American Prince, Tony Curtis
American Prince, Tony Curtis
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American Prince
A Memoir

Author: Tony Curtis, Peter Golenbock

Narrator: Don Leslie

Unabridged: 10 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/14/2008

Synopsis

He was the Golden Boy of the Golden Age. Dashing and debonair, Tony Curtis arrived on the scene in a blaze of bright lights and celluloid. His good looks, smooth charm, and natural talent earned him fame, women, and adulation–Elvis copied his look and the Beatles put him on their Sgt. Pepper album cover. But the Hollywood life of his dreams brought both invincible highs and debilitating lows. Now, in his captivating, no-holds-barred autobiography, Tony Curtis shares the agony and ecstasy of a private life in the public eye.
No simple tell-all, American Prince chronicles Hollywood during its heyday. Curtis revisits his immense body of work and regales readers with stories of his associations with Frank Sinatra, Laurence Olivier, director Billy Wilder, as paramours Natalie Wood and Marilyn Monroe, among others.
Written with humor and grace, American Prince is a testament to the power of living the life of one’s dreams.

About The Author

Tony Curtis was one of Hollywood’s greatest stars. He lived with his wife, Jill, outside of Las Vegas, where he found additional careers as a painter and founder of the Shiloh Horse Rescue and Sanctuary, a nonprofit foundation that rehabilitates abused and neglected horses for adoption. He died in 2010.Peter Golenbock has written some of sports’ most important books, including Dynasty: The New York Yankees 1949–64; The Bronx Zoo, which he wrote in 1979 with New York Yankees pitcher Sparky Lyle; BUMS: An Oral History of the Brooklyn Dodgers; Personal Fouls, a look at corruption in college basketball; American Zoom, a history of NASCAR; and Wild, High and Tight, his biography of Yankees manager Billy Martin. Golenbock lives in St. Petersburg, Florida.Don Leslie has enjoyed a wonderful voiceover, stage, television, and film career. He has appeared on Broadway in The Dresser and Rose. He’s worked at such regional theaters as Buffalo Studio Arena, Hartford Stage Company, Portland Stage Company, and several others. He’s appeared in over 20 films and as many television episodics. His recent audiobook narrations for BOT include The State of Jones by Sally Jenkins, The Man Who Owns the News by Michael Wolffe, and The Nine by Jeffrey Toobin.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Pat on March 01, 2009

It was hard to like this book because Tony Curtis comes across as such a macho pig egotist. He certainly had a tough childhood, but he's way too boastful about his conquests. You sorta wonder if he's all talk but not really that much action. He hardly ever mentions his children, as if they didn't ma......more

Goodreads review by Tom on February 16, 2016

Tom Emory, Jr. Review -- Tony Curtis never escaped his roots. The fame and success were not enough. He wanted everyone to love him and bow to him, and his way of demeaning people in his autobiography is indicative of his lack of upbringing, education, refinement and love. A suitable subtitle for thi......more

Goodreads review by Briana on April 08, 2014

What this book boils down to is this paraphrase: "You guys, Tony Curtis may be troubled but he's really, really handsome and he totally slept with Marilyn Monroe." - Tony Curtis I found Curtis a bit pompous (although he did earn back some humility credit toward the end), hypocritical (Furious when his......more

Goodreads review by Joy H. on September 30, 2011

_American Prince: A Memoir_ (2008) by Tony Curtis, Peter Golenbock, Mitch Greenberg (Narrator) Added 9/23/11 I listened to the audio version of this book. It's a tell-all book and I enjoyed it very much. There was something very charming about Tony Curtis. He died in 2010 at the age of 85. He had a grea......more

Goodreads review by Orinoco Womble (tidy bag and all) on September 17, 2015

Many years ago I read a ghost-written autobiography of Shelley Winters, in which she claimed Tony Curtis was her first cousin, and that he was instrumental in her breaking into Hollywood. She even included a long Hollywood story about being with him at a party and "accidentally" getting into a produ......more

Quotes

“[F]illed with fond recollections of [Curtis’s] friendships with the famous and powerful but punctuated, too, by harsh words for Hollywood legends he says did him wrong….Curtis spares few intimate details about his years as a Hollywood lothario, including his teenage affair with a redheaded, ponytailed Marilyn Monroe.”
—USA Today


Praise for Tony Curtis

“When you’re with Tony Curtis, you’re with somebody very alive. He was—and is—one of the most ‘up’ people I have ever known.”
—Sidney Poitier

“Tony Curtis could have just been the beautiful young leading man, handsome, charming as hell . . . [but] he wanted to be a good actor, and he’s the only guy I know wholearned his craft successfully.”
—Jack Lemmon

“For Some Like It Hot, I wanted a straight leading man and a comedian. I was sure Tony was right for it. Tony is so open and animated. . . . It was a huge, wonderful
plus for the picture.”
—Billy Wilder

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