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John Harte’s Hollywood’s 5 Reckless Women describes the rise and fall of Hollywood as seen through the turbulent lives of its five greatest stars; Grace Kelly, Marilyn Monroe, Vivien Leigh, Rita Hayworth and Gene Tierney. Each was described by the media as the most beautiful woman in the world. They shared each other’s directors, producers, lovers, husbands, and leading men, while struggling courageously to prevent the collapse of their careers and love affairs, and their sanity, while harassed by the media and often abused by their fans and the film industry. This story describes how all of them challenged or engaged with each other as they struggled to cope with their personality problems and scandals during the rise of Hollywood’s golden years and the gradual collapse of the studio system. What they also had in common was the type of personality disorders that marked their lives.

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Author John Harte was originally an actor-playwright in London until he became an investigate journalist. Four of his plays were produced in England and elsewhere. After the film of The Lady from Shanghai was released, featuring Rita Hayworth, John discussed their divorce with Orson Welles. Their exchanges in Paris marked the first stage in writing the following true-life story about five remarkable film stars, John’s own theater career began as a child prodigy at the age of four- teen when he designed scenery for the Everyman Theatre in Hampstead after being awarded a scholarship to the Slade School of Fine Art. Then he became the leading actor at The Playhouse Theatre in Henley-on-Thames. From there, he was chosen to understudy Sir John Gielgud at the Haymarket Theatre in Love for Love. He played over 200 leading roles in a multitude of plays in London and all over Britain before switching careers to become an international business manager in national and global companies, like J. Walter Thompson and GE, in England, South Africa and Canada.

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