Every Frenchman Has One

by Olivia de Havilland

Hardcover, 2016

Status

Available

Call number

DC33.D4

Publication

Crown Archetype (2016), 144 pages

Description

Biography & Autobiography. Performing Arts. Travel. Nonfiction. HTML:Back in print for the first time in decades�??and featuring a new interview with the author, in celebration of her centennial birthday�??the delectable escapades of Hollywood legend Olivia de Havilland, who fell in love with a Frenchman�??and then became a Parisian   In 1953, Olivia de Havilland�??already an Academy Award-winning actress for her roles in To Each His Own and The Heiress�??became the heroine of her own real-life love affair. She married a Frenchman, moved to Paris, and planted her standard on the Left Bank of the River Seine. It has been fluttering on both Left and Right Banks with considerable joy and gaiety from that moment on. Still, her transition from Hollywood celebrity to parisienne was anything but easy. And in Every Frenchman Has One, her skirmishes with French customs, French maids, French salesladies, French holidays, French law, French doctors, an… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member briandrewz
An extremely entertaining book written by one of Hollywood's most treasured stars. This book was reprinted in 2016 in honor of the author's one hundredth birthday, and it includes a short interview at the end of the book. The book itself is a lighthearted, fast paced read. Miss de Havilland gives
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you the scoop on what it was like to move to France without knowing the language, laws, or customs. It's told with great wit and it was a pleasure to read.
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Language

Original language

English

Physical description

144 p.; 7.25 inches

ISBN

0451497392 / 9780451497390
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