Australia's Sweetheart: The Amazing Story of Forgotten Hollywood Star Mary Maguire by Michael Adams

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Previous owner has signed inside page, now covered with a blank ex libris bookplate sticker.

This is the fascinating story of Mary Maguire, a 1930s Australian ingenue who sailed for Hollywood and a fabulous life, only to have her career cut short by scandal and tragedy.

Mary Maguire was Australia's first teenage movie star, and she captivated Hollywood in the mid-1930s. Mary lived on three continents and was celebrated in Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, Los Angeles and London. Her life was lived in parallel with seminal incidents of the twentieth century: the Spanish Flu, the Great Depression, the Bodyline series, Australia's early radio, talkies and aviation, Hollywood's Golden Era, the British aristocracy's embrace of European fascism, London's Blitz and post-war American culture and politics.

Mary knew everyone, from Douglas Jardine, Don Bradman, Errol Flynn and Ronald Reagan to William Randolph Hearst, Maureen O'Sullivan and Judy Garland.

Australia's Sweetheart is an irresistible never-before-told story that captures the glamour of Hollywood and the turbulent times of the twentieth century, with a young woman at its centre. (back cover)