If This Was Happiness, Barbara Leaming
If This Was Happiness, Barbara Leaming
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If This Was Happiness
A Biography of Rita Hayworth

Author: Barbara Leaming

Narrator: Anna Fields

Unabridged: 13 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/06/2009

Synopsis

The legendary Love Goddess was a huge boxoffice star, and her sultry beauty and sensational figure turned her into the ultimate sexsymbol. Yet behind the smoldering image lay a tragic secret that wrecked her private life. Extremely shy as a child, Rita Hayworth was forced by her vaudevillian father to be his dancing partnerand he abused her as well. Her need for protection led her into five disastrous marriages. If This Was Happiness is at once sensational, revealing, and compassionate.

About Barbara Leaming

Barbara Leaming is the author of the critically acclaimed Orson Welles and the New York Times bestseller Katharine Hepburn. Her articles have appeared in Vanity Fair and The New York Times Magazine. She lives in Connecticut.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Trudi on April 03, 2009

I was really excited when I first heard that Stephen King was compiling a book about his favorite short stories that have been turned into films. I hoped and prayed for something that was a cross between On Writing and the ever so classic and insightful Danse Macabre -- but alas, what King fans get......more

Goodreads review by erigibbi on May 17, 2022

Sapevo che Stephen King Goes to the Movies era un libro piuttosto inutile? Sì. L’ho voluto acquistare lo stesso solo perché sto collezionando tutti i libri di King? Sì. Pensavo fosse COSÌ TANTO inutile? No. Ne sono rimasta delusa? Assolutamente sì. Ve lo consiglio? Assolutamente no. Il libro contiene......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on August 10, 2019

There are some great, classic King stories in here. Once again, I think i like him best when there is less horror because he is actually an amazingly beautiful writer. 1408 - 4 stars. Great short ghost story, reminiscent of Shirley Jackson. The Mangler - 3 stars. Typical King with an unconventional mo......more

Goodreads review by Bryce on January 27, 2009

Well that was a disappointment. As someone who deeply loves Danse Macarabe and has always wished that King would get around to writing a sequel, I assumed that this proclaimed examination of the way some of his novellas and short stories have been adapted into film would be the closest I'd get to rec......more

Goodreads review by Brett on May 27, 2020

I really just picked this one up for the introductions to each of the 5 stories included in this collection and how the stories compare to their film counterparts. There’s also a list of King’s 10 favourite adaptations at the end of the book. Check it out!......more

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