Wallis' ghosted memoir Starmaker didn't shed that much light on him. This book is better but still not a piece that Wallis deserves - he was a giant figure in Hollywood.
Spends a lot of time discussing Lizabeth Scott and Walter Seltzer. Goes on some interesting detours - production of Becket and Anne of a Thousand Days, Martha Hyer getting involved in con artists, losing a leg, posthumous fights over art. It doesn't feel like a completely cohesive biography but is still interesting.
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