The Kid Stays in the Picture: A Notorious Life – A Bestselling Hollywood Memoir and Gold Standard of American Cinema Storytelling

Name: The Kid Stays in the Picture: A Notorious Life – A Bestselling Hollywood Memoir and Gold Standard of American Cinema Storytelling
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Rating: 4.3 (1623 reviews)
Author: Robert Evans

by Robert Evans

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4.3 (1,623)

4.3 stars from 1,623 reviews. Top 84% of Memoir books we track.

472 pages~7.9 hr readPublished by HyperionPublished 1994-09-08

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Perfect for you if...

You love behind-the-scenes Hollywood stories and want to know how iconic films actually got made.
You appreciate memoir writers who are brutally honest about their own flaws and failures.
You're fascinated by the golden age of cinema and the larger-than-life personalities who shaped it.

Maybe not for you if...

You prefer feel-good, inspirational memoirs where the author emerges as the hero.
You want a tight, linear narrative; this jumps between decades and is deliberately digressive.
You're looking for recent industry gossip; this is a retrospective of someone's entire life through the 1990s.

About this book

Robert Evans' memoir chronicles his life and career in Hollywood. The book includes black-and-white photographs from Evans' personal archive and features a new introduction by Evans himself, who served as a legendary actor, producer, and studio chief. Evans recounts stories involving figures such as Ava Gardner, Marlon Brando, and Sharon Stone. The narrative balances self-aggrandizement with self-criticism as Evans discusses his involvement with films including The Odd Couple, Rosemary's Baby, Love Story, The Godfather, and Chinatown. The memoir was adapted into an award-winning documentary film.

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Currently around #17K in the Kindle store — a steady mid-list seller.

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Currently 4.3★ from 1,623 reviews

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