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Contents A Note from Kirk Douglas ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii Part 1.Actress 1. Beginnings 3 2. Progress 15 3. Broadway 29 4. Stock 41 5. Warner Brothers 51 6. Gary Cooper 63 7. London 75 8. Hollywood 87 9. Tinseltown 99 10. 20th Century-Fox 107 11. Purgatory 119 Part 2.Survivor 12. New York 133 13. Roald Dahl 147 14. Marriage 159 Shearerfront.indd฀฀฀7 3/16/2006฀฀฀12:23:11฀PM 15. England 171 16. Career 183 17. Triumph 193 18. Tempest 209 19. Tragedy 227 20. Stardom 239 Part 3. Legend 21. Illness 253 22. Comeback 271 23. Roses 283 24. Television 301 25. Independence 313 26. Divorce 327 27. Serenity 337 Appendix 349 Notes 385 Selected Bibliography 413 Index 419 Photo galleries follow pages 82, 178, and 274 viii Contents Shearerfront.indd฀฀฀8 3/16/2006฀฀฀12:23:11฀PM ...

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