How to be a movie star - William J. Mann

"I don't pretend to be an ordinary housewife." So said Elizabeth Taylor,
and therein lay her secret.

From her days
as a youthful minx at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to her post-studio reign as
America's lustiest middle-aged movie queen, Taylor has defined the very
essence of Hollywood stardom. Marching through the decades swathed in
mink, discarding husbands nearly as frequently as she changed her
diamond necklaces, Taylor dominated the headlines as no other star
before or since. From America's sweetheart to America's homewrecker and
then back again, she uncannily reflected (and at times predicted) the
always shifting cultural zeitgeist. How to Be a Movie Star is a different kind of book
about Elizabeth Taylor: an intimate look at a girl who grew up with
fame, who learned early - and well - how to be famous.