Gloria Swanson: Hollywood's First Glamour Queen

Shearer’s superb follow up to his earlier Swanson biography (Gloria Swanson: The Ultimate Star) provides a wealth of new information, especially providing the first comprehensive chronology of her early film work. Beautifully produced and illustrated, it is the must have book for anyone, fan or scholar, who is interested in “the greatest star of them all.”

Stephen Michael Shearer's new book is truly great . He is an excellent author and the photos are fabulous.Another fine book by Mr. Shearer.Anthony Rossi

What a stunning book this is! Gloria Swanson was the ultimate silent movie star, and this elegant tribute is worthy of its subject. In 2013, author Stephen Michael Shearer wrote what is now acclaimed as the definitive Swanson biography (even more so than her ghostwritten autobiography, Swanson on Swanson). This new book focuses on the actress's influence on fashion, which is immense. The book's appealing layout and beautifully reproduced photographs show the movie queen in all her sartorial splendor, at all stages of her life and career, from her first appearances on film in 1915 to the time of her passing in 1983. If you are a fan of Hollywood history, or you would like to read how one tiny, stylish woman mesmerized the entire world, you will treasure Gloria Swanson: Hollywood's Glamour Queen.

GLORIA SWANSON: HOLLYWOOD’S FIRST GLAMOUR QUEEN. I received my copy of this amazing, long-awaited coffee-table book today. It is absolutely BRILLIANT! The author takes the reader on a glorious odyssey of the silent film star’s glittering life, supplying the eye with hundreds of glamourous photos of her and her remarkable fashions. We seem to remember Gloria Swanson just as “Norma Desmond” from Billy Wilder’s SUNSET BOULEVARD (Paramount 1950) forgetting that she was also legendary film director Cecil B. DeMille’s original 1920s “clotheshorse.” Shearer’s book reminds all of us exactly how important an iconic trend-setting STAR Swanson truly was, back in the day when film stars were this country’s image of royalty. And Swanson lived the part. She created the role of GLAMOUR in motion pictures. As author Shearer has proven in the past in his in-depth biographies, his research is impeccable, his dedication and purpose to his subject without flaw. A real treasure this massive 500-page book is. And there is also included about as complete a film, stage, TV, and radio career chronology of Swanson as we will ever get. If you love glorious Gloria Swanson, if you love movies, if you love film history…this book is recommended, and definitely worth its price!AMAZING work and detail…

Glamorous GLORIA SWANSON receives a long-overdue photo homage in this 500-page, large format tribute to one of Hollywood's true icons and enduring legends. Brilliantly written, comprehensive and remarkably well-researched, this book is a MUST for anyone fascinated with Hollywood and its stars. It even includes a definitive career appendix. Masterful work.....