Bernard Jami
Bernard Jami - First To Leave The Party My Life With Ordinary People Who Happen To Be Famous - Hardcover
Bernard Jami - First To Leave The Party My Life With Ordinary People Who Happen To Be Famous - Hardcover
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Description: Salah Bachir who immigrated to Canada from Lebanon in the 1960s has been a gay activist who has worked in the film world for over four decades. While this has given him undeniable front - row access to Hollywood's biggest stars it is Salah's personal charm and kindness his philanthropy his overall style (think hats scarves brooches pearls diamonds) and deep involvement in the art world that has made him a friend companion confidante and/or lover to so many - including Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward Joan Rivers Mary Tyler Moore Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Andy Warhol Keith Haring Edward Albee Orson Welles Aretha Franklin Norman Jewison and Elizabeth Taylor - although it's true that Katharine Hepburn once turned him down very nicely. Collected here in this wonderful book are personal stories of them all - some short some long some surprising others juicy and all fascinating. Through them we get to know Salah a larger - than - life character that embodies the many worlds he shapes - the kind of person it would be hard to make up if he didn't already exist.
Title: First To Leave The Party My Life With Ordinary People Who Happen To Be Famous
Author(s): Bernard Jami
Publisher: Mcclelland & Stewart Inc.
Barcode: 9780771006111
Pages: 336 Pages
Publication Date: 10/17/2023
Category: Autobiography: Arts & Entertainment
Description: Salah Bachir who immigrated to Canada from Lebanon in the 1960s has been a gay activist who has worked in the film world for over four decades. While this has given him undeniable front - row access to Hollywood's biggest stars it is Salah's personal charm and kindness his philanthropy his overall style (think hats scarves brooches pearls diamonds) and deep involvement in the art world that has made him a friend companion confidante and/or lover to so many - including Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward Joan Rivers Mary Tyler Moore Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Andy Warhol Keith Haring Edward Albee Orson Welles Aretha Franklin Norman Jewison and Elizabeth Taylor - although it's true that Katharine Hepburn once turned him down very nicely. Collected here in this wonderful book are personal stories of them all - some short some long some surprising others juicy and all fascinating. Through them we get to know Salah a larger - than - life character that embodies the many worlds he shapes - the kind of person it would be hard to make up if he didn't already exist.
Title: First To Leave The Party My Life With Ordinary People Who Happen To Be Famous
Author(s): Bernard Jami
Publisher: Mcclelland & Stewart Inc.
Barcode: 9780771006111
Pages: 336 Pages
Publication Date: 10/17/2023
Category: Autobiography: Arts & Entertainment
