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Drawing on personal interviews and excerpts from diaries and letters, the author of Umbrella Steps offers a portrait of the romance between Erich Maria Remarque, an exile from Nazi Germany and successful Hollywood screenwriter, and actress Paulette Goddard. 17,500 first printing. ... Read more

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PAULETTE GODDARD "HAPPINESS IS THE ABSENCE OF PAIN. `RETOUCHING' IS THE ABSENCE OF BEAUTY.

Plain Pauline Marion Levy humble beginnings poor as poor became Paulette Goddard Beautiful, Sexy, Glamorous, Enchanting, Inspiring and Exciting. Charlie Chaplin's Famous Gamine in Modern Times and The Great Dictator, Paulette went on to get the Hollywood nod by being Oscar Nominated for best supporting actress for the wisecracking seductive nurse in So Proudly We Hail 1943. Paulette Goddard was never one to give up so full of life and charm, a great traveller, a free Spirit with wit and intelligence to capture the heart of genius. This book is about Paulette Goddard's Adventurous Life.

I actually read this book in one go which means I throughly enjoyed it and couldn't put it down. Colourful is the best way for me to describe this. Although her film work is documented and looked into and talked about as we go through her life, the main focus I felt was on her marriages, men and party lifestyle. There's also a lot of factual information going on. It must be a difficult task to put something together on this woman; more of a challenge, trying to discover who exactly Paulette Goddard was. It fascinated me that all through her life she never gave anyone the correct answer just toyed with her answer. Even her date of birth and birthplace stated as 3 June 1910, Whitestone Landing, Long Island, New York, USA is really still a question mark to everyone including the FBI who started to investigate her during the 1930's. Paulette was a master of deceiving the press, friends and generally playing the Hollywood game. In life no one was given a straight answer it baffled all and made her more intriguing. Paulette was a very smart Woman.

There's two thing's I caught on quick about Paulette Goddard she lifted the Spirit in her men and her life was never a boring one. Her Four husbands are just starters, 1927-1931 Edward, Edwin or Edgar James? Very Rich, if Paulette had her way later in life, she would have forgotten she was married to this one, maybe if it wasn't for the nice divorce settlement. Next up 1936-1942 Charlie Chaplin genius, Paulette played a brilliant game with the press, giving them the run around for years about marriage were they, weren't they?Paulette lifted him from his loneliness; Modern Times was the result. Living with a genius was never easy, although they kept their friendship at a distant later on they had much respect for one another. 1944-1949 Burgess Meredith remarkable actor they were well suited and went into many business enterprises together. 1958-1970 his death, Author Enrich Maria Remarque (All Quiet on the Western Front) another incredible mind, Paulette had finally met her match, Paulette recalls this moment in her life 'all we needed was each other'. George Gershwin wanted to marry her, Clark Gable dated her; Diego Rivera painted her calling her Shimmering spirit, inner fire. Her party scene circles, H.G Wells, Aldous Huxley, Harry Hopkins, Jock Whitney, The king of Yugoslavia, Jean Cocteau, Jean Renoir, John Steinbeck, William Saroyan and Stravinsky in later years Andy Warhol and the list goes on. With her men came Furs, Jewels and famous Works of Art, Paulette response "I never give anything back"

All exploits are explained Rumours that spun out of control. The truth about the Paulette/Chaplin marriage. The real reason she didn't get the part in Gone with the Wind. The feud with director Cecil B. DeMille becomes clear. The famous under the table moment at Ciro's with a Director all nicely covered with help from the FBI files.

Paulette came into this world a mystery and wanted to remain one on the way out when asked in the 70's if she was going to write her story `why would I do that I'm still living it' `I'm a free spirit' She was around 66 at the time. If Paulette wanted to see a place she'd just hop on a bus and go there, Paulette had a tendency to do things on a whim her whole life. On her passing so went with her all her secrets. This book was published before she died. So to finish the Story, Paulette Goddard battled breast cancer successfully but sadly died in her home in Ronco Switzerland a few months before her 80th birthday on 23rd April 1990 following a short battle with emphysema. Paulette was buried in Ronco cemetery in Switzerland, next to her late husband Enrich Maria Remarque.

