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Lana: The Lady, The Legend, The Truth Paperback – 3 October 2021

by Lana Turner (Author), Alicia Malone (Introduction)

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At what age does a lady become a legend?

Lana Turner asked herself this question after decades of success, scandal, romance, marriage and motherhood, and not a little heartbreak. Long after the span of her extraordinary career, an adoring public remains fascinated by a woman who was arguably the epitome of a Hollywood movie star. Immensely talented and equally beautiful, Lana lived the glamorous life to the hilt, rising to the heights of fame and experiencing everything that came with it, both good and bad.

Lana’s early story is virtually that of Cinderella’s: a girl discovered at a soda shop aged fifteen and then made a star overnight. From blonde bombshell to box-office queen of the ’40s, Lana led a whirlwind life ultimately marked by eight marriages and a murder trial that made her and her daughter infamous.

The death of Johnny Stompato in 1958 was one of the most notorious scandals in Hollywood history, and the true facts of the case are still hotly disputed.

Lana’s remarkable memoir was originally published in 1982. This new edition features an introduction by Turner Classic Movies host and author Alicia Malone.

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250 pages
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English
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3 October 2021
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12.85 x 1.45 x 19.84 cm
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1914150791
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978-1914150791
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Julia Jean Turner was born in Idaho in 1921. She relocated with her parents to San Francisco in early childhood. Aged 15, she was discovered at a soda shop and signed a year later to a contract by Hollywood director Mervyn LeRoy. She made her film debut in 1937.Lana went on to become one of Hollywood's premier leading ladies in the 1940s. Her growing reputation as a femme fatale was burnished by her classic role in The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946).Beyond Lana's continued screen popularity in the 1950s, and the press coverage of her personal life (which ultimately included eight marriages), she was subjected to even greater media scrutiny when her lover Johnny Stompanato was stabbed to death in 1958. The following year she had one of the biggest hits of her film career, Imitation of Life.Lana accepted fewer roles from the late 1960s onwards, but she was notably popular as a recurring guest character in 1980s soap opera Falcon Crest. She died in California, after a long illness, in 1995.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dean Street Press (3 October 2021)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 250 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1914150791
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1914150791
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.85 x 1.45 x 19.84 cm

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Lotte Ledoux-Jones

Love miss Lana turner

Reviewed in Australia on 7 December 2022

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What a fabulous lady. There was something so genuine and loveable about the way she wrote.

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S. Main

Amazing Memoir From One Classy Legend

Reviewed in Australia on 15 February 2022

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Lana Turner has always been a favourite actress of mine from the Golden Years Of Cinema. Great news that her memoir is now available on Amazon and Kindle. This is a real page turner. Entertaining, honest and frank. I can't recommend this book highly enough.

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I just finished reading Lana, The Lady, The Legend, The Truth. I have always been in love with Lana Turner and reading her book now makes me love here even more. I love that we share the same birthday, February 8. I only wish I could have met her. I enjoy watching her movies over and over again

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An unusual feature!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 September 2020

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This book has a rather unusual and unexpected feature in that the last batch of photographs has been inserted upside down! Luckily, my husband (for whom I bought this book as a present) thought it was an added attraction rather than a mistake, and it has not spoiled his enjoyment one jot! The one slightly disturbing thing is that this was not spotted by the seller before dispatch but, who knows, they might have increased the price if they HAD spotted it, thinking its value as a 'one-off' might be tremendous! A good read,nevertheless.

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It was very interesting, and an easy - read.

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Setting the record straight

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This is a new printing of Turner's 1982 autobiography and I applaud the publisher for reprinting this book. Turner tells of her life in Idaho during the Depression and the move to California, her parent's divorce, and her entry into films. She does not give much gossip about her many co-stars (which is good) but it would have been nice to know a bit more of what she thought of some of them. We know she liked Robert Taylor, Clark Gable, Spencer Tracey and did not like Wendell Corey. She did not discuss much about the actual making of the films or specific scenes. She did not seem to have many close female friends. She mentions Virginia Grey as a friend but does not really expound on what they did together. She describes her elopement with Artie Shaw in 1940 pretty much the way Ann Rutherford (who was in the same film) described it in a talk on her career once although Ann said that Artie tried to call her first and Ann's mother wouldn't let her come to the phone and then Artie called Lana and Artie and Lana eloped the same night. She had a poor judge of husbands - ending up with 7 - all who seemed to want her to support them. She describes in detail the stabbing death of Johnny Stompanato and the consequences it had on her daughter's life. She was a team player at MGM - pretty much doing what they said and when the studio finally let the player's go, was able to gain a resurgence in film and on the stage. She describes her faith in God at the end and crediting it with turning around her life. The book was originally published 13 years before her final illness but it was Turner's way of setting the record straight on her image.

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