition, Sold by Main Street Fine Books, ABAA rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Galena, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Naval Institute Press.
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Small 4to. Blue cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. x, 316pp. Illustrations. Fine/fine. Pristine first edition of these profiles of actors who served in the 20th century U.S. Navy and Coast Guard from World War I through Vietnam--this copy with two choice autograph additions: Tipped to front flyleaf are bold signatures of two thespians included in this volume. At top is an irregular roughly oval 4" X 3" slip inscribed and signed in blue in "To Don Burnell / Every best wish / Robert Stack." Very good. Three small tape stains at edges. Not dated, but circa 1960. Below this is a fine heavy stock 5" X 3" card signed "Frank 'Junior' Coghlan" and dated by him 28 November 1987 at upper right. Stack (1919-2003) appeared in many feature films for several decades, but is best remembered as Eliot Ness on television's "The Untouchables" (1959-63); he served as a U.S. Navy aerial gunnery instructor during the war and rose to the rank of lieutenant. Coghlan (1916-2009) was a child and juvenile actor in many films throughout the '20 and '30s, even appearing briefly in "Gone With the Wind, " but during the war he became a U.S. Navy as a naval aviator, where he remained for 23 years, rising to the rank of lieutenant commander. Laid in is the ideal bookmark: Coghlan's original transmittal envelope.
