Camerado: Hollywood and The American Man

by Donald Spoto

238 pages, Paperback

First published October 3, 1978

About the author

A prolific and respected biographer and theologian, Donald Spoto is the author of twenty published books, among them bestselling biographies of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Alfred Hitchcock, Tennessee Williams, and Ingrid Bergman. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages. Donald Spoto earned his Ph.D. in theology at Fordham University. After years as a theology professor, he turned to fulltime writing. The Hidden Jesus: A New Life, published in 1999, was hailed by the Los Angeles Times as "offering a mature faith fit for the new millennium." His successful biography of Saint Francis was published in 2002.

Reviews

[Dan Lalande · Rating 3 out of 5]

Thorough inventory of Hollywood's male archetypes and those who brought their unique qualities to them, from the silent clowns through to the Method school. Published in 1978, author Spoto reveals himself to be an incurable nostalgist (as many film fans in those days were) demonstrating an unabashed preference for the lighter presences that preceded the Brando-influenced "sociopolitical school" of Pacino, Nicholson, and Hoffman. Be that as it may, Spoto shows a molecular understanding of actorly legacies and an almost unerring talent for the mot juste.