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Welcome to the WBEZ book Club.
I'm Jordan Rich and escape through beauty,

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Beauty. I'm a man that can
give it to them. It's not a

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new biography, but it's worth reading
if you're a Hollywood fan. Carrie Grant,

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a biography by Mark Elliott, takes
a look at one of Hollywood's most

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debonair stars. Carrie Grant, born
in England in nineteen oh four, challenges

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the likes of Clark, Gable and
Valentino to become one of Hollywood's top leading

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men. His perfect physique, his
urbane charm and wit, His ability to

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woo both sexes, men and women
on screen and yes, offscreen is explored.

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Carry Grant enjoyed a career that spanned
nearly forty years and included seventy two

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movies, from classic comedies to some
of Hitchcock's Best Five marriages. A hidden

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relationship with actor Randolph Scott, and
a dislike about being in the public eye

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make Carrie Grant a fascinating character.
Carry Grant, a biography by Mark Elliott.

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