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- catalog abstract ""For the first time, Garry O'Connor reveals Guinness's full story, including how the actor was shaped by his illegitimacy, his strained relationship with his mother, and his search for stability through the Roman Catholic Church. His biography is backed by impeccable research, including interviews with Guinness himself, and contains startling new information about Guinness's childhood, his secret relationships, and the fears that haunted him. This book is a unique portrait of the man behind the indelible performances."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12656890.
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""For the first time, Garry O'Connor reveals Guinness's full story, including how the actor was shaped by his illegitimacy, his strained relationship with his mother, and his search for stability through the Roman Catholic Church. His biography is backed by impeccable research, including interviews with Guinness himself, and contains startling new information about Guinness's childhood, his secret relationships, and the fears that haunted him. This book is a unique portrait of the man behind the indelible performances."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [509]-516) and index.".
- catalog description "Prologue: Truth Is Not Privileged to Be Used All the Time -- Incubation -- The Ambush of Younger Days and Some Preliminary Confessions -- The Sins of the Father -- The Bewitching of Naughtiness Doth Obscure Things -- The Sins of the Mother -- The Dancing Star -- A Gift from God -- The Prince of Denmark Passes Unnoticed Through London -- Plenty of Material to Embroider On -- A Warbler on a Cherry Tree -- Commander Cuffe and the Chintz-Covered Bunk -- We May Rehearse Most Obscenely and Courageously -- Queer. Well--So What! -- Floodlit by Moonlight -- I Live for the Day When I Can Twist Harold Hobson's Crutches 'Round His Neck -- I Never Needed Privacy More -- Illumination -- The Use of the Impersonal Third Person -- The Criminal Mastermind -- Peering into the Darkness -- Some Further Visibility of the Invisible -- Lesser Expectations -- A Smoothish Face Which Had No Features -- The Departing Transvestite -- New Outlines in the Mirror -- Most of Life is Lived Below the Water's Surface -- Either a Man, the Supernatural, or an Illusion -- Friendships Both Jealous and Altruistic -- Move Heaven and Earth to Avoid a Memorial Service -- Epilogue: Was Guinness a Great Actor? -- The Career of Alec Guinness.".
- catalog extent "516 p., [8] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Alec Guinness.".
- catalog identifier "1557835748".
- catalog isFormatOf "Alec Guinness.".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Applause Theatre & Cinema Books ; Milwaukee, WI : Sales and distribution, Hal Leonard,".
- catalog relation "Alec Guinness.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain".
- catalog subject "792/.028/092 B 21".
- catalog subject "Actors Great Britain Biography.".
- catalog subject "Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000.".
- catalog subject "PN2598.G8 O34 2002".
- catalog tableOfContents "Prologue: Truth Is Not Privileged to Be Used All the Time -- Incubation -- The Ambush of Younger Days and Some Preliminary Confessions -- The Sins of the Father -- The Bewitching of Naughtiness Doth Obscure Things -- The Sins of the Mother -- The Dancing Star -- A Gift from God -- The Prince of Denmark Passes Unnoticed Through London -- Plenty of Material to Embroider On -- A Warbler on a Cherry Tree -- Commander Cuffe and the Chintz-Covered Bunk -- We May Rehearse Most Obscenely and Courageously -- Queer. Well--So What! -- Floodlit by Moonlight -- I Live for the Day When I Can Twist Harold Hobson's Crutches 'Round His Neck -- I Never Needed Privacy More -- Illumination -- The Use of the Impersonal Third Person -- The Criminal Mastermind -- Peering into the Darkness -- Some Further Visibility of the Invisible -- Lesser Expectations -- A Smoothish Face Which Had No Features -- The Departing Transvestite -- New Outlines in the Mirror -- Most of Life is Lived Below the Water's Surface -- Either a Man, the Supernatural, or an Illusion -- Friendships Both Jealous and Altruistic -- Move Heaven and Earth to Avoid a Memorial Service -- Epilogue: Was Guinness a Great Actor? -- The Career of Alec Guinness.".
- catalog title "Alec Guinness : a life / Garry O'Connor.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".