Title:
Twitch upon a star : the bewitched life and career of Elizabeth Montgomery / Herbie J Pilato.
ISBN:
9781589797499
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Publication Information:
Lanham, Md. : Taylor Trade Pub., [2012]
Lanham, Md. : Distributed by National Book Network
©2012
Physical Description:
xvi, 430 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Contents:
Introduction -- Prewitched. Once upon a time ; Grim ; Elizabeth Montgomery presents ; Brush with fame ; The equestrians ; Training days ; The Europeans ; Spirits and demons ; Two plus hundreds -- Bewitches. Lizmet ; Remember the mane ; Double double... ; ...Toil and trouble ; Public broadcasting -- Disenchanted. To twitch or not to twitch ; Temperature rising ; Post serial ; Awakenings -- Reconciled. Spirits and angels ; Humanities ; Political science ; Final exams ; Graduation -- Afterword.
Summary:
Based on Pilato's exclusive interviews with Montgomery prior to her death in 1995, this book includes never-before-published material about her remarkable life and career before, during, and after Bewitched. Though typecast as "Samantha", two of her many TV movies were groundbreaking and remain classics. Pilato explores Montgomery's tumultuous relationships with her father, screen legend Robert Montgomery, and her four husbands; and goes behind the scenes to explore Montgomery's political activism, including her early advocacy for AIDS sufferers and the peace movement; the gay community and the disabled; and her controversial participation as narrator of films which chronicled the Iran/Contra scandal of the 1980s.
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OCLC Number:
ocn785865521
Availability:
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