I Just Kept Hoping by Gloria Stuart (Hardcover)

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Stuart was "just another" ice cream blonde who had appeared in mostly B-grade Hollywood movies in the 1930s and 1940sAuntil she was cast in her Oscar-nominated role as Old Rose in the phenomenally successful Titanic. Now the world wants to know more about the obscure origins of this feisty, free-spirited octogenarian. Here, she recounts her bohemian youth in California, her disenchantment with Hollywood, and her high jinks with friends such as Groucho Marx and Humphrey Bogart. While reading, one longs for a romantic, seemingly simpler age when leisurely steamship cruises to the Orient, such as that taken by Stuart and her second husband, were not unusual among a certain set. More recent vignettes are lackluster by comparison. Stuart claims that her life has essentially been a quest to "make her mark," which culminated with Titanic. This bookAa collection of musingsAstems from the author's new-found fame, without which it probably would not have been written. Recommended for general collections.