The International Years

While I was home on vacation, I managed to go through some of the books that I left back in Wisconsin. These includes some of my film reference books -- some of which are better than others. But one of them came back to Baltimore with me -- The Great Movie Stars: The International Years by David Shipman. It's another great biographical dictionary of movie stars. Sadly, it does not include lists of films (as The MGM Stock Company did), but it covers a wide variety of actors and actresses from the late '40s through 1972. And it includes a lot of international stars (hence the name!), many of whom I have never heard of.

It's got lots of pictures, and best of all, entries on people like Tab Hunter, Terry-Thomas, and Laurence Harvey. Quality!

I remember when I bought -- it was in Lansing, MI at a bookstore during the mid-1990s. I didn't have enough money to buy both volumes, so I decided to get the second one. I don't know what led me to buy it -- but I'm glad I did. I've read lots of books on golden age Hollywood stars, but not so many on the stars of the later years. And I will eventually track down a copy of The Great Movie Stars: The Golden Years!