01643cam a2200301 4500 194051819 TxAuBib 20141219120000.0 080619s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2008027526 9780307408495 0307408493 (OCoLC)176951641 TxAuBib Curtis, Tony, 1925- American prince : a memoir / Tony Curtis. 1st ed. New York : Harmony Books, 2008. xv, 364 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. Index. New kid in town -- A battered childhood -- Fuck 'em and feed 'em fish -- Ensign Schwartz -- The dramatic workshop -- Dancing with Yvonne de Carlo -- Getting shot by Audie Murphy -- Janet and Piper -- The Hollywood scene -- Getting the girls to scream -- "The cat's in the bag, and the bag's in the river" -- The defiant one -- Some like it hot -- The end of a marriage -- My teenage bride -- Top of the world -- Downward spiral -- "What time is the enema?" -- Cocaine -- Maybe I'll live forever. The legendary actor chronicles his odyssey from hard-knock childhood as the son of immigrant parents to Hollywood success, detailing his days as a tinseltown playboy, the film industry during Hollywood's Golden Era, and his life as an artist at the age of eighty. 20141219. Curtis, Tony, 1925- Motion picture actors and actresses United States Biography. Actors United States Biography. TXCMR