Title Love and loss in Hollywood : Florence Deshon, Max Eastman, and Charlie Chaplin / edited by Cooper Graham and Christoph Irmscher

Published Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 458 pages) : illustrations (some color) Series Special publications of the Lilly Library Summary "In 1919, Florence Deshon-tall, radical, and charismatic-was well on her way to becoming one of Hollywood's brightest stars. Embroiled in a clandestine affair with Charlie Chaplin, she continued to remain romantically involved with the well-known writer and socialist Max Eastman. By 1922, she was found dead in a New York apartment, rumored to have committed suicide. Love and Loss in Hollywood: Florence Deshon, Max Eastman, and Charlie Chaplin uses previously unpublished letters between Deshon and Eastman to reconstruct their relationship against the backdrop of the "golden age" of Hollywood. Deshon's tragic life and her abuse at the hands of powerful men-including Chaplin, Eastman, and Samuel Goldwyn-resonate with the concerns of today's MeToo movement. Above all, though, this is a book about an extraordinary woman unjustly forgotten: a brilliant writer and campaigner for women's rights, driven both by her ambition to succeed and a boundless desire for life. Rich in tantalizing detail, Love and Loss in Hollywood chronicles crucial years of American film history, overshadowed by the pervasive fear of Bolshevism after World War I, the Red Riots, and the emergence of the big studios in Hollywood. This beautiful edition features dozens of unpublished photographs, among them six mesmerizing full-length portraits of Deshon by Adolph de Meyer, Vogue's first fashion photographer"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes "Special publications of the Lilly Library"--Preliminary page Description based on print version record Subject Deshon, Florence, 1893-1922 -- Correspondence Eastman, Max, 1883-1969 -- Correspondence Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977 -- Relations with women SUBJECT Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977 -- Relations with women Eastman, Max, 1883-1969 -- Correspondence Deshon, Florence, 1893-1922 -- Correspondence Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977 fast Eastman, Max, 1883-1969 fast Subject Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography Actors -- United States -- Biography Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography Editors -- United States -- Biography ART / Film & Video Actors Authors, American Editors Motion picture actors and actresses Motion picture producers and directors Relations with women United States Genre/Form personal correspondence. Biographies Personal correspondence Biographies. Personal correspondence. Biographies. Correspondance privée. Form Electronic book Author Graham, Cooper C., 1938- editor. Irmscher, Christoph, editor. Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington) LC no. 2020029529 ISBN 0253052963 9780253052964 9780253052933 0253052939

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