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Crowned Heads
by
Thomas Tryon
Thomas Tryon brings to breathtaking life the Golden Age of Hollywood and the great golden people who became the crowned heads of this kingdom of stars
FEDORA: Her enigma unriddled--the greatest, the most exquisite, the longest-reigning Hollywood star of them all. Now she has made an incredible comeback, her glorious face strangely untouched by time....
LORNA: She zoomed from...more
FEDORA: Her enigma unriddled--the greatest, the most exquisite, the longest-reigning Hollywood star of them all. Now she has made an incredible comeback, her glorious face strangely untouched by time....
LORNA: She zoomed from...more
Paperback, 399 pages
Published
1976
by Hodder and Stoughton
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Tryon, having made the most of his rural childhood memories for the settings of his first three novels, looks to his past career as a Hollywood actor for inspiration. He had already moved away from horror with Lady and touched on modern issues in a past setting there, so Crowned Heads is a natural progression for him.
As the cover of my paperback proclaims, Crowned Heads spent 4 months on the New York Times best-seller list - and I know that The Other, Harvest Home and Lady were also popular succ...more
As the cover of my paperback proclaims, Crowned Heads spent 4 months on the New York Times best-seller list - and I know that The Other, Harvest Home and Lady were also popular succ...more
Since it's publication in 1976, I've read 'Crowned Heads' at least six times. Thomas Tryon was a bit actor known mostly for his role in 'I Married A Monster From Outer Space'. In the early 70's his first novel, 'The Other' was a best-selling horror tale.
'Crowned Heads' was published in 1976 and is Tryon's fourth novel. A nicely woven story, that unfolds in a series of four novellas detailing the lives of four fictional screen stars; a silent movie icon, a child actor, the bombshell and the forgo...more
'Crowned Heads' was published in 1976 and is Tryon's fourth novel. A nicely woven story, that unfolds in a series of four novellas detailing the lives of four fictional screen stars; a silent movie icon, a child actor, the bombshell and the forgo...more
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I remember reading this book in college, late into the night, and jumping with surprise in a few places where the author totally tricked me. Fun read.
May 13, 2010
Lynn Vannucci
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I remember reading this book in college, late into the night, and jumping with surprise in a few places where the author totally tricked me. Fun read.
Yes, I read this a million years ago, but you know, I've never forgotten it. It was a remarkably good little piece of spookiness.
Tryon's 4-part novel of behind-the-scenes classic Hollywood. Fun, but hardly essential Tryon reading.
Stories. I especially enjoyed Fedora about an aging movie star.
Wonderful stories....
As usual with Tryon, wildly overwritten and yet compelling. Takes too long to get to plot twists the reader had guessed ten pages into each novella, but still entertaining.
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Jun 05, 2013
Shira Pacult
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It was Noel Coward’s partner, Gertrude Lawrence, who encouraged Tom to try acting. He made his Broadway debut in 1952 in the chorus of the musical “Wish You Were Here.” He also worked in television at the time, but as a production assistent. In 1955 he moved to California to try his hand at the movies, and the next year made his film debut in “The Scarlet Hour” (1956). Tom was cast in the title ro...more
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