{"product_id":"forever-mame-the-life-of-rosalind-russell-9781604739626","title":"Forever Mame: The Life of Rosalind Russell","description":"When it comes to living life to its fullest, Rosalind Russell's character Auntie Mame is still the silver screen's exemplar. And Mame, the role Russell (1907-1976) would always be remembered for, embodies the rich and rewarding life Bernard F. Dick reveals in the first biography of this Golden Age star, \u003ci\u003eForever Mame: The Life of Rosalind Russell\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing on personal interviews and information from the archives of Russell and her producer-husband Frederick Brisson, Dick begins with Russell's childhood in Waterbury, Connecticut, and chronicles her early attempts to achieve recognition after graduating from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Frustrated by her inability to land a lead in a Broadway show, she headed for Hollywood in 1934 and two years later played her first starring role, the title character in \u003ci\u003eCraig's Wife\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Dick discusses all of her films along with her triumphal return to Broadway, first in the musical \u003ci\u003eWonderful Town\u003c\/i\u003e and later in \u003ci\u003eAuntie Mame\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eForever Mame\u003c\/i\u003e details Russell's social circle of such stars as Loretta Young, Cary Grant, and Frank Sinatra. It traces an extraordinary career, ending with Russell's courageous battle against the two diseases that eventually caused her death: rheumatoid arthritis and cancer. Russell devoted her last years to campaigning for arthritis research. So successful was she in her efforts to alert lawmakers to this crippling disease that a leading San Francisco research center is named after her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBernard F. Dick \u003c\/b\u003eis professor of communication and English at Fairleigh Dickinson University and is author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Age Musicals of Darryl F. Zanuck: The Gentleman Preferred Blondes\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThat Was Entertainment: The Golden Age of the MGM Musical\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Screen Is Red: Hollywood, Communism, and the Cold War\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe President's Ladies: Jane Wyman and Nancy Davis\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHollywood Madonna: Loretta Young\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eForever Mame: The Life of Rosalind Russell\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eClaudette Colbert: She Walked in Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by University Press of Mississippi.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50855958249746,"sku":"9781604739626","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_76f8498b-69b2-4df0-bdb9-609e3a6bf439.jpg?v=1737490443","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/forever-mame-the-life-of-rosalind-russell-9781604739626","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}