{"product_id":"9781629336329","title":"Elissa Landi: Cinema's Empress of Emotion (hardback)","description":"\u003cp\u003eCecil B. DeMille boosted the career of Elissa Landi in \u003cem style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\"\u003eThe Sign of the Cross \u003c\/em\u003e(1932). Her leading men included Laurence Olivier, Fredric March, Cary Grant, and Robert Donat in \u003cem style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\"\u003eThe Count of Monte Cristo \u003c\/em\u003e(1934). After 33 films, Landi gave up on Hollywood, to focus on her career as a novelist. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\"\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\"\u003e\"O'Brien reveals things about Elissa, I never knew!\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\"\u003e - Suki Landi Sennett (niece) \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\"\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\"\u003eElissa Landi \u003c\/em\u003eis Scott O'Brien's eighth biography of classic cinema legends. His books have garnered positive reviews in such publications as \u003cem style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\"\u003eClassic Images, Sight \u0026amp; Sound\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\"\u003eSF Gate. \u003c\/em\u003eThree of O'Brien's books have made the \u003cem style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\"\u003eHuffington Post \u003c\/em\u003e\"Best Cinema Books of the Year.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Foreword: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Elissa Landi arrived at Fox Studios in the Fall of 1930, she had a résumé of nine films to her credit, over a dozen stage plays, and had written two novels. Writing was her real passion, but her acting career had been pushed forward by the likes of Noel Coward, Dorothy Gish, John Barrymore, and directors Anthony Asquith and Rouben Mamoulian.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLandi's recent success in Broadway's A Farewell to Arms (1930) inspired composer George Gershwin to rhapsodize that her performance was \"a symphony of emotion.\" Fox did a spin on Gershwin's comment, coupling it with Elissa's mother's claim of being the daughter of Empress Elisabeth of Austria. Landi had to cope with the studio promoting her as Hollywood's \"Empress of Emotion.\" She had reason to go along for the ride.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BearManor Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48531774472433,"sku":"9781629336329","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781629336329_p0.jpg?v=1786310491","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781629336329","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}