Hollywood Bad Boys - Softcover

Parish, James Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1515398536 ISBN 13: 9781515398530

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

Part of the Encore Film Book Classics series, this is a reprint of the original text to Hollywood Bad Boys by James Robert Parish. Which hunky Baldwin brother has a tendency to go ballistic? Which legendary rebel was known as “the human ashtray” throughout Los Angeles’ S&M clubs? Can you recount the number of times Robert Downey Jr. was sent to the slammer? It’s tough to keep track of the many escapades and misadventures of Tinseltown’s baddest boys? But with Hollywood Bad Boys, celebrity watchers can easily follow the fascinating stories of the screen’s most infamous rascals and rogues over many decades. This volume provides a provocative look into the wild lives of 70 of Hollywood’s most notable hellions, both past and present. Included are individual mini chapters on each of the sinful stars, revealing their often troubled childhoods and charting their collision courses with fame . . . and infamy. The bad boy celebrities detailed are: Ben Affleck, Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, Alec Baldwin, John Barrymore, Warren Beatty, John Belushi, Robert Blake, Humphrey Bogart, Marlon Brando, Todd Bridges, Gary Busey, Charlie Chaplin, Montgomery Clift, Steve Cochran, Bob Crane, Bing Crosby, Russell Crowe, James Dean, Johnny Depp, Andy Dick, Kirk Douglas, Robert Downey Jr., Chris Farley, W.C. Fields, Errol Flynn, Mark Frechette, Clark Gable, John Gilbert, Kelsey Grammer, Hugh Grant, Rodney Harvey, Pee-wee Herman, Howard Hughes, Don Johnson, Paul Kelly, Peter Lawford, Rob Lowe, Dean Martin, Steve McQueen, Robert Mitchum, Eddie Murphy, Tom Neal, Jack Nicholson, Nick Nolte, Sean Penn, Matthew Perry, River Phoenix, Elvis Presley, Richard Pryor, George Raft, Wallace Reid, Brad Renfro, Burt Reynolds, Mickey Rourke, Tupac Shakur, Charlie Sheen, O. J. Simpson, Frank Sinatra, Christian Slater, Carl “Alfalfa” Switzer, William Desmond Taylor, Lawrence Tierney, Spencer Tracy, Rudolph Valentino, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Jan-Michael Vincent, Mark Walhberg, John Wayne, Bruce Willis, and Gig Young. Get down and dirty with the most celebrated Hollywood rebels without a cause in Hollywood Bad Boys, a must-have guide for every pop culture enthusiast.

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From the Back Cover:

Get down and dirty with the most celebrated Hollywood rebels without a cause in this must-have guide for every pop-culture vulture

Which hunky Baldwin brother has a tendency to go ballistic? Which legendary rebel was known as "the human ashtray" throughout L.A.'s S&M clubs? Can you count (not on one hand) the number of times Robert Downey Jr. has been sent to the slammer? It's tough to keep track of the many escapades and misadventures of Tinseltown's baddest boys. But with Hollywood Bad Boys, celebrity watchers can easily follow the fascinating stories of the screen's most infamous rascals and rogues over many decades.

Providing a provocative look into the wild lives of seventy of Hollywood's hellions, both past and present--from Tupac to Pee-wee, Elvis to Mickey, Hugh Grant to Howard Hughes--Hollywood expert and author James Robert Parish tells all.

Inside you'll find:

• A convenient, alphabetical arrangement that makes finding your favorite bad boy a piece of cake
• Rare, black-and-white photos of the baddest of the bad
• Individual minibios on the sinful stars, revealing their often troubled childhoods and charting their collision courses with fame . . . and infamy

Whether probing Tinseltown's sordid past for forgotten facts or making sense of today's famous freewheelers, Hollywood Bad Boys assembles for the first time the amazing scandals and outrageous shenanigans of the celebrated men who indulge their desires without restraint--from the most notorious to simply the naughtiest.

About the Author:

JAMES ROBERT PARISH, a former entertainment reporter, publicist, and book series editor, is the author of many published major biographies and reference books on the entertainment industry including Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You; The Hollywood Book of Extravagance; It’s Good to Be the King: The Seriously Funny Life of Mel Brooks; The Hollywood Book of Breakups; Fiascos: Hollywood’s Iconic Flops; The Hollywood Book of Love; Jet Li; The Encyclopedia of Ethnic Groups in Hollywood; The Hollywood Book of Death; Gus Van Sant; Whoopi Goldberg; Rosie O’Donnell’s Story; The Unofficial “Murder, She Wrote” Casebook; Today’s Black Hollywood; Let’s Talk! America’s Favorite TV Talk Show Hosts; Prison Pictures from Hollywood; Prostitution in Hollywood Films; The Great Cop Pictures; Ghosts and Angels in Hollywood Films; Pirates and Seafaring Swashbucklers on the Hollywood Screen; Gays and Lesbians in Mainstream Cinema; Hollywood’s Great Love Teams; and The Fox Girls. Mr. Parish is a frequent oncamera interviewee on cable and network TV for documentaries on the performing arts. The author resides in Studio City, California.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1515398536
• ISBN 13: 9781515398530
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 328