The ultimate Hollywood story revealed: the sizzling relationship between Joseph Kennedy, patriarch of America s most influential political family, and Gloria Swanson, one of the most prominent silent film stars of her day. Gloria and Joe were in love with each other and with the movies, especially"Queen Kelly," which completed the real-life"menage a trois." Starring along with the star of the screen and the Boston Brahman in this expose are Erich von Stroheim, Kennedy s wife Rose, Swanson s husband, and a cast of colorful hangers-on. Madsen recreates their love, scandal, and world, which in its extravagance and intrigue has never been surpassed. "