{"product_id":"the-kid-stays-in-the-picture-paperback","title":"The Kid Stays in the Picture - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Evans\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert Evans' \u003cem\u003eThe Kid Stays in the Picture\u003c\/em\u003e is universally recognized as the greatest, most outrageous, and most unforgettable show business memoir ever written. The basis of an award-winning documentary film, it remains the gold standard of Hollywood storytelling.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWith black-and-white photographs from the author's archive and a new introduction by the legendary actor, producer, and Hollywood studio chief Robert Evans, \u003cem\u003eThe Kid Stays in the Picture\u003c\/em\u003e is driven by a voice as charming and irresistible as any great novel.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAn extraordinary raconteur, Evans spares no one, least of all himself. Filled with starring roles for everyone from Ava Gardner to Marlon Brando to Sharon Stone, \u003cem\u003eThe Kid Stays in the Picture: A Notorious Life\u003c\/em\u003e is sharp, witty, and self-aggrandizing, and self-lacerating in equal measure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a must-read for fans of American cinema and classics of the canon, including \u003cem\u003eThe Odd Couple\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRosemary's Baby\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLove Story\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Godfather\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eChinatown\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Evans's \u003cem\u003eThe Kid Stays in the Picture\u003c\/em\u003e is universally recognized as the greatest, most outrageous, most unforgettable show business memoir ever written. The basis of a groundbreaking, award-winning documentary film, it remains the gold standard of Hollywood storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe only actor ever to run a Hollywood studio, Evans emerged from near-obscurity in the mid-1960s to rescue Paramount, one of the great studios of the Golden Age, from near-bankruptcy. A self-confessed half-assed actor, Evans proved a genius producer and studio chief, drawing on his irresistible combination of instinct, smarts, showmanship, and bravado to take Paramount from the basement to the penthouse with such films as \u003cem\u003eThe Odd Couple\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRosemary's Baby\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLove Story\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Godfather\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eChinatown\u003c\/em\u003e. He lived a swashbuckling life, partying with lifetime friends like Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty, and Dustin Hoffman, consulting with power players like Henry Kissinger, and squiring a host of dazzling women including his wives Ali McGraw, Catherine Oxenberg, and Phyllis George. After a decade of triumph, he lost everything in a spectacular flameout of cocaine and bad business decisions, yet survived it all--and lived to tell the tale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn extraordinary raconteur, Evans spares no one, least of all himself. Filled with starring roles for everyone from Ava Gardner to Marlon Brando to Sharon Stone, \u003cem\u003eThe Kid Stays in the Picture\u003c\/em\u003e is sharp, witty, and self-aggrandizing and self-lacerating in equal measure. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new It Books edition, the first in more than a decade, will feature a new foreword by the author. And simultaneous with this edition will come a first-ever ebook rollout--including both a regular edition and an enhanced ebook with clips from Evans's celebrated, Grammy-nominated audiobook and the famous 2002 documentary.\u003c\/p\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Evans's \u003cem\u003eThe Kid Stays in the Picture\u003c\/em\u003e is universally recognized as the greatest, most outrageous, most unforgettable show business memoir ever written. The basis of a groundbreaking, award-winning documentary film, it remains the gold standard of Hollywood storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe only actor ever to run a Hollywood studio, Evans emerged from near-obscurity in the mid-1960s to rescue Paramount, one of the great studios of the Golden Age, from near-bankruptcy. 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