Paulette had no children and was an extremely wealthy woman, toward the end of her life she gave generous endowments to the New York University School of the Arts. They named a residence hall on Washington Square after her and award several scholarships to students in her honor.

Although I clearly throughly enjoyed this, Few have really attempted a piece on this lady. I would love someone like David Stenn to give his written account in a Biography for this star bringing this up to date. What a beautiful Shinning light this woman was.

A.Bowhill
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Paulette Goddard (June 3, 1910 - April 23, 1990) was an American film and theatre actress. A former child fashion model and in several Broadway productions as Ziegfeld Girl, she was a major star of the Paramount Studio in the 1940s. She was married to several notable men, including Charlie Chaplin, Burgess Meredith and Erich Maria Remarque. Goddard was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in So Proudly We Hail! (1943). Paulette Goddard was born Marion Pauline Levy. She was an only child, born in Whitestone Landing, Queens, Long Island. Her father, Joseph Russell Levy, was Jewish, and her mother, Alta Mae Goddard, was Episcopalian and of English heritage. Her parents divorced while she was young, and she was raised by her mother. Her father virtually vanished from her life, only to resurface later in the late 1930s after she became a star. ... Read more

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Rare and dazzling photos throughout Paulette Goddard's career. ... Read more

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A complete waste of money
Unfortunately I bought this book along with the author's book on Carole Landis. They are both just terrible! Like the Landis book this is just a collection of photos stolen off web sites and cheaply reproduced. There is very little information about Paulette's life or her films. We need a really good book about Paulette but this surely isn't it. I know that the author has self-published a ton of these books about different classic actresses. Please stop trying to sell these poorly made books and please stop copying other people's copyrighted photos off the web. I suggest you take the time to produce a high quality book fans will actually want.

Truly A TIME OF INDIFFERENCE
A TIME OF INDIFFERNCE is the title of Paulette Goddard's last movie, and also an apt summation of this bundle of nothing (I refuse to even call it a "book").
The front cover is well done but as soon as I turned this thing over, I noticed the photograph on the back cover is out of proportion, and there is NOTHING on the spine, no title, author's name, publisher; just plain white.I have to say I was not very hopeful before I even opened it, and was not disappointed.
Opening with what is supposed to be a "biography;" this amounts to a one page essay that reads like it is written by a junior high student.Using the format of the "FILMS OF..." series, each of Paulette's films are summed up, each one taken DIRECTLY from the internet (ALL MOVIE GUIDE, AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG...the creator of this mess didn't even bother to delete the source credit in blue ink, as it appears on the internet!).
The photographs are all printed on cheap, laser paper and have the quality (or lack of quality) as a newspaper, and the color tinted photographs are especially blurred.
The last page of this work states, "I have written/produced five photo books..."I can tell that all the elements in this series are the same, so will certainly pass on anything else by this "author."
A more jumbled, moronic mess I have never seen in print.

JUST AWFUL
This author unlawfully reproduces copyrighted photos and artwork without permission in ALL of her cheaply produced self-published books!AVOID THIS RIP-OFF!

YES
A GRAND, PAGE TURNING BOOK! IT HAS TONS OF DELECTABLE PICTURES AND SOME GOOD INFORMATION. BUY IT NOW! I WILL BUY FROM THIS AUTHOR AGAIN.

