I just love books about backstage theatre life and Frank Langella's candid memoir is a great way to visit the rich and famous through his eyes. Not a memoir in the classic sense, Langella chooses to instead talk about the famous people he met throughout his amazing five decade career in film and theatre. I wished there was some more personal information about the actor himself, but hopefully that will be the subject of another book. In the meantime, we have this witty, very funny, moving, juicy, tell-all about some very familiar names, the good and the bad. Great one-liners and fabulous put-downs are sprinkled throughout. Langella has lovely, intimate stories about Jackie Kennedy and Alan Bates as well as brutally honest looks at Bette Davis, Yul Brenner and Lauren Bacall among many more. He knows how to spin a story and how to entertain. He's an American Noel Coward!