Include Me Out: My Life from Goldwyn to Broadway
by Farley Granger, Robert Calhoun
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Author: Farley Granger, Robert CalhounEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-03-06
ISBN: 0312357737
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
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Summary: 3 Stars
There are so many books out there that need to be read that if a particular book doesn't capture my rapt attention within the first 10 pages, I set it aside and move on to the next one in my ever-growing pile of books in the hall. I suppose INCLUDE ME OUT must be one of the good ones...I'm still reading and only have a few pages yet to go.
Only problem is...I'm down to those last few pages and cannot understand what it was about Farley Granger that caused so many great names in the world of the arts to seek him out for dinner, nights out, film roles, parties, talk, and an occasional FITH. I suppose I will need to read the auto-bios of all those mentioned "best friends," "close colleagues," "confidants," and "persons he admires and loves" to determine why he was so well liked by seemingly everyone, so much so that he turned up at all those high-class cultural occasions of the rich and famous without actually being one of the R&F. And why so many of those R&F paid his room and board while he flitted from one venue to another without seeming to contribute so much as a dime.
But Mr. Granger doesn't really let the reader in on what wonderful things he did for others over the years to deserve such appreciation. Perhaps he is only being modest, but I'm sure that becoming a member of the "In" crowd is not as easy as he makes it seem. I'm sure there are those up-and-coming persons in the art crowd would sure like to have a few pointers.
So, I'm off to do Amazon.com searches on all those names in the index of INCLUDE ME OUT. There should be enough reading material there to keep my hall pile growing faster than I can read.
Summary of Include Me Out: My Life from Goldwyn to Broadway
In classic Hollywood tradition, Farley Granger, a high school senior, was discovered by Sam Goldwyn's casting director in an off-Hollywood Boulevard play. Granger describes how he learned his craft as he went on to star in a number of films, giving an insider's view of working with Hitchcock on Strangers on a Train and Rope, Luchino Visconti on Senso, and Nick Ray on They Live by Night.
He is eloquent about his bisexuality and tells of affairs with Patricia Neal, Arthur Laurents, Shelley Winters, Leonard Bernstein and Ava Gardner and his involvement with Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Crawford, and Tyrone Power.
Granger recreates his legendary struggle to break his contract with Goldwyn. He had to buy his way out to work on Broadway. He describes the early days of live television and working with Julie Harris, Christopher Plummer, Helen Hayes, and Claire Bloom. He captures the thrill of acting on the stage with Janice Rule, June Havoc, Larry Hagman, Barbara Cook, and the National Repertory Theatre, where his determination paid off with an OBIE for his work in Tally & Son.
Granger's delightful and elegant memoir captures the extravangance of Hollywood's Golden Age-and provides colorful portraits of many of its major players.
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