American Prince: A Memoir | 
 enlarge | Authors: Tony Curtis, Peter Golenbock
Publisher: Harmony
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 384
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Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.1 x 1.4
ISBN: 0307408493
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.43028092
EAN: 9780307408495
ASIN: 0307408493
Publication Date: October 14, 2008
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#8220;All my life I had one dream and that was to be in the movies.#8221;brbrHe was the Golden Boy of the Golden Age. A prince of the silver screen. 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 adulation#8212;Elvis 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.brbrNo simple tell-all, iAmerican Prince/i chronicles Hollywood during its heyday. Curtis revisits his immense body of work#8212;including the unforgettable classics Houdini, Spartacus, and Some Like It Hot#8212;and regales readers with stories of his associations with Frank Sinatra, Laurence Olivier, director Billy Wilder, and film industry heavyweight Lew Wasserman, as well as paramours Natalie Wood and Marilyn Monroe, among others. brbrAs forthright as he is enthralling, Tony Curtis offers intimate glimpses into his succession of failed marriages (and the one that has endured), his destructive drug addiction, and his passion as a painter. Written with humor and grace, iAmerican Prince/i is a testament to the power of living the life of one#8217;s dreams.
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 American Prince November 28, 2008
Diane (USA)
He prides himself on bedding most of the women in Hollywood even when he was married but yet when he caught his wife cheating on him he couldn't believe it and divorced her right away. br / br /This guy is a first class jerk and is probably still humping anything that moves even though he's married AGAIN.
 Wow...just...wow. November 24, 2008
Max (USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
And not a good wow, I've never seen a Tony Curtis movie, and after reading this book, I doubt I ever will. He comes across as somebody I really want to like, but even in telling his own side of the story, he comes across as a louse, I would hate to hear how he comes off in the other side of the story. br / br /This book is a long list of marriages, and an even longer list of affairs, he cheats like most people breathe. Then he has the nerve to be angry when he catches his young wife cheating on him, I wanted to shake her hand. He even hit on his current wife while she was on a date with someone else, that it worked tells me he finally found someone he truly deserves. br / br /I can't say some of the Hollywood stories aren't entertaining, but they aren't really worth wading through the distastful and cringe worthy rememberances of this odd man.
 Not the man I thought he was November 17, 2008
S. Taylor (Southern California)
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
I grew up loving Tony Curtis. I really respected him, however now that I've read his words, I have no respect for him at all. I have often heard that what goes around, comes around and since he wasn't much of a father to his children, maybe they will give him the same send off that he gave his mother. And I resented him talking about Janet Leigh, when she cannot defend herself. I resented that about him with a lot of people he talked about in this book. I can now see why he didn't get many good parts. He was too into himself. br /Sandy
American Prince November 16, 2008
A. Hanson (Hayward, CA USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book helped me to understand the ego driven Mr. Curtis. He was constantly building himself up and putting others down. I did not learn anything about who this talented actor really is. It's obvious he has not come to terms with his unfortunate childhood. I was disappointed that he did not share more experiences with the renown actors and actresses he worked with but instead either demeaned or dismissed them. br /A very disappointing book.
Tony in Hollywood November 9, 2008
Linda K. Walker
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I always thought Tony Curtis to be one of the best looking guys in the movies. I loved him in the Vikings and Spartacus, Trapeze, The Rat Race, and The Sweet Smell of Success. However in the later 60s and 70s he appeared in a bunch of silly forgetable movies and never really had another good role. He never really explains why. He glosses over his drug problems which may be the reason for his best acting years being pre drug days. The book is enertaining but that is all. I suspect we will have to wait until Tony is gone and someone does a biography to get the story behind the story.
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