Madeleine Carroll : actress and humanitarian, from The 39 steps to the Red Cross /

""At the height of her celebrity, Madeleine Carroll (1906-1987) was the world's highest-paid actress. She worked alongside such greats as Laurence Olivier and Charles Laughton, British directors Victor Saville and Alfred Hitchcock, and Hollywood directors John Ford and Otto Preminger....

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Main Author: Pascoe, John, 1951- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2020]
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
504 |a Filmography: pages 205-211. 
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