Wide-eyed in Babylon: An autobiography

Autobiography of the actor. Contains 16 pages of black and white photos from Milland's varied career. After several roles in England, both big and small, he set out for Hollywood in 1930. For several years he played mostly second leads, usually as the heroes friend or rival, but graduated to leads in the mid 1930s. Charming, and debonair, he played suave, self-assured romantic leading men in many drawing room comedies and an occasional mystery or adventure. Always an accomplished performer, he drew little attention to his acting until his strong dramatic performance as an alcoholic writer in The Lost Weekend (1945), for which he won the 1945 Academy Award.