Paulette Goddard
This book provides many gorgeous photos of Miss Goddard throughout her movie career and a brief rundown on her movies.There is also a very brief biography. ... Read more

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Chapters: Erich Fromm, Tina Turner, Paulette Goddard, Marc Rich, John Louis Nuelsen, Mark Abboud, Lucky Thompson, Khaliya Aga Khan. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 64. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock, November 26, 1939) is an American singer and actress whose career has spanned more than 50 years. She has won numerous awards and her achievements in the rock music genre have earned her the title "The Queen of Rock 'n' Roll". Turner started out her music career with husband Ike Turner as a member of the Ike ... Read more

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Chapters: Ziegfeld Girls, Barbara Stanwyck, Eve Arden, Lucia Pamela, Jeanne Eagels, Bessie Love, Paulette Goddard, Louise Brooks, Marion Davies, Olive Thomas, Joan Blondell, Ann Pennington, Mae Murray, Florenz Ziegfeld, Nita Naldi, Susan Fleming, Iris Adrian, Anna Held, Bird Millman, Tamara Geva, Dorothy Mackaill, Billie Dove, Paulette Duval, Yvonne Hughes, Claire Dodd, Irene Hayes, Cecile Arnold, Jean Howard, Helen Gallagher. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 164. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Mary Louise Brooks (November 14, 1906 August 8, 1985), generally known by her stage name Louise Brooks, was an American dancer, model, showgirl and silent film actress, famous for popularizing the bobbed haircut. Brooks is best known for her three feature roles including two G. W. Pabst films: in Pandora's Box (1929), Diary of a Lost Girl (1929), and Prix de Beauté (Miss Europe) (1930). She starred in 17 silent films and, late in life, authored a memoir, Lulu in Hollywood. Born in Cherryvale, Kansas, Louise Brooks was the daughter of Leonard Porter Brooks, a lawyer, who was usually too busy with his practice to discipline his children, and an artistic mother who determined that any "squalling brats she produced could take care of themselves". Myra Rude was a talented pianist who played the latest Debussy and Ravel for her children, inspiring them with a love of books and music. None of this protected her nine-year old daughter Louise from sexual abuse at the hands of a neighborhood predator. This event had a major influence on Brooks's life and career, causing her to say in later years that she was incapable of real love, and that this man "must have had a great deal to do with forming my attitude toward sexual pleasure....For me, nice, soft, easy men were never enough -- there had to be a...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=187904 ... Read more

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Chapters: Barbara Stanwyck, Eve Arden, Lucia Pamela, Jeanne Eagels, Bessie Love, Paulette Goddard, Louise Brooks, Marion Davies, Olive Thomas, Joan Blondell, Ann Pennington, Mae Murray, Nita Naldi, Susan Fleming, Iris Adrian, Anna Held, Bird Millman, Tamara Geva, Dorothy Mackaill, Billie Dove, Paulette Duval, Yvonne Hughes, Claire Dodd, Irene Hayes, Cecile Arnold, Jean Howard, Helen Gallagher. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 149. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Mary Louise Brooks (November 14, 1906 August 8, 1985), generally known by her stage name Louise Brooks, was an American dancer, model, showgirl and silent film actress, famous for popularizing the bobbed haircut. Brooks is best known for her three feature roles including two G. W. Pabst films: in Pandora's Box (1929), Diary of a Lost Girl (1929), and Prix de Beauté (Miss Europe) (1930). She starred in 17 silent films and, late in life, authored a memoir, Lulu in Hollywood. Born in Cherryvale, Kansas, Louise Brooks was the daughter of Leonard Porter Brooks, a lawyer, who was usually too busy with his practice to discipline his children, and an artistic mother who determined that any "squalling brats she produced could take care of themselves". Myra Rude was a talented pianist who played the latest Debussy and Ravel for her children, inspiring them with a love of books and music. None of this protected her nine-year old daughter Louise from sexual abuse at the hands of a neighborhood predator. This event had a major influence on Brooks's life and career, causing her to say in later years that she was incapable of real love, and that this man "must have had a great deal to do with forming my attitude toward sexual pleasure....For me, nice, soft, easy men were never enough -- there had to be an element of domination". (When Br...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=187904 ... Read more

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