Walter Brennan and Marilyn Monroe Book Giveaway (November via Facebook and Blog)

“A Real American Character: The Life of Walter Brennan” AND
“Marilyn Monroe: A Life of the Actress” Book Giveaway
Qualifying Entry Task for FACEBOOK and Blog Contest

Okay, now it’s time for the Facebook/Blog version of our Walter Brennan and Marilyn Monroe Book Giveaway. That said, we’ll be giving away ONE COPY EACH of A Real American Character: The Life of Walter Brennan and Marilyn Monroe: A Life of the Actress by author Carl Rollyson, courtesy of University Press of Mississippi. And don’t forget, we’re also giving away FOUR MORE copies of EACH BOOK via Twitter this month as well, so please feel free to enter that contest too…

And, now for the details…

In order to qualify to win one of the above books via this Facebook/Blog contest giveaway, you must complete the below entry task by Saturday, November 28 at 10PM EST. However, the sooner you enter, the better chance you have of winning, because we will pick a winner on two different days within the contest period, via random drawings as listed below… So if you don’t win the prize via our first drawing on Nov 14, you will still be eligible to win the next prize drawing on Nov 28.

• Saturday, November 14: One Winner (Marilyn Monroe Book)
• Saturday, November 28: One Winner (Walter Brennan Book)

We will announce the winner(s) on Facebook and this Blog the day after each winner is picked (for example, we will announce the first winner on Sunday November 15 here on this blog and on Facebook).

If you’re also on Twitter, please feel free to visit us at @ClassicMovieHub for additional giveaways — because we’ll be giving away EIGHT BOOKs there as well (four Brennan Books + four Monroe Books)! (Click here to see what we’re giving away on Twitter.)

ENTRY TASK to be completed by Saturday, November 28 at 10PM EST — 

1) Answer the below question via the comment section at the bottom of this blog post

THE QUESTION:
What is one of your favorite roles played by either Walter Brennan or Marilyn Monroe? 

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About the Books:

A Real American Character: The Life of Walter Brennan: Walter Brennan (1894-1974) was one of the greatest character actors in Hollywood history. He won three Academy Awards and became a national icon starring as Grandpa in The Real McCoys. He appeared in over two hundred motion pictures and became the subject of a Norman Rockwell painting, which celebrated the actor’s unique role as the voice of the American Western. His life journey from Swampscott, Massachusetts, to Hollywood, to a twelve thousand-acre cattle ranch in Joseph, Oregon, is one of the great American stories. In the first biography of this epic figure, Carl Rollyson reveals Brennan’s consummate mastery of virtually every kind of role while playing against and often stealing scenes from such stars as Gary Cooper, Humphrey Bogart, and John Wayne. Rollyson fully explores Brennan’s work with Hollywood’s greatest directors, such as Howard Hawks, John Ford, and Fritz Lang. As a father and grandfather, Brennan instilled generations of his family with an outlook on the American Dream that remains a sustaining feature of their lives today. His conservative politics, which grew out of his New England upbringing and his devout Catholicism, receive meticulous attention and a balanced assessment in A Real American Character. Written with the full cooperation of the Brennan family and drawing on material in archives from every region of the United States, this new biography presents an artist and family man who lived and breathed an American idealism that made him the Real McCoy.

Marilyn Monroe: A Life of the Actress, Revised and Updated: In American popular culture, Marilyn Monroe(1926-1962) has evolved in stature from movie superstar to American icon. Monroe’s own understanding of her place in the American imagination and her effort to perfect her talent as an actress are explored with great sensitivity in Carl Rollyson’s engaging narrative. He shows how movies became crucial events in the shaping of Monroe’s identity. He regards her enduring gifts as a creative artist, discussing how her smaller roles in The Asphalt Jungle and All About Eve established the context for her career, while in-depth chapters on her more important roles in Bus Stop, Some Like It Hot, andThe Misfits provide the centerpiece of his examination of her life and career. Through extensive interviews with many of Monroe’s colleagues, close friends, and other biographers, and a careful rethinking of the literature written about her, Rollyson is able to describe her use of Method acting and her studies with Michael Chekhov and Lee Strasberg, head of the Actors’ Studio in New York. The author also analyzes several of Monroe’s own drawings, diary notes, and letters that have recently become available. With over thirty black and white photographs (some published for the first time), a new foreword, and a new afterword, this volume brings Rollyson’s 1986 book up to date. From this comprehensive, yet critically measured wealth of material, Rollyson offers a distinctive and insightful portrait of Marilyn Monroe, highlighted by new perspectives that depict the central importance of acting to the authentic aspects of her being.

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