Deborah Kerr Hardcover – January 1, 1978 by Eric Braun 
 
"Adecorous tribute to a star of ""grave, contemplative beauty."" All who have dealt with Deborah Kerr apparently see her in halcyon terms: Hungarian producer Gabriel Pascal discovered her with the words ""Sweet virgin, you have a spiritual face,"" Laurence Olivier thought her ""unreasonably chaste,"" and Robert Mitchum termed her a lady of ""remarkable and tolerant perception."" Add the stout and practical heart of a Girl Guide during the WW Il bombing of James Mason's London home, the self-assurance that invited more than one early prophecy of future stardom, and you have an inspiring, if somewhat numbing, subject for a book. The approach of publicist/profiler Eric Braun is firmly hands-off--idolizing the mystique along with the actress, and describing the films that preserve her achievements. Deborah's early years in a prolific and temperamental family melt into the daily rigors of learning the skills of her craft while remaining firmly based at a London YWCA. The wax years as a rising British film attraction lead inevitably (one is led to feel) to a grateful turn in the Metro stable--where Louis B. Mayer himself lost no time in pointing out that her name rhymes with ""star."" A sedate glow but not glitter." - Kirkus Reviews
 
5.17