Ronald Colman: A Bio-Bibliography

Westport CT/London: Greenwood Press. Near Fine. (c.1997). First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket, as issued) [nice clean copy, virtually as-new except that the gilt lettering on the front cover is for some reason heavily rubbed, and there's the faintest trace of foxing on the fore-edge]. (Bio-Bibliographies in the Performing Arts, No. 74) Series (B&W photographs) "This immensely detailed reference book brings Colman's life and career into sharp focus, corrects misleading information about him, and comments on the critical response to his work. The heart of this expertly researched volume is a series of chapter with entries for Colman's (truncated) many hundreds of performances in film, radio, and television. Entries provide full production information, plot synopses, excerpts from reviews, and valuable commentary. An extensive annotated bibliography summarizes and assesses material written about Colman, and the author scrupulously debunks the many myths that have been written about Colman in previous publications." (Quoted from the publisher's one-page press release, laid in.) I can testify from long-ago personal contact that the author was positively obsessed with Ronald Colman, which is fully borne out by the level of detail presented in this volume; unfortunately, he didn't live to complete the full-scale biography of Colman on which the press release noted he was working. . (Inventory #: 29320)