Dudley Moore is the poor boy from Essex who has become an international film star. The author has spoken to Moore himself, as well as friends and family, to put together this biography of his life. He first used humour at school to defend himself against bullying, and his mother encouraged his musical talents - he later spent time playing with the Johny Dankworth Band. At university he teamed up with Alan Bennett, Jonathon Miller and Peter Cook to form the satirical revue "Beyond the Fringe", later progressing to television with Cook on "Not Only...But Also". With films such as "10" and "Arthur" he became internationally known, and his marriages and personal relationships have kept him in the public eye.
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Douglas Thompson is a biographer and international journalist who was based in Los Angeles for twenty years. He has interviewed most of the world's best known film and TV stars and is a regular contributor to major newspapers and magazines worldwide.
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On a warm Monday morning in May 1995 in North London, Dudley Moore was one of a few hundred people - a large number of them the best-known comic and satirical writing talents in Britain - who attended the memorial service for his one-time partner and long-time friend Peter Cook. Read the first page
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On a warm Monday morning in May 1995 in North London, Dudley Moore was one of a few hundred people - a large number of them the best-known comic and satirical writing talents in Britain - who attended the memorial service for his one-time partner and long-time friend Peter Cook. Read the first page
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This biography, with a postscript added bringing events up to the death of its subject, is both candid and revealing in a way that pays homage to the great man himself, although it is not perfect. In the first chapter, there is much focus on Bo Derek and her life with her late husband John which, while interesting in its own right, is not really related to Moore at all. The partnership between Peter Cook and Moore is described in much detail and provides a unique insight into their extraordinary friendship, but the book seems more of a transcript of Moore's own views towards the end by recording in two chapters --- "On the Couch" and "On the Couch 2" --- interviews he gave in absolute, literal detail. More explanation would have kept the narrative flowing at this point, and while the author is right to draw the conclusion that after "Arthur" Moore never had another successful film, the overall impression that is given of Dudley in the 1990s is a little too sombre. Nevertheless, it is a fascinating book and short enough to be read quickly, especially since it is presented pleasingly in fairly large print. A last point might draw towards some contradictions in the book, for example it records how Cook and Moore last met in 1994, while showing two pictures that purport to show them in early 1995. Such questionable information is however rare throughout the book, and for the money it is definitely worth getting.
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