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High-class celebrity duobiography of the love and marriage of Walker and Jones, with the bias strongly toward Walker. From his Salt Lake City childhood on, Walker was toweringly self-willed and headstrong. When his beleaguered parents finally sent him to military school for discipline and shaping up, he got into theater activities, began winning state prizes for his acting and eventually joined the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Manhattan, where he met Phylis Isley, an equally phenomenal thespian. They married while still in school; Phylis later had two kids. Bob broke into radio and began earning good money while Phylis made a John Wayne western and a Dick Tracy serial for Republic Pictures, then quit the movies. Meanwhile, David O. Selznick, still reeling with success as the producer of Gone with the Wind and Rebecca, was casting about for a follow-up and hit upon Franz Werfel's The Song of Bernadette. A screen test showed the bloom still on Phylis' cheek and big eyes abrim with big talent. She could play the virgin who sees the Virgin, no question--but Selznick thought it wisest to hide her marriage and child. ten as deeply into the woodwork as possible. Even during the ye

Author

Linet, Beverly

Publisher

Putnam Adult

Published

1986

Language

EN

ISBN

9780399131943

Subjects

Sports, Literary Fiction, Memoir

Rating

4.8 / 5 (14 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14