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Featured Player: An Oral Autobiography of Mae Clarke
by
James Curtis
To the American public, she will always be remembered as the woman who had a grapefruit ground into her face by James Cagney in the 1931 film classic Public Enemy. In fact, in an acting career that spanned nearly four decades, Mae Clarke appeared in nearly 100 feature films and logged in nearly as many television appearances. During the two years before she died at the age...more
Hardcover, 334 pages
Published
October 4th 1996
by Scarecrow Press
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A delightful autobiography of the equally delightful Mae Clarke. Clearly a labor of love for editor James Curtis, who interviewed the actress near the end of her life, transcribing stories of classic Hollywood that would have otherwise been lost.
Apr 24, 2013
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British author best known for his novels 'They Drive By Night' and 'There Ain't No Justice', both of which were made in to feature films.
James Curtis was born Geoffrey Basil Maiden, in Sturry, Kent. Curtis' parents were hoteliers in India as well aslater in England, where Curtis attended The King's School, Canterbury. In 1934, he appeared in two films, Manhattan Melodrama and Fugitive Lady, in unc...more
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James Curtis was born Geoffrey Basil Maiden, in Sturry, Kent. Curtis' parents were hoteliers in India as well aslater in England, where Curtis attended The King's School, Canterbury. In 1934, he appeared in two films, Manhattan Melodrama and Fugitive Lady, in unc...more
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