These comments included stories about Marilyn Monroe, Joan Crawford and Carole Lombard that were to be frank, complete and utter untruths and scurrilous gossip. Madsen made comments about subjects that I happen to be something of an expert on that I knew were completely false and that set my alarm bells ringing. I was so appalled by some of the incorrect statements made by the author, that I resolved to spend a good deal of time reading both the footnotes and research notes on the book after I finished.

There were things that were very well researched and interesting and things that were offensive and downright slanderous. I had a hard time deciding what to rate this book. It's recent enough to be accurate and well researched and old enough to be cheap. I received a ton of giftcards for my nook for Xmas so I purchased this book at a bargain price from Barnes and Noble. I am a film bio fanatic so of course I wanted to add one about Ms. I have always enjoyed Barbara Stanwyck's acting and lately have been watching more and more of her films. Madsen died in 2007.Well, where to start? There about as many good things about this book as there are bad things. Over the years, Madsen interviewed scores of movers and shakers, from legends like Goldwyn and Selznick to directors like Howard Hawks, Louis Milestone, and Rouben Mamoulian. He wrote and produced the ITV documentary version of The Sewing Circle.

His Hollywood biographies include the life stories of directors William Wyler, John Huston, and Barbara Stanwyck, as well as an examination of Golden Age Hollywood’s gay underground in The Sewing Circle. Scott, and was fired off Myra Breckinridge for siding with director Mike Sarne against producer Robert Fryer. As a 20th Century Fox publicist, he handled Robert Redford, Paul Newman, and George C. Madsen began his journalism career as a legman for columnist Art Buchwald in Paris, and later wrote one of the first books on television’s longest-running news magazine show, 60 Minutes: The Power and the Politics of America’s Most Popular TV News Show. His most notable works include an in-depth look at the life of a legendary fashion icon, Chanel: A Woman of Her Own, and an investigation of the relationship between Gloria Swanson and Joe Kennedy, Gloria and Joe: The Star-Crossed Love Affair of Gloria Swanson and Joe Kennedy. Axel Madsen authored twenty-two books, including sixteen biographies.

Stanwyck by Axel Madsen