The novel is set in the 1950s during the Golden Age of Hollywood.
'The Seventh Veil of Salome' by Silvia Moreno-Garcia is the 'GMA' Book Club pick for August."The Seventh Veil of Salome" by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, a winner of the Locus, British Fantasy and World Fantasy Awards, is our "GMA" Book Club pick for August.
"But this is the tale of three women, for it is also the story of the princess Salome herself, consumed with desire for the fiery prophet who foretells the doom of her stepfather, Herod: a woman torn between the decree of duty and the yearning of her heart," the synopsis notes. "Before the curtain comes down, there will be tears and tragedy aplenty in this sexy Technicolor saga.
Previously, I'd done work for other directors of note: Howard Hawks, who liked to mutter disparaging comments about Jews, and I'd had to stomach Michael Curtiz's creative barrage of hyphenated insults -- no-good-son-of-a-b---h -- ad nauseam. We made a heck of a lot of mindless comedies, our share of corny romances and dramas, and a couple of big-budget opuses each year. Just as you'd expect, like clockwork.The antitrust case against the majors dealt a blow to the mega studios, and TV was picking up speed and viewers.
Niemann was good, but he was stubborn, and we were already making bets on how far behind the production would fall once it began what was sure to be at minimum a ninety-day shoot. She was finishing a stint at RKO. She'd just done an adventure flick for them, "Underwater!," which had sailed into rough seas after a model called Lyn Jones sued the company for using her as an uncredited body double in publicity pictures.
She had a nice figure, but so did many budding stars, often with the help of strategic padding. She had a pretty face, but a good makeup artist can make a siren out of a dumpy librarian.The pouty, kissable mouth was a delightful touch, and yet I wasn't convinced I'd have chosen her picture from a stack of glossies.
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