There's been plenty of books about film star romances... here is perhaps the first about a film star bromance, between Jimmy Stewart and Henry Fonda, one of the most famous Hollywood friendships where no one's ever really tried to claim they're gay (ec Cary Grant and Randolph Scott, Laurence Olivier and Danny Kaye).
It's a good book - Eyman biographies always are. Stewart and Fonda were both very admirable men with a lot in common - both loved Margaret Sullavan, both solid Americana types who worked for Ford, both excellent war records, both close to Josh Logan. Stewart was a bit less volatile and fond of the stage; Fonda married more often and was a bit more of a prick.
Both were bascially decent men... which makes them at times a little dull as subjects. But there's a colorful support cast - manic depressive Josh Logan, swashbuckling Leland Hayward, mad Margaret Sullavan, sexy Jane Fonda, the Vietnam War.
A very good book.
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