Charmed Lives - A Family Romance

Sir Alexander Korda, one of the world's most flamboyant movie tycoons, rose from obscurity in rural Hungary to become a legendary filmmaker

With him were his brothers, Zoltan and Vincent, all living charmed lives in circles that included H. G. Wells, Sir Lawrence Olivier, Marlena Dietrich, Vivien Leigh, and Merle Oberon, who was soon to be Alex's wife

But along with Alex's flair for success was an equally powerful impulse for destruction. Now, Vincent's son, Michael Korda, in the first book of his memoirs, recalls the enchanted figures of his childhood...the glory days of the Korda brothers' great films...and then their heartbreaking, tragic end

"A rare, intimate portrait ... crowded with anecdotes, comedy and drama" ~ The New York Times

"A rags to riches fairytale ... Rich in anecdote ... In a word: Charming!" ~ Newsday

"Larger and more romantic than life" ~ Time

"A wonderful book...eloquent, funny, sad, fascinating" ~ Chicago Tribune