| ISBN |
9780733640292 (paperback) |
| Name |
Adams, Michael, 1970- author. |
| Title |
Australia's sweetheart / Michael Adams. |
| Published |
Sydney, NSW : Hachette Australia, 2019. |
| ©2019 |
| Description |
xii, 404 pages, 8 unnunmbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm. |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
This is the fascinating story of Mary Maguire, a 1930s Australian ingenue who sailed for Hollywood and a fabulous life, only to have her career cut short by scandal and tragedy. Mary Maguire was Australia's first teenage movie star and she captivated Hollywood in the mid 1930s. Mary lived on three continents and was celebrated in Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, Los Angeles and London. Her life was lived in parallel with seminal incidents of the twentieth century: the Spanish Flu; the Great Depression; the Bodyline series; Australia's early radio, talkies and aviation; Hollywood's Golden Era; the British aristocracy's embrace of European fascism; London's Blitz; and post-war American culture and politics. Mary knew everyone, from Douglas Jardine, Don Bradman, Errol Flynn and Ronald Reagan, to William Randolph Hearst, Maureen O'Sullivan, Judy Garland and Queen Elizabeth II. 'Australia's sweetheart' is an irresistible never-before-told story that captures the glamour of Hollywood and the turbulent times of the twentieth century, with a young woman at its centre. |
| Subjects |
Maguire, Mary, -- 1919-1974 |
| Actresses -- Australia -- Biography |
| Motion picture actors and actresses -- Australia -- Biography |
| Genre |
Biographies |
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