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Dangerous Friends: Hemingway, Huston and others
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Ernest Hemingway, John Huston, Orson Welles and Ava Gardner...
These were some of the people Peter Viertel was privileged to call his 'dangerous friends'.
Brought up among the famous guests in his mother's Hollywood salon, German-born Peter Viertel became acquainted with a European literary circle as well as film stars including Greta Garbo and Charlie Chaplin. From there he launched into his own successful career as a screenwriter and novelist.
Throughout the golden years of Hollywood, the larger-than-life figures of Ernest Hemingway, Orson Welles and John Huston provided both outlet and inspiration for his talent. He found his life's partner when he met the actress Deborah Kerr, whom he married in 1960.
From the new dawn of the talkies to his own screen triumphs with Clint Eastwood in the 1980s, Dangerous Friendsis the unforgettable story of one man's life among the legendary giants of the American film industry.
An autobiography written by and about the life of Peter Viertel.
Ernest Hemingway, John Huston, Orson Welles and Ava Gardner...
These were some of the people Peter Viertel was privileged to call his 'dangerous friends'.
Brought up among the famous guests in his mother's Hollywood salon, German-born Peter Viertel became acquainted with a European literary circle as well as film stars including Greta Garbo and Charlie Chaplin. From there he launched into his own successful career as a screenwriter and novelist.
Throughout the golden years of Hollywood, the larger-than-life figures of Ernest Hemingway, Orson Welles and John Huston provided both outlet and inspiration for his talent. He found his life's partner when he met the actress Deborah Kerr, whom he married in 1960.
From the new dawn of the talkies to his own screen triumphs with Clint Eastwood in the 1980s, Dangerous Friendsis the unforgettable story of one man's life among the legendary giants of the American film industry.
An autobiography written by and about the life of Peter Viertel.
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