{"product_id":"burt-lancaster-an-american-life-1","title":"Kate Buford: Burt Lancaster [2008] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eBurt Lancaster is perhaps most widely remembered as the tough, iron-jawed star of films such as Gunfight at the OK Corral and Airport. But as this superbly readable and insightful biography demonstrates, he was an actor with much broader ambitions -              brilliantly realised in Visconti'             s The Leopard -              as well as the founder of the first actor-led production company in Hollywood. Lancaster'             s liberal political views led not only to frequent clashes with the House Un-American Activities Committee and a voluminous FBI file, but also a private life that was colourful even by Hollywood standards. Although a devoted father and husband (to three wives), the actor took numerous lovers -              of both sexes. In his sexual tastes as in his choice of roles, he defied classification. Kate Buford'             s definitive biography offers a full, frank, sensitive and compelling portrait of the star of Atlantic City, From Here to Eternity and Elmer Gantry (for which he won a Best Actor Oscar). Lancaster emerges as a man of restless energy, relentless curiosity and continual development as an actor: a star every bit as interesting offscreen as on. As one American reviewer put it: '             Not many film stars receive first-class biographies; Burt Lancaster not only deserved one, he got one.'              Acclaimed biographer Kate Buford has been a regular commentator on National Public Radio in the United States since 1994.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Buford, Kate","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":47838417224019,"sku":"XG81845133856","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/buford-kate-burt-lancaster-an-american-life-xg81845133856-54998098149715.jpg?v=1710877101","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/burt-lancaster-an-american-life-1","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}