Carole Landis – 1919 - 1948

Carole Landis wrote a book about her adventures entertaining soldiers during World War II in Four Jills in A Jeep. The book became a movie with Kay Francis in the lead in 1944 (Francis was one of the "four Jills" in the memoir).

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From former screen legends who have faded into obscurity to new revelations about the biggest movie stars, Valderrama unearths the most fascinating little-known tales from the birth of Hollywood through its Golden Age.

This Was Hollywood: Forgotten Stars and Stories (Turner Classic Movies)

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Winner of the 2020 Peter C. Rollins Book Award

Longlisted for the 2020 Moving Image Book Award by the Kraszna-Krausz Foundation

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