- Title: On the Other Hand A Life Story
- Author: Fay Wray
- Year Published: 1989 (St. Martin’s Press)
- Year Purchased: ??
- Source: Unknown
- About: Fay Wray was much more than the beautiful blonde love interest of King Kong. She was multi-talented, whip-smart and determined; she made the tough transition from silent films to talkies while still in her early twenties; she fell in love with men of true intellect and ability (including the tragic Academy Award winning writer John Monk Saunders, her first husband). She was as ridiculously lovely at 90 as she was at 20, which I think speaks to certain rare inner qualities. She was working on a follow-up autobiography at the time of her death on August 8, 2004.
- Motivation: If you’ve ever seen Fay Wray on film-or even a still photograph (see below)-you have the answer.
- Times Read: 2
- Random Excerpt/Page 56: “I rode a supposedly runaway horse and lay across the saddle, my head hanging down on one side of the horse, one foot tied to the stirrup on the far side. A crew member behind the camera shook his head, asking me silently not to do it.”
- Happiness Scale: 9 1/2
Publicity photo of Fay Wray for Argentinean Magazine. (Printed in USA) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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She was amazing.
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I just love her. She is still very underrated as an actress. I’ve written on classic film (especially silent cinema) for a decade but I have never done a piece about Fay Wray. Maybe I will have to change that soon!
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I would love to read it when you do!
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Thanks, I will let you know the particulars!
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