{"product_id":"claudette-colbert-bernard-f-dick-9781496859976","title":"Claudette Colbert: She Walked in Beauty","description":"Claudette Colbert's mixture of beauty, sophistication, wit, and vivacity quickly made her one of the film industry's most famous and highest-paid stars of the 1930s and 1940s. Though Colbert (1903-1996) began her career on the New York stage, she was beloved for her roles in such films as Preston Sturges's \u003ci\u003eThe Palm Beach Story\u003c\/i\u003e, Cecil B. DeMille's \u003ci\u003eCleopatra\u003c\/i\u003e, and Frank Capra's \u003ci\u003eIt Happened One Night\u003c\/i\u003e, for which she won an Academy Award. She showed remarkable prescience by becoming one of the first Hollywood stars to embrace television, and she also returned to Broadway in her later career. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBernard F. Dick chronicles Colbert's long career but also explores her early life in Paris and New York. Along with discussing how she left her mark on Broadway, Hollywood, radio, and television, the book explores Colbert's lifelong interests in painting, fashion design, and commercial art. Using correspondence, interviews, periodicals, film archives, and other research materials, the biography reveals a smart, talented actress who conquered Hollywood and remains one of America's most captivating screen icons.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bernard F. Dick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496859979\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496859976\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 364\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d","brand":"Bernard F. Dick","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47452462088447,"sku":"9781496859976","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_010ff190-9f21-49d4-97fa-9c6986a8a769.jpg?v=1761928594","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/claudette-colbert-bernard-f-dick-9781496859976","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}