Edward Z. Epstein Bücher

Mit dem Klassiker „Sabrina“ wurden sie unter der Regie von Billy Wilder zum Traumpaar des Films: die erst 24-jährige Audrey Hepburn und der elf Jahre ältere William Holden. Während Audrey, für ihr Hollywood-Debüt „Ein Herz und eine Krone“ soeben mit dem Oscar ausgezeichnet, sich in der Stadt der Träume noch beweisen muss, steht William dort auf dem Höhepunkt seiner Karriere, als einer der gefragtesten, attraktivsten Leading Men. Ihre Liebe beginnt am Set – doch beide müssen bald erkennen, dass sie zum Scheitern verurteilt ist. Denn William Holden hat eine Ehefrau, drei Kinder – und ein Alkoholproblem. Wie ihre Leben sich weiterhin verweben, glückhaft und schmerzvoll, erzählt diese mitreißende Doppelbiografie, die zugleich ein faszinierendes Panorama der goldenen Hollywood-Ära entwirft.

Pictorial history of "the rebel" in popular movies.

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The stories of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward are not the typical stuff of Hollywood. Both talented actors, Newman and Woodward have endured 30 years together. Their marriage is a remarkable story of determination, of love, of heartbreak, of success, and of survival.

Frank Sinatra! Marilyn Monroe! Never before teamed in a book, yet theirs was a seven-year friendship and on-and-off intimate relationship shrouded in secrecy and fraught with danger.

Here for the first time is the complete, captivating story of an on-set romance that turned into a lifelong love story between silver screen legends Audrey Hepburn and William Holden. In 1954, Hepburn and Holden were America’s sweethearts. Both won Oscars that year and together they filmed Sabrina, a now-iconic film that continues to inspire the worlds of film and fashion. Audrey & Bill tells the stories of both stars, from before they met to their electrifying first encounter when they began making Sabrina. The love affair that sparked on-set was relatively short-lived, but was a turning point in the lives of both stars. Audrey & Bill follows both Hepburn and Holden as their lives crisscrossed through to the end, providing an inside look at the Hollywood of the 1950s, ’60s, and beyond. Through in-depth research and interviews with former friends, co-stars, and studio workers, Audrey & Bill author Edward Z. Epstein sheds new light on the stars and the fascinating times in which they lived.