Sal Mineo is probably most well-known for his unforgettable,
Academy Award-nominated turn opposite James Dean in "Rebel Without
a Cause" and his tragic murder at the age of thirty-seven. Finally,
in this riveting new biography filled with exclusive, candid
interviews with both Mineo's closest female and male lovers and
never-before-published photographs, Michael Gregg Michaud tells the
full story of this remarkable young actor's life, charting his
meteoric rise to fame and turbulent career and private life.
One of the hottest stars of the 1950s, Mineo grew up as the son of
Sicilian immigrants in a humble Bronx flat. But by age eleven, he
appeared on Broadway in Tennessee Williams's "The Rose Tattoo, "
and then as Prince Chulalongkorn in the original Broadway
production of "The King and I" starring Yul Brynner and Gertrude
Lawrence. This sultry-eyed, dark-haired male ingenue of sorts
appeared on the cover of every major magazine, thousands of
star-struck fans attended his premieres, and millions bought his
records, which included several top-ten hits.
His life offstage was just as exhilarating: full of sports cars,
motor boats, famous friends, and some of the most beautiful young
actresses in Hollywood. But it was fourteen-year-old Jill Haworth,
his costar in "Exodus"--the film that delivered one of the greatest
acting roles of his life and earned him another Academy Award
nomination and a Golden Globe win--with whom he fell in love and
moved to the West Coast. But by the 1960s, a series of professional
missteps and an increasingly tumultuous private life reversed his
fortunes.
By the late sixties and early seventies, grappling with the
repercussions of publicly admitting his homosexuality and
struggling to reinvent himself from an aging teen idol, Mineo
turned toward increasingly self-destructive behavior. Yet his
creative impulses never foundered. He began directing and producing
controversial off-Broadway plays that explored social and sexual
taboos. He also found personal happiness in a relationship with
male actor Courtney Burr. Tragically, on the cusp of turning a new
page in his life, Mineo's life was cut short in a botched robbery.
Revealing a charming, mischievous, creative, and often scandalous
side of Mineo few have known before now, "Sal Mineo" is an
intimate, moving biography of a distinctive Hollywood star.
"From the Hardcover edition."
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