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| American Prince: A Memoir | 
 enlarge | Authors: Tony Curtis, Peter Golenbock
Publisher: Harmony
Category: Book
List Price: $25.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (24 reviews)
Sales Rank: 8083
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.1 x 1.4
ISBN: 0307408493
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.43028092
EAN: 9780307408495
ASIN: 0307408493
Publication Date: October 14, 2008
Release Date: October 14, 2008
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Product Description
?All my life I had one dream and that was to be in the movies.?brbrHe was the Golden Boy of the Golden Age. A prince of the silver screen. Dashing and debonair, Tony Curtis arrived on the scene in a blaze of bright lights and celluloid. His good looks, smooth charm, and natural talent earned him fame, women, and adulation?Elvis copied his look and the Beatles put him on their Sgt. Pepper album cover. But the Hollywood life of his dreams brought both invincible highs and debilitating lows. Now, in his captivating, no-holds-barred autobiography, Tony Curtis shares the agony and ecstasy of a private life in the public eye.brbrNo simple tell-all, iAmerican Prince/i chronicles Hollywood during its heyday. Curtis revisits his immense body of work?including the unforgettable classics Houdini, Spartacus, and Some Like It Hot?and regales readers with stories of his associations with Frank Sinatra, Laurence Olivier, director Billy Wilder, and film industry heavyweight Lew Wasserman, as well as paramours Natalie Wood and Marilyn Monroe, among others. brbrAs forthright as he is enthralling, Tony Curtis offers intimate glimpses into his succession of failed marriages (and the one that has endured), his destructive drug addiction, and his passion as a painter. Written with humor and grace, iAmerican Prince/i is a testament to the power of living the life of one?s dreams.
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 Pulls No Punches...About how wonderful he is January 4, 2009
I am an avid classic movie fan and as such, I always enjoy a biography - especially an autobiography - of one of the celebrities from this glorious time in movie history. I've seen many Tony Curtis films and will always continue to do so. In my opinion, however, I will stick to enjoying Tony in front of the camera and not behind the desk with pen in hand. As always, I do love to read about all the other celebrities from Hollywood history that are inevitably featured in any biography of the time's celebrities so the book was not a total loss. But I came away from it with a none too favorable view of Tony Curtis himself. Every single time he mentions a woman he was with it's prefaced with "what a beautiful woman" "what curves" "what a figure", etc... as if it's the only way we will respect him or he will respect himself for having had her in his life. He also brings up things that are completely irrelevant to the story at hand simply to replay a favorable compliment he continually received from someone. I'm not sure I would want to take the time to count all the references to his beauty and success with women that appear throughout. It would simply take far too much time. And please understand, there is a way to relate truth without sounding like a self serving cad. TC seems about as deep as a puddle where this memoir is concerned. Stick to acting, Tony, I'd rather hang on to my belief that you were and are a debonaire movie great that I can't wait to watch on screen and enjoy. Because suave, gentle, modest, and humble on the page - you are NOT.
 A "Princely" Entertainer December 24, 2008
Tony Curtis can do no wrong....as an entertainer that is. All his movies are entertaining. His serious roles "SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS" to his comedy hits "SOME LIKE IT HOT" truly make him an underrated film star. Unlike other autobiographies, TONY CURTIS AMERICAN PRINCE, A Memoir gives the reader an inside look at Bernie Schwartz without the boring "I was born"....part and takes the reader onto the streets of New York with this tough little Jewish kid to the inside of Hollywood studios and the folks he met along the way. Curtis opens up his life with candor, his ups and downs. If you like TONY CURTIS you'll like the book. Curtis gives up with what he remembers and in some cases I wish he remembered more.
