American Prince: A Memoir

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"Curtis spares few intimate details about his years as a Hollywood lothario including his teenage affair with a redheaded ponytailed Marilyn Monroe."USA Today He was the Golden Boy of the Golden Age. 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 adulationElvis 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. Curtis revisits his immense body of workincluding the classics Houdini Spartacus and Some Like It Hotand regales readers with stories of his associations with Frank Sinatra Laurence Olivier and director Billy Wilder as well as paramours Natalie Wood and Marilyn Monroe among others. Written with humor and grace American Prince is a testament to the power of living the life of ones dreams.