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Nazimova (Hardcover)

by Gavin Lambert (Author)
4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 420 pages
  • Publisher: Random House USA Inc (31 Dec 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0679407219
  • ISBN-13: 978-0679407218
  • Product Dimensions: 24.9 x 17.5 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,237,150 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A definitive biography of Russian-born actress Alla Nazimova explores her youth in pre-Revolutionary Russia, her rise to success in the theater, her glamorous and bohemian lifestyle, and her seminal influence on early twentieth-century film and theater. 12,500 first printing.

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5.0 out of 5 stars wonderfull piece of hollywood and alla history, 10 Aug 1998
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I recently finished reading the book, wonderfully detail, loved each chapter, me being a hollywood historian found it extremely helpfull. Extremely interesting profile,(really fair) of the life of Madame Nazimova as well as a great insight on hollywood history, totally recomended. Thank you very much Gavin Sincerely Octavio Carlin
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4.0 out of 5 stars Quite a good book; essential reading for theatre fans, 11 Aug 1997
By A Customer
"Nazimova" is a fascinating portrait of a mythic figure. Alla Nazimova died only fifty or so years ago, and she appeared in a number of films in the sound era, but you'd think she was Sarah Bernhardt's great-grandmother for all that remains of her in our consciousness. And now I think I know why. While I enjoyed the book very much -- at times its recreation of a vanished world is truly amazing -- I came away with a sense that something important was missing in Nazimova herself. We learn a great deal about her lovers but not much about her students. Did she bother to have any? Lambert cites plenty of idolators and proteges, but few to whom she passed on her techniques and values in a formal way (Nazimova's flaw or Lambert's? Hard to tell). That may be why we have so little sense of her today. But there's no denying that Nazimova was a powerful influence on the modern theatre -- not to mention a dizzying link between Chekhov and Louis B. Mayer -- and anyone who cares at all about theatre history should read this book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars What a fascinating life, on so many levels, 11 Aug 2008
By Graceann Macleod "Books Fuel My Life" (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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Gavin Lambert is a mesmerizing writer. He chronicles Nazimova's hellish childhood (which shaped all that followed, I believe), her dramatic rise on the stage (where she did her best work) her Hollywood years and beyond. I find it sad that her stage performances exist only in the memories of those who were lucky enough to see her back in the day, and those people are leaving us very quickly. Nazimova strikes me as a woman who could be infuriating, frustrating, difficult, kind, generous, funny, certainly her own worst enemy at times, and sometimes all of the above in the same moment. The fun she would have during performances made me laugh out loud, and the stupid choices she made for film made me say "no, don't DO that" to the pages of this meticulously researched book. About her sister and niece, I have no kind words whatsoever, and I can thoroughly understand why Lambert dismissed anything the niece had to say. I can't wait to read the other film-related books that Gavin Lambert has written - I'm so glad I started with this one.
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