Include Me Out - My Life from Goldwyn to Broadway
signed first edition
2007 · New York
by GRANGER, FARLEY
New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2007. First Edition, First Printing. Signed by the author / actor Farley Granger and his companion co-author Robert Calhoun on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Laid in is an original Autograph Letter Signed to film mogul Samuel Goldwyn, who owned Farley Granger’s film acting contract, from an admirer of Farley Granger’s acting. Dated April 6, 1953, Barbara O’Gorman from Detroit, “Dear Mr Goldwyn, a letter of praise for your star Farley Granger. He was most certainly the best advertisement you could have had for your marvelous picture Hans Christian Anderson” She discusses Granger’s acting abilities and encourages Goldwyn to have Granger make more public appearances in various cities. With the original stamped envelope. “In classic Hollywood tradition, Farley Granger, a high school senior, was discovered by Sam Goldwyn's casting director in an off-Hollywood Boulevard play. Granger describes how he learned his craft as he went on to star in a number of films, giving an insider's view of working with Hitchcock on Strangers on a Train and Rope, Luchino Visconti on Senso, and Nicholas Ray on They Live by Night. He is eloquent about his bisexuality and tells of affairs with Patricia Neal, Arthur Laurents, Shelley Winters, Leonard Bernstein and Ava Gardner and his involvement with Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Crawford, and Tyrone Power. Granger recreates his legendary struggle to break his contract with Goldwyn. He had to buy his way out to work on Broadway. He describes the early days of live television and working with Julie Harris, Christopher Plummer, Helen Hayes, and Claire Bloom. He captures the thrill of acting on the stage with Janice Rule, June Havoc, Larry Hagman, Barbara Cook, and the National Repertory Theatre, where his determination paid off with an OBIE for his work in Tally & Son. Granger's delightful and elegant memoir captures the extravagance of Hollywood's Golden Age-and provides colorful portraits of many of its major players.” (Inventory #: 16324J)