Before Burt Lancaster and Charlton Heston, before Bogart and Gable, even before Rudolph Valentino, there was Francis X. Bushman. Named the "King of the Movies" at San Franciscos Panama-Pacific Exposition of 1915, Bushman virtually created the Hollywood model of the male heartthrob that hundreds of others have sought to imitate over the years. Born in 1883, Bushman had his first acting jobs in stock companies in his hometown of Baltimore. His film career started in 1911 when he starred in a one-reeler entitled His Friends ...
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Before Burt Lancaster and Charlton Heston, before Bogart and Gable, even before Rudolph Valentino, there was Francis X. Bushman. Named the "King of the Movies" at San Franciscos Panama-Pacific Exposition of 1915, Bushman virtually created the Hollywood model of the male heartthrob that hundreds of others have sought to imitate over the years. Born in 1883, Bushman had his first acting jobs in stock companies in his hometown of Baltimore. His film career started in 1911 when he starred in a one-reeler entitled His Friends Wife. Over the next seven years, he became one of the top stars in movies. But his divorce from his wife, Josephine, and subsequent remarriage to leading lady, Beverly Bayne, effectively ended his career. He did manage a triumphant return to the big screen as Messala in Ben Hur (1926), but mostly thereafter he had smaller parts or was on stage. From contemporary sources and conversations with many of Bushmans surviving relatives, this is the compelling tale of one of Hollywoods first superstars and how his career laid the foundation for the matinee idols who followed.
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Tall HARDBACK no Dustjacket, blue cloth w/white lettering, includes Filmography, Appendix I, Appendix II, Bibliography, Index, numerous b/w illustrations, near Fine copy! FREE USPS TRACKING NUMBER! McFarland & Company, 1998. Before Burt Lancaster and Charlton Heston, before Bogart and Gable, even before Rudolph Valentino, there was Francis X. Bushman. Bushman virtually created the Hollywood model of the male heartthrob. From contemporary sources and conversations with many of Bushman's surviving relatives, this is the compelling tale of one of Hollywood's first superstars and how his career laid the foundation for the matinee idols who followed.
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Fine. 078640485X. A look at the renowned actor's life and work, fine in blue cloth boards with white lettering, no jacket as issued; a fresh crisp unmarked copy in sound binding; first printing with no later statements; 254 pages.
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