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Book on Éclair Star to benefit Fort Lee
Posted By: Susan Wilson
Date: Saturday, 19 March 2005, at 11:13 p.m.
The long-awaited biography written by Randy Bryan Bigham on the life of Dorothy Gibson will be available for purchase through Amazon.com beginning March 26th. A copy of the press release is provided below as well.
A gallery of pictures from Finding Dorothy is also now available at Amazon.com. If desired, a selection of photos can be provided by email upon request.
We are proud to announce that a portion of the proceeds from Finding Dorothy will benefit the Fort Lee Film Commission as well as the British Titanic Society.
If I can be of any further assistance please feel free to contact me.Susan Wilson, PR Coordinator
Press Release:
Finding Dorothy
An Appreciation of the Life and Career of
DOROTHY GIBSON BRULATOURby Randy Bryan Bigham
Edited by Jennifer Mills.Edwardian cover girl and silent screen star Dorothy Gibson survived
the sinking of the Titanic, a disastrous marriage, even the horrors
of a World War II concentration camp,
but the judgment of history didn’t spare her….Randy Bryan Bigham reclaims the story of a life forgotten.
Published by Titanic Star
To be Released March 26, 2005.Available for pre-ordering through Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0615127525/qid%3D1111014290/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/103-2350788-3117442First Edition, Limited Run, 2005
8 1/2-x-11 glossy covers, 96 pages, 200 illustrations.ISBN 0-615-12752-5
$34.99Finding Dorothy is the first biography of model and actress Dorothy Gibson (1889-1946), who also found notoriety as a survivor of the Titanic tragedy. This title is a package, enclosing a fully illustrated, soft-cover book,
a CD of select images and two reproduction art prints, suitable for framing.A portion of proceeds to benefit
The Fort Lee Film Commission
and The British Titanic Society* * *
Finding Dorothy by Randy Bryan Bigham provides a thorough analysis of Dorothy Gibson’s work as the muse of popular Edwardian artist Harrison Fisher. It also offers an informed critique of her brief but successful career as a leading lady in early American silent cinema. Reviews for each of her movies, drawing upon all available documented sources, are included.
The section of the book concerning her experiences in the 1912 sinking of the Titanic is large and well illustrated, presenting a very descriptive account, culled from many contemporary sources. This section also covers in detail the making of the movie “Saved From the Titanic,” the first motion picture ever produced about the disaster, in which Dorothy herself starred.
Dorothy’s personal life is explored frankly yet sympathetically, especially her romance with film tycoon Jules Brulatour (whom she eventually married) and the press and courtroom scandal that resulted.
The involvement of Dorothy Gibson in Fascist politics in pre-World War II Europe is likewise treated with candor. Her ultimate escape from imprisonment by the Nazis in 1944, after she had switched her allegiance, is explicitly examined.
The book contains many seldom-seen photographs of Dorothy Gibson during her time as an actress, including both publicity portraits and scene stills from her plays and movies. In addition there are illustrations, some reproduced in color, of Dorothy as painted by Harrison Fisher.
The book is based on original scholarship by the author as well as the work of a number of other historians and journalists. In addition, Dorothy’s own words, from interviews and private papers, are used throughout, giving an immediacy and poignancy to the story of her extraordinary life.
______________________________________________________Randy Bryan Bigham is an award-winning freelance journalist, having served as a news writer and editor for both daily and weekly publications. An authority on early 20th century popular culture, specializing in the fields of entertainment and fashion, Bigham is also a visual consultant, supplying historical images from his extensive private collection to book, museum, film and other media projects. At 36, he lives in Texas.
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