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# Natalie Wood: Reflections on a Legendary Life (Turner Classic Movies)

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Review: Fantastic illustrated remembrance of Natalie Wood - I bought the book without even looking at preview pages, and thought I would have to return it, but kept it because of so many photos included with well written summary of her life. Many of these photos are not available through online web searches and come from Ms Wood's own collection. Apparently, Natalie Wood kept every memento & photo about herself from childhood and throughout her adult life. Sounds very narcissistic, but a treasure trove for history and given her untimely demise. The tone of the book is more flattering than unflattering. It's not a particularly gossipy book, but there are plenty of books if you want to wade in tabloid trivia and minutia. I feel transported into post WWII, feel-good, golden age of Hollywood looking at the photos and ephemera of her life. If you are nostalgic for that period, this book will fill that need. As an actor, I feel NW was a better actor as a child than as an adult. She was definitely precocious for her age and could act on cue at an age that would terrify most kids being on display. Although she had a brief life, she accomplished more than most people in 2 lifetimes and was fortunate enough to be in a good number of iconic or classic movies that most actors could only dream of. She will be a legend forever based on those roles. This remembrance will only add luster to that cultured image of glamour, youth and beauty.
Review: Most Beautiful Book Ever On Natalie Wood - For Natalie Wood Fans or just fans of the old Hollywood stars, you will love every page in this book. Manoah Bowman and Natasha Gregson Wagner have covered Natalie's life in the most breathtakingly beautiful photos I have ever seen of Natalie. I have quite a collection of Movie Books, but nothing like this TCM book. There are photos upon photos that I have never seen anywhere. Even though this is a huge coffee table book full of gorgeous large photos, there is just enough reading material inside to answer some questions about Natalie's wonderful life. There is a Foreword by Robert Wagner and an Afterword by Robert Redford. From childhood photos, family photos, personal photos to photos from her childhood career to photos covering her many movies- every photo is a true gem. Like so many of the newer books of recent years (like Sharon Tate, Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor) covering the beautiful stars of the 50's and 60's Hollywood, you see that these breathtakingly beautiful stars were born this way. The baby Natasha takes your breath away with such a perfect face. I have a love of all 60's movies and seeing some photos from Penelope and Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice was a real joy. I personally have always thought that Natalie never looked more beautiful than in her 60's films and she is over 30 in these. If you only buy one book on Natalie- this is the one- every photo is a 5 STAR treasure!

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #697,291 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #505 in Portrait Photography #1,530 in Rich & Famous Biographies #3,916 in Actor & Entertainer Biographies |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (317) |
| Dimensions  | 9.5 x 1.25 x 11.38 inches |
| Edition  | Illustrated |
| ISBN-10  | 0762460512 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0762460519 |
| Item Weight  | 4.35 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Part of series  | Turner Classic Movies |
| Print length  | 320 pages |
| Publication date  | October 11, 2016 |
| Publisher  | Running Press Adult |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fantastic illustrated remembrance of Natalie Wood
*by N***E on August 7, 2020*

I bought the book without even looking at preview pages, and thought I would have to return it, but kept it because of so many photos included with well written summary of her life. Many of these photos are not available through online web searches and come from Ms Wood's own collection. Apparently, Natalie Wood kept every memento & photo about herself from childhood and throughout her adult life. Sounds very narcissistic, but a treasure trove for history and given her untimely demise. The tone of the book is more flattering than unflattering. It's not a particularly gossipy book, but there are plenty of books if you want to wade in tabloid trivia and minutia. I feel transported into post WWII, feel-good, golden age of Hollywood looking at the photos and ephemera of her life. If you are nostalgic for that period, this book will fill that need. As an actor, I feel NW was a better actor as a child than as an adult. She was definitely precocious for her age and could act on cue at an age that would terrify most kids being on display. Although she had a brief life, she accomplished more than most people in 2 lifetimes and was fortunate enough to be in a good number of iconic or classic movies that most actors could only dream of. She will be a legend forever based on those roles. This remembrance will only add luster to that cultured image of glamour, youth and beauty.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Most Beautiful Book Ever On Natalie Wood
*by T***N on March 11, 2017*

For Natalie Wood Fans or just fans of the old Hollywood stars, you will love every page in this book. Manoah Bowman and Natasha Gregson Wagner have covered Natalie's life in the most breathtakingly beautiful photos I have ever seen of Natalie. I have quite a collection of Movie Books, but nothing like this TCM book. There are photos upon photos that I have never seen anywhere. Even though this is a huge coffee table book full of gorgeous large photos, there is just enough reading material inside to answer some questions about Natalie's wonderful life. There is a Foreword by Robert Wagner and an Afterword by Robert Redford. From childhood photos, family photos, personal photos to photos from her childhood career to photos covering her many movies- every photo is a true gem. Like so many of the newer books of recent years (like Sharon Tate, Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor) covering the beautiful stars of the 50's and 60's Hollywood, you see that these breathtakingly beautiful stars were born this way. The baby Natasha takes your breath away with such a perfect face. I have a love of all 60's movies and seeing some photos from Penelope and Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice was a real joy. I personally have always thought that Natalie never looked more beautiful than in her 60's films and she is over 30 in these. If you only buy one book on Natalie- this is the one- every photo is a 5 STAR treasure!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Ups and Downs of a Fascinating Book
*by M***S on December 8, 2016*

