Legends Of Hollywood: The Life Of Richard Burton

Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Title:Legends Of Hollywood: The Life Of Richard BurtonISBN13:9781499503739ISBN10:1499503733Author:Charles River Editors (Author)Description:(This is a RePrint) - *Includes Pictures *Includes Burton's Quotes About His Own Life And Career *Includes A Bibliography For Further Reading You May Be As Vicious About Me As You Please You Will Only Do Me Justice - Richard Burton In The 1960S, The Most Popular Actor In The World Was Richard Burton, A Hard-Drinking Welshman Who Was Nevertheless So Professional That He Was One Of The Preeminent Stage Performers Of His Day In Fact, He Performed Shakespeare So Magnificently That He Was Compared To British Legend Laurence Olivier, And That Success Ultimately Led To A Film Career That Earned Him 7 Academy Award Nominations, As Well As Bafta And Golden Globe Awards For Best Actor Given His Accomplishments On The Stage And In Hollywood, Burton Became One Of The World's Most Recognizable Leading Men, So It Seemed Fitting That He Engaged In One Of Hollywood's Most Legendary Romances With Elizabeth Taylor While On The Set Of Cleopatra, One Of The Era's Most Notorious Movies In Fact, His Tumultuous Relationship With Taylor, Which Included Two Marriages, Dominated Tabloids And Remains The One Thing Most People Associate With Burton Today, Despite The Rest Of His Accomplishments Burton's High-Profile Marriage To Taylor Helped Bring Attention, But It Also Led To More Self-Destructive Behavior, And In A Sense It Represented The Peak Of Burton's Career Over The Last Decade Of His Life, Burton Began Appearing In Mediocre Films, And Due To His Declining Health And Constant Drunkenness, His Performances Were Mediocre As Well, Often Involving Incoherent Slurring The Fast Life Ultimately Caught Up With Him In 1984, When A Cerebral Hemorrhage Killed Him At The Age Of 58 Fittingly, It Was The Same Cause Of Death That Befell His Alcoholic Father In 1957, Just As Burton Was At The Precipice Of Hollywood Stardom Legends Of Hollywood: The Life Of Richard Burton Examines The Life And Career Of One Of Hollywood's Biggest Stars Of The 1960S Along With Pictures Of Important People, Places, And Events, You Will Learn About Richard Burton Like Never Before, In No Time At All Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date:2014-05-16Weight:0.15 lbsDimensions:0.09'' H x 9.02'' L x 5.98'' WNumber of Pages:42Language:English