Steve McQueen : the Great Escape.

The poster-child victim of a dysfunctional family from Beech Grove, Indiana, Steve McQueen experienced an unsettled early life with a rebellious and alcoholic mother. McQueen channeled his difficult childhood into a masterful career on screen portraying tough, self-sufficient characters in such icon...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gehring, Wes D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Indianapolis : Indiana Historical Society Press, 2013.
Subjects:
McQueen, Steve, > 1930-1980.
McQueen, Steve, > 1930-1980
Motion picture actors and actresses > United States > Biography.
Motion picture actors and actresses
United States
Biographies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Dysfunctional beginnings
  • New York, on the road, back to New York
  • Neile Adams, Broadway, and beyond
  • A John Sturges trilogy
  • Between the trilogy pictures
  • 1960s stardom, despite some under-the-radar movies
  • Another pivotal trilogy: "What the hell happened?"
  • A neglected comedy, Hollywood murders, and vanity racing
  • From Peckinpah to Papillon, plus a real "Love story"
  • The strange final years
  • Epilogue.

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