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The Real Tinsel
THE REAL TINSEL BARNARD ROSENBERG AND HARRY SILVERSTEIN 1199462780
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Hardcover
First published January 1, 1970
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September 13, 2020
If you are a big fan of and knowledgeable about Old Hollywood and its history, you will love this book. Published in 1970, these people were luckily still around to give interviews for this project/book. Since a back cover shot is missing, I'll type part of it in - and add some names:
"24 candid tape-recorded reminiscences by Hollywood immortals
130 rare photos - PR shots, candids and still-lifes from movies"
In their own words, here are Conrad Nagel, Blanche