{"product_id":"an-open-book-9780306805738","title":"An Open Book","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Far superior to the endless run of books by and about movie people, Mr. Huston shows a master screenwriter's skill in setting a scene and delineating a character with a few words.\"--\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAn Open Book\u003c\/i\u003e, this veteran of five marriages, innumerable friendships, practical jokes, horses, love affairs, and intellectual obsessions tells his own story in his own way. It is direct, unadorned, complete-and wonderful reading. Here is Huston on stage for the first time at age three, dressed in an Uncle Sam suit; in the ring at eighteen, boxing for small purses; selling his first short story to H.L. Mencken; down and out in London; acting in Greenwich Village; going to Hollywood to work for Jack Warner as a writer; directing his first picture, \u003ci\u003eThe Maltese Falcon;\u003c\/i\u003e filming dangerous combat scenes in the Aleutians and in Italy; and making over forty years worth of movies, from \u003ci\u003eKey Largo\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Would Be King\u003c\/i\u003e. And the stories behind those movies are often as exciting as the movies themselves, featuring such notables as Hemingway, Selznick, Sartre, Hepburn, Monroe, Flynn, Welles, Gable, Bogart, Clift, and Brando. \u003ci\u003eAn Open Book\u003c\/i\u003e is alive with John Huston's presence: his boldness and daring, his candor and style, and the spontaneity with which he followed his dreams to their ultimate destination, the well-deserved acclaim of a world enchanted by his work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Da Capo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780306805738\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.94h x 5.88w x 1.14d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/1994 pg. 172\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"John Huston","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52403339788469,"sku":"9780306805738","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_1ebd9036-09bc-44bd-9fce-9660cbb08e12.jpg?v=1774968833","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/an-open-book-9780306805738","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}