Charmed Lives: A Family Romance

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Summary: Grab this book if you can!
Review: If this book wasn't impossible to get a hold of, I would have probably bought it for everyone I know. Unfortunately as of now, only used copies of it (why would anyone want to sell it? ) show up occassionally in shops and online auction sites. I first read this book about ten years ago in Hungarian translation (and with the pages referring to the 1956 revolution conveniently edited out) and I was immediately hooked by it. My father and I faught daily for the only copy we had. It is a fascinating, incredibly well written story of a family of three boys who made it from the Hungarian countryside all the way to the top of the Hollywood and English elite. It is one of the most inspiring rags-to-riches stories I've ever read. It also offers a great insight to how movies and stars were made in the Hollywood Golden Age. I still laugh out loud while reading the anecdotes of which the book offers plenty. Written by the nephew of Alexander Korda, and son of famed Art Director Vincent Korda, Michael offers an insider's view on how the post WWII era high society lived. This book is a rare gem, funny as hell, uplifting, educational. A must for movie buffs.

Rating:
Summary: Grab this book if you can!
Review: If this book wasn't impossible to get a hold of, I would have probably bought it for everyone I know. Unfortunately as of now, only used copies of it (why would anyone want to sell it? ) show up occassionally in shops and online auction sites. I first read this book about ten years ago in Hungarian translation (and with the pages referring to the 1956 revolution conveniently edited out) and I was immediately hooked by it. My father and I faught daily for the only copy we had. It is a fascinating, incredibly well written story of a family of three boys who made it from the Hungarian countryside all the way to the top of the Hollywood and English elite. It is one of the most inspiring rags-to-riches stories I've ever read. It also offers a great insight to how movies and stars were made in the Hollywood Golden Age. I still laugh out loud while reading the anecdotes of which the book offers plenty. Written by the nephew of Alexander Korda, and son of famed Art Director Vincent Korda, Michael offers an insider's view on how the post WWII era high society lived. This book is a rare gem, funny as hell, uplifting, educational. A must for movie buffs.