Victoria Riskin - A Memoir of Her Remarkable Parents
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“Captivating and poignant…” – The Associated Press
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“Revealing . . . refreshing” – Booklist
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“Touching memoir…” – The Wall Street Journal
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“Wise, penetrating, smoothly written” – Foster Hirsch
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“[a] nostalgic and reverent remembrance of […] Golden Age Hollywood.” – Publishers Weekly
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“vivid and personal in the best possible sense; compulsive reading” – James Curtis
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“a must-read for fans of this era of film history” – Kirkus Reviews
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“An altogether wonderful book…” – Richard North Patterson
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“spans one of the most interesting periods of Hollywood” – Michael Korda, author
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“…a splendid dual biography” – Joseph McBride
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“evocative and deeply moving…” – Kenneth Turan, film critic
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“a brilliant piece of cinematic history…” – Michael Korda, author of Charmed Lives
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Fay Wray’s career spanned 65 years from the silent era onward. She starred in more than 100 films opposite the leading men of her time. Robert Riskin was an Academy Award-winning screenwriter, considered one of the greats of Hollywood’s Golden Era. You may recognize a few of your favorite films, listed here.