So before ordering this book I decided to read all the reviews first as there is no book store near me carrying it. Perusing through GoodReads, Barnes & Noble and Amazon I was struck by the overflowing positivity and placed my order. During the interim I noticed that customers on both Amazon and GoodReads added a couple of less favorable reviews albeit for completely opposite reasons. As far as I can tell no major outlets or sites have reviewed the book officially. The book arrived and after having a chance to thoroughly study it from cover to cover I thought I'd take the time to weigh in on the perceived shortcomings and positives of this fascinating work. Firstly, there seems to be some confusion as to what the book is supposed to be. It is first and foremost a "coffee table" book. "Coffee table" books are not meant to be biographies. Anyone buying a "coffee table" book expecting a biography is barking up the wrong tree. Amazon's blurb calls it a "family-authorized photographic study" -- This would not indicate a biography in any sense of the word. These kind of books are usually meant to be placed out in the open to be looked at and enjoyed for their imagery. That being said, there is a lot more text than usual in a book of this kind. However, one should note that the text is spread out in a non-narrative way. Basically, the author/contributors have placed different pieces throughout the length of it to lend a shorthand type approach to Natalie Wood's life. I found the text to be well researched and surprisingly informational. Text in books like this tend to border on the pedantic and at their worst more akin to a wikipedia entry. There is a touching foreword by RJ Wagner, followed by a well constructed introduction which should be read by everyone before writing a review, an engrossing essay explaining Natalie's journey from child star to movie star, a very long autobiographical piece written by Natalie about her life up until 1966, an extremely moving remembrance by Natasha Wagner (Natalie's first child), an extended interview with Natalie's private photographer and friend Michael Childers, a family album with captions by second child, Courtney Wagner, and finally a very short and odd afterword by film legend and Natalie co-star, Robert Redford. In between are light film synopsis and commentary about all the movies she made from "Rebel Without a Cause" to "Bob, Carol, Ted and Alice". Another reviewer pointed out a lack of psychological insight inherent within the text and my only comment is that this is not a biography AND it is family authorized. I'm not sure why anyone would look to a "coffee table" book for insight and authorized books are notorious for leaving out any detrimental facts about their subjects. This isn't to say there is no insight in the book. Natalie's autobiographical piece has some. However, even that feels edited for length and obviously only goes up to 1966. The rest of the book outside of the family contributions feels more informational and less probing. In the end I believe that this book serves as a tribute. Of which there have never been any others to choose from. From that perspective is succeeds brilliantly. Moving on...It's a photo book so how does it look? It looks sensational. The quality is top rate throughout. Having been a collector on Natalie for years I'm aware of what is rare and what is not. There are more common photos than there are rare ones for ones in the know. However, most fans probably don't obsess over digital online images the way the super-fans do. I noticed some amazing images pop up on pinterest in the past few months and was surprised when I got the book that they had actually been scanned out of there. Nowadays, nothing stays rare for long once it's published. So maybe my view of the book was hindered slightly by the fact that a lot of the "new" never before seen shots were no longer "new" by the time the book arrived. Obviously the creators of the book had access to original negatives and transparencies as the quality of the imagery in most examples is superb and first rate. So many Running Press books look like garbage in comparison. Their Vivien Leigh book was all over the place image wise. Low quality copy photos or images seemingly taken directly from the Internet interspersed with high quality agency photos gave that book a schizophrenic feel. The size and page count of this book is definitely an issue. I'll still give the book 5 stars because it truly is a special one of a kind work but the publishers should be shot for blowing it in the size department. A couple of later sections feel cramped and we hardly get any TV photos or "on the town" candids. Natalie loved the public spotlight but this book is too small to include it all. Virtually all of her 70s output is on about 6 pages. For fans that grew up during those years this feels like a major oversight. However, I can tell the author tried their best to put in as much as possible while still making the layouts elegant. No easy task when relegated to 300 or so pages. Another reviewer quibbled about the size of a lot of the imagery. He mentioned contact sheets specifically. They are run bigger in the book than they appear in real life so I didn't take umbrage to that. However, all the grids in the later sections put me off a bit because some stellar shots were run much smaller when placed in groups on a page. This boils down to page count and size so for the super-fans that may be a bit of an issue. For me personally, I have been waiting for years for a book like this and it is much better than expected. I wish that any high end publisher besides Running Press had been behind it because their "star" books are often dreadful. Who can forget their terrible Bette Davis tome? This is a masterpiece by comparison. If only Taschen, Abrams or Harper Collins had done this I think everyone would be even more impressed. I imagine Running Press, TCM and their "brand" had a lot to do with all of this books shortcomings. That being said, it is amazing in spite of them. Bravo to all involved. This will be a book fondly collected and remembered for years to come. There has never been a movie star book quite like it.

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