Behind the Oscar: the Secret History of the Academy Awards
- ISBN-10
- 0670836702
- ISBN-13
- 9780670836703
- Category
- Performing Arts
- Pages
- 672
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993
- Publisher
- Viking
- Author
- Anthony Holden
Description
By the time Henry Rogers arrived , she was sitting up in bed , “ coiffed , perfumed , resplendent , radiant . ' Michael Curtiz , who had picked up her statuette at the Chinese Theatre , soon arrived to present it in one of the more ...
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