Crowning Glory: Reflections of Hollywood’s Favorite Confidant is the memoir of Sydney Guilaroff, who was the head hair stylist during Hollywood's Golden Age. Sydney was the first to receive an on-screen credit in films. He worked for more than 40 years at the Metro Goldwyn Mayer studios on more than 1,000 films. Many of which are classics today. He was instrumental in crafting many of the hairstyles that became the signature looks for numerous film stars, including Greta Garbo, Claudette Colbert, Jean Harlow, Elizabeth Taylor, Grace Kelly, Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo, Ava Gardner, Katharine Hepburn, Natalie Wood, and Marilyn Monroe. Sydney turned Lucille Ball and Shirley Maclaine into redheads. Crowning Glory is a true rags to riches story.
"...an elegantly entertaining tome."
— Liz Smith, syndicated columnist, NY Post & Newsday