Here’s the thirty seventh installment of LiteratEye, a series found only on The Art of the Prank Blog, by W.J. Elvin III, editor and publisher of FIONA: Mysteries & Curiosities of Literary Fraud & Folly
LiteratEye #37: Maybe You Haven’t Seen a Ghost but You’ve Probably Read a Book by One
By W.J. Elvin III
October 30, 2009
“I don’t think that anyone would call me a lesbian, it’s just that I seem to be the type that other women get queer ideas about.”
Well, what do you think? Did film heart-throb Hedy Lamarr actually say that or was the quote concocted by her ghostwriter? She was not at all happy with the work of her ghost. She sued the publisher of her autobiography, Ecstasy
She hadn’t read her own autobiography before it was published? Reminiscent of Ronald Reagan’s comment when asked about his ghost-written autobiography:
“I hear it’s terrific. One of these days I’m going to read it.”
Apparently Lamarr was upset over being portrayed as a nut case due to her sexual antics.
Ecstasy has been variously described as “mediocre” and, by a judge who refused to halt its release, “filthy, nauseating, and revolting.” If the latter is true, the book doesn’t devote deserved attention to her beauty and brains.
It might be of interest as a guessing game, what’s true and what’s just Hollywood hype? Continue reading “LiteratEye #37: Maybe You Haven’t Seen a Ghost but You’ve Probably Read a Book by One”