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Laird Cregar: A Hollywood Tragedy

By Gregory William Mank

Book information

Publisher
Publishers, Inc., McFarland & Company
Year
2018
ISBN
9781476628448
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
15 MB (15409613 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2023-03-16 22:57:56
Biography & Autobiography; Performing Arts; Nonfic

Description

In 1944, Laird Cregar played Jack the Ripper in The Lodger, giving one of the most haunting performances in Hollywood history. It was the climax of a strange celebrity that saw the young American actor—who stood 6' 3" and weighed more than 300 pounds—earn distinction as a portrayer of psychopaths and villains. Determined to break free of this typecasting, he desperately desired to become "a beautiful man," embarking on an extreme diet that killed him at 31. This first biography of Cregar tells the heartbreaking story of the brilliant but doomed actor. Appendices cover his film, theatre, and radio work. Many never before published photographs are included.

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