1936 - In
Born to Dance Virginia Bruce tempted James Stewart while
introducing Cole Porter's "I've Got You Under My Skin." That same
year she impressed audiences as the archetypical, temperamental
showgirl in the Oscar-winning film
The Great Ziegfeld. Fans and critics saw her poised for major
stardom at MGM.
Virginia Bruce - Under My Skin
by Scott O'Brien
is the first full-length biography to delve into the fascinating,
turbulent life and career of one of Hollywood's most under-rated
stars. In James Robert Parish's foreword for the book, he notes
Bruce's quiet charisma, the haunted, distracted look of her eyes,
her vibrant voice, and her "off screen life ... far more exciting
and exotic than any role she experienced on camera".
