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by Gavin Lambert
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In 1919, a young widow from Chicago arrives in Hollywood with almot no money but unlimited ambition. She's determined to make her seven year-old daughter the greatest movie star of them all. From child starlet to screen goddess, this is the story of the meteoric rise of Baby Jewel. Propelled through the star system by her glamorous, calculating mother Elva, Baby's life unrolls in spools of celluloid. Blending fictional characters with a historical cast of thousands, including DW Griffith, show more Theda Bara. Louis B Mayer, Bugsy Siegel, Howard Hughes, Errol Plynn, Hedda Hopper, WR Hearst and Marlon Davies. show lessTags
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Gavin Lambert is the author of seven novels, five works of nonfiction, a and many screenplays. Gavin Lambert lived in Tangier for fourteen years and now resides in Los Angeles
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- Dedication
- To Lindsay Anderson
- First words
- Baby so silent after the train pulled out of Chicago, I finally asked what was on her mind.
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