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Sandra Niemi GLAMOUR GHOUL Passions & Pain of Real VAMPIRA Maila Nurmi NEW tpb

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Narrative Type
Nonfiction
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Type
Biography
Features
Photographs
Intended Audience
Adults
Title/Series
Glamour Ghoul: The Passions & Pain of the Real Vam
Subject
Biography
Age Level
Adults
Special Attributes
1st Edition
ISBN
9781627311007
EAN
9781627311007
Book Title
Glamour Ghoul : the Passions and Pain of the Real Vampira, Maila Nurmi
Item Length
9 in
Publisher
Feral House
Publication Year
2021
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
0.8 in
Author
Sandra Niemi
Genre
Biography & Autobiography
Topic
Entertainment & Performing Arts
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
20.1 Oz
Number of Pages
400 Pages

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Product Information

Vampira is an icon but her creator's life was even more dramatic. Maila Nurmi, the beautiful and sheltered daughter of Finnish immigrants, stepped off the bus in 1941 Los Angeles intent on finding fame and fortune. She found men eager to take advantage of her innocence and beauty but was determined to find success and love. Her inspired design and portrayal of a vampire won a costume contest that lead to a small role on the Red Skelton show which grew into a persona that brought her the notoriety she desired yet trapped her in a character she could never truly escape. This is Malia's story. Her diaries, notes, and ephemera and family stories bring new insights to her relationships with Orson Welles, James Dean, and Marlon Brando. Sandra Niemi--Malia's niece--fills in the nuances of her life prior to fame and her struggles after the limelight faded and she found a new community within the burgeoning Los Angeles punk scene who embraced her as their own. , Includes rare photographs.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Feral House
ISBN-10
1627311009
ISBN-13
9781627311007
eBay Product ID (ePID)
12038511075

Product Key Features

Book Title
Glamour Ghoul : the Passions and Pain of the Real Vampira, Maila Nurmi
Author
Sandra Niemi
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Entertainment & Performing Arts
Publication Year
2021
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography
Number of Pages
400 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9 in
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
20.1 Oz

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
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It's nice to know Vampira can still startle. "Glamour Ghoul" is an enjoyable book about a fascinating woman -- and puts the nail in Vampira's coffin in the best possible way.

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  • Glamour Ghoul a Compelling Read

    Glamour Ghoul, written by Sandra Niemi (Maila's niece), is a bio stitched together with content from Maila Nurmi's papers, along with interviews by the author of people that are still with us that remember the woman who the world knew as Vampira. Maila (born Niemi) started the Horror Host trend in the 1950s, a trend which is alive and well today, and the book takes us on a journey from Maila's youth as a fan of the gothic to her passing in her 80s. Fans of of Maila Nurmi, of Horror Hosts, Hollywood history, and genre films will enjoy this book.

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  • Fascinating story

    The author is no Hemingway, but who cares when you’ve got so much juicy content?

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  • Vampires

    A very interesting book highly recommended

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