This is the second book that Cheryl Crane, Lana Turner’s daughter, wrote about her mother.
The first one was “Detour, A Hollywood Story”, that was released in 1988.
It is a fantastic book!
A large book with lots of gorgeous photos and a detailed description of Lana’s life.
Cheryl describes everything there is to know about Lana’s friends, lovers and husbands.
She also describes every movie in which Lana starred.
And the radio-, tv- and theatre performances. With lots of never before seen photos. I love it!
The only thing that bothered me was, that she left out Taylor Pero, Lana’s secretary and lover from 1969 till 1979 and Eric Root, Lana’s hairdresser and lover from 1980 till 1994. She writes about Lana’s husbands and the most important lovers, but she left out these two.
Cheryl and these two probably didn’t get along.
Cindy De La Hoz is a film historian and author.
You can find copies on Ebay.
Hardcover: 400 pages – 21 Oct. 2008
Publisher: Running Press
ISBN-10: 0762433167
Here is a video in which I show you a bit about the book:
And here are some pictures from the book:
1976 – The Films Of Lana Turner by Lou Valentino
1982 – Lana The Lady, The Legend, The Truth – Biography by Lana Turner
1982 – Always Lana by Taylor Pero
1988 – Detour, A Hollywood Story by Cheryl Crane with Cliff Jahr
1996 – The Private Diary Of My Life With Lana by Eric Root
2008 – Lana: The Memories, The Myths, The Movies by Cheryl Crane & Cindy De La Hoz