Gloria and Joe, Axel Madsen
Gloria and Joe, Axel Madsen
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Gloria and Joe
The Star-Crossed Love Affair of Gloria Swanson and Joe Kennedy

Author: Axel Madsen

Narrator: Paul Boehmer

Unabridged: 17 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/29/2025

Synopsis

The ultimate Hollywood story revealed: the sizzling relationship between Joseph Kennedy, patriarch of America's most influential political family, and Gloria Swanson, one of the most prominent silent film stars of her day. Gloria and Joe were in love with each other and with the movies, especially Queen Kelly, which completed the real-life ménage à trois. Starring along with the star of the screen and the Boston Brahman in this exposé are Erich von Stroheim, Kennedy's wife Rose, Swanson's husband, and a cast of colorful hangers-on. Madsen recreates their love, scandal, and world, which in its extravagance and intrigue has never been surpassed.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Anne on June 20, 2019

Oh boy, the Kennedy men sure could cheat - and Gloria Swanson proved to be the gal that Joe wanted in his years in Hollywood. I've read Swanson's autobiography from the 1980s, so this was the fill-in for what I wanted to know. Well researched, with biographical background on both that led up to the af......more

Goodreads review by Becky on May 12, 2019

It made me sad to learn about the infidelities and other failures of the Kennedy clan patriarch. We are all human and none deserves to be on a pedestal. Insight to movie industry intriguing.......more

Goodreads review by Kelly on October 19, 2016

Enjoyable quickie Excellent if you wish to refresh what you already know of Swanson and learn a bit about Kennedy. Its a rehash but an easy quick, well written read......more

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