American Prince A Memoir Tony Curtis Peter Golenbock by Tony Curtis, Peter Golenbock 9780307449467, 0307449467, B001FA0VT4 instant download after payment.

Now, in his captivating, no-holds-barred autobiography, Tony Curtis shares the agony and ecstasy of private life in the public eye. No simple tell-all, American Prince chronicles Hollywood during its heyday. Curtis revisits his immense body of work including the unforgettable classics Houdini, Spartacus, and Some Like It Hot and regales readers with stories of his associations with Frank Sinatra, Laurence Olivier, director Billy Wilder, and film industry heavyweight Lew Wasserman, as well as paramours Natalie Wood and Marilyn Monroe, among others. As forthright as he is enthralling, Tony Curtis offers intimate glimpses into his succession of failed marriages (and the one that has endured), his destructive drug addiction, and his passion as a painter. Written with humour and grace, American Prince is a testament to the power of living the life of one's dreams. 

"When you're with Tony Curtis, you're with somebody very alive. He was and is one of the most 'up' people I have ever known." Sidney Poitier 

"Tony Curtis could have just been the beautiful young leading man, handsome, charming as hell . . . [but] he wanted to be a good actor, and he's the only guy I know who learned his craft successfully." Jack Lemmon 

The impossibly handsome Tony Curtis matured from being a B-movie swashbuckler into a brilliantly dramatic and comic actor. After a depiction of his tough upbringing in the Bronx, New York, he gives a seductive view of the Hollywood playground, and his meetings with Laurence Olivier, Frank Sinatra and Billy Wilder. His subsequent book detailed the making of Some Like It Hot and his complex relationship with Monroe, with whom he had had a relationship that flowered again during filming (he was married to Janet Leigh, she to Arthur Miller). This resulted in a pregnancy that miscarried.