Australia's Sweetheart with Michael Adams
Tue, 05 Mar
|Upstairs at Better Read Than Dead
Join author Michael Adams in-conversation with James Jennings, editor of Empire Magazine, as they discuss Australia's Sweetheart, the fascinating story of Mary Maguire, a 1930s Australian ingenue who sailed for Hollywood and a fabulous life, only to have her career cut short by scandal and tragedy.


Time & Location
05 Mar 2019, 6:30 pm
Upstairs at Better Read Than Dead, 265 King Street, Newtown NSW, Australia
Guests
About The Event
It's Oscars Season! To celebrate, we're hosting Michael Adams in-conversation with James Jennings, editor of , as they discuss Michael's new book , the fascinating story of Mary Maguire, a 1930s Australian ingenue who sailed for Hollywood and a fabulous life, only to have her career cut short by scandal and tragedy. Empire MagazineAustralia's Sweetheart
About the Book
Packed with celebrity, history and gossip, is the amazing story of forgotten Hollywood star Mary Maguire. Mary was Australia's first teenage movie star and she captivated Hollywood in the mid 1930s. She lived on three continents and was celebrated in Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, Los Angeles and London. Her life was lived in parallel with seminal incidents of the twentieth century: the Spanish Flu; the Great Depression; the Bodyline series; Australia's early radio, talkies and aviation; Hollywood's Golden Era; the British aristocracy's embrace of European fascism; London's Blitz; and post-war American culture an…
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