Entertaining December 21, 2008
As someone has also previously mentioned, I was never a big fan of Tony Curtis. This was especially true after he dumped Janet Leigh and his children for a teenaged Christine Kaufmann. That being said, Tony was undoubtedly an important figure in movies during the 50s 60s, though his looks kept him in the limelight more than his acting ability.br /br /I thoroughly enjoyed this book since, having grown up during this period, I could easily relate to the references made to different celebrities and productions. If it weren't for Tony's ever inflated ego occasionally popping up to justify some of his indiscretions I would have given this 5 stars. But hey! He wouldn't be Tony Curtis without it.
 It's the Sex Appeal, Stupid December 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
AMERICAN PRINCE is an honest and entertaining read, but one thing really struck me: Tony Curtis' bewilderment that he was perhaps disliked by so many in Hollywood, seemingly barred from the inner circle, not even nominated for an award for his performance in "Some Like It Hot." Curtis, tough guy that he is, is hurt by the cold shoulder. br /br /Tony, sweetheart, I know what the problem was: You had that rare combination of strengths -- topped by a huge heaping portion of sex appeal -- that makes people wildly jealous. Clinton had it. Elvis had it. They say Valentino had it. Your gift, and your curse, was to be driven, talented, good-looking, AND appealing to women. Remember how they treated Bill Clinton?br /br /In any case, AMERICAN PRINCE is refreshing because Curtis doesn't hold back, giving the nicey-nice on a world we know is brutal. No, he's astute and raw and makes few apologies for his failings as a husband and father, while giving the inside tip on famously-glossed tinseltown myths. (I loved his interpretation of the Debbie Eddie Liz Drama and was fascinated by his take on Mamie Van Doren.) And, of course, all of the carousing goes back to a bleak childhood with a mentally unstable mother. Tony Curtis is really a Cinderella of sorts, the boy who ascends from the ashes to become the handsome darling of Hollywood.br /br /AMERICAN PRINCE is a ride, and I loved it.
Good Read about a Not So Good Guy December 17, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I don't think Tony Curtis ever turned down a movie, no matter how bad the script was. He never mentions refusing any film. All you have to do is make the offer and he's in. If he wonders why his career didn't win him Oscars or provide work after his looks were gone, there's the answer. He produced a huge body of mediocre work and just a handful of stand-outs. He was in it for the fame, the money, and the easy access to beautiful women without morals. And this is what you get.br /br /But he wants to blame it on anti-semitism. There are so many prominent Jewish people in the movie industry, how was being Jewish a handicap? Yet, he plays the Jewish card relentlessly throughout this book. br /br /Hollywood actresses are totally devoid of morals. They sleep with everyone they meet. They have no problem with one-night stands, dressing room trysts, married men; they just do it. Curtis' life is a sexual smorgasboard. I just finished Robert Wagner's and Roger Moore's autobiographies and I think everyone slept with everyone. They all mention bedding the same women.br /br /Curtis has a peculiar moral standard. As long as he is discreet about his affairs, that's permissable, but any wife of his better not do anything. Then he is humiliated and furious. He married younger and younger girls and then is shocked and dismayed that they get bored with him and want to have fun with their own age group. br /br /Although he goes into detail on how he was offered every movie and how he got every movie star into bed, he doesn't seem to have been present at the birth of any of his many children. He barely mentions them. He's upset at his son's death by overdose, but equally as upset that the minister didn't mention his name at the boy's funeral! He chastises each wife for not giving him the love he "needs," but provides no evidence that he ever thought about their needs.br /br /You can only play the Jew-card and bad-mommy card so much before your pity party starts to backfire. Personally, I think his bad choices of movie roles is what put the chill on his career. You can't expect to take any acting job for the money and still have a body of artistic work to show for it. You can tell a person is no longer able to see themselves in a realistic light when they bring out the bad toupees, and he went though a phase of ridiculously thick blonde-gray hair before conceding baldness, and in his TV appearances promoting this book, he wore a ludicrously large white cowboy hat.br /br /Still and all, I was never bored reading his story, just amazed. But considering that everyone else's autobiographies are often just as lurid, it must just be what Hollywood is like. It's probably no different now. I plan to read George Hamilton next, and no doubt it's the same story!
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