Luck and Circumstance: A Coming of Age in Hollywood, New York, and Points Beyond
- ISBN-10
- 0307594688
- ISBN-13
- 9780307594686
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 273
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011
- Publisher
- Alfred a Knopf Incorporated
- Author
- Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Description
The acclaimed director of such films as Brideshead Revisited shares the story of his youth and career, providing coverage of such topics as his childhood as the son of star Geraldine Fitzgerald, his relationships with Hollywood elite and the allegations that Orson Welles was his real father.
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