Diamonds to Dust: The Life and Death of Jayne Mansfield
by Frank Ferruccio
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Author: Frank FerruccioEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-06-18
ISBN: 1432712411
Number of pages: 120
Publisher: Outskirts Press
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- ISBN13: 9781432712419
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Book Reviews of Diamonds to Dust: The Life and Death of Jayne Mansfield
Book Review: Diamonds To Dust delivers!
Summary: 5 Stars
When something good comes along, you may have a tendency to occasionally
tell a friend or two about it. When something great comes along you want to shout it from the rooftops. That's what I plan on doing with this new book by Frank Ferruccio. Imagine you're a little 9 year old kid browsing through Waldenbooks and you stumble upon HOLLYWOOD BABYLON by Kenneth
Anger. On the cover of the book you see the most incredible blonde goddess you've ever seen in your life wearing a gown with her lovely nipples poking through. Imagine you're a high school student 7 years later and have a term paper due. Your best friend is obsessed with Marilyn Monroe and you figure you'll do your term paper on her since your friend has so many books. Almost all of the books mention JAYNE MANSFIELD. Wait, isn't that the most beautiful woman you ever saw a few years ago on that book cover in Waldenbooks? I want to learn more about this beautiful woman. Who is she? I track down a copy of the Martha Saxton book. Does it tell me? I guess, a little, but it's so short
and some stuff isn't about Jayne! And what's with all this feminism stuff? It's 1988! Hmmmmm, so I'll drive in my car a few extra miles to locate the May Mann book. WHOA. I like it, but this chick May Mann is kinda kooky. But Jayne is intriguing. OK, so I still don't know TOO much about this woman I've started collecting on and renting her movies from the local Pic A Flic but that's OK. So I start corresponding with other fans and join The Jayne Mansfield Fan Club
headed by a boy diva named Sabin Gray. I'm learning much more about Jayne. Who is Ray Strait? There's a little paperback out he wrote called HERE THEY ARE,JAYNE THIS the real Jayne? It can't be. I know nothing is as it appears to be but this book is just too much.....will there ever be a definitive biography on my favorite movie star?
YES.
Diamonds To Dust is a new book by Frank Ferruccio who is the premiere Jayne collector on the East Coast, possibly all of the nation. He is friendly with all of Jayne's children and knows many stories and many answers to a lot of unanswered questions. And we're all the luckier for it. The book is pretty no holds barred and while you do get a sense of the wild woman Jayne was, you also get something that NO other author has EVER written before.....WHY she had that wild streak. WHY she loved and craved publicity. WHY she kept leaving Mickey. WHY she made those movies that weren't well received. It's in here.
But what I love most about Diamonds To Dust is the way it is written. It is written in the 1st person, so you get a sense that Mr. Ferruccio is actually talking to you and telling you these things you want to know the answer to. It's a very endearing approach and something many other authors are often afraid to do. He isn't pompous or bitchy like a Callan or Saxton, he's not full of exaggerations
like Strait, and he's not Koo Koo for cocoa puffs like, bless her heart, Mann. He's sharing his Jayne knowledge with you and in turn you feel closer to both Jayne AND the author. In addition, this is a good reference book ala the Jocelyn Faris
book but without the snooty bio.
The photos are extremely rare. Mr. Ferruccio refuses to play it safe and go with the constant 1956/1957 glamazon photos that we've all seen before. Sure, there's some of that in here.....but he shows us many rare, never before seen photos and outtakes from all the years of her life. 1960s Jayne fans will love the photos while 1957 Jayne fans will still be satisfied.
I didn't like Diamonds To Dust, I loved it. My only hope is that with this book OTHER books about this fascinating woman will be written. I have no complaints about the book except one.......the author leaves us wanting more... not from the book, but from this fascinating journey we're taken on ending too soon....just like Jayne Mansfield's life did.
Summary of Diamonds to Dust: The Life and Death of Jayne Mansfield
The True Story of The Original Tabloid Blonde!
Before Anna Nicole, Before Pam Anderson, there was Jayne Mansfield. The original working mom with severe determination and drive. The original Playboy centerfold, the first huge Hollywood star to appear nude in a film. Marriage, Divorces, Five Children, Success and Dissapointment, the Story of Jayne Mansfield's life has it all, and I'm happy to tell the true story of TV Star Mariska Hargitay's mothers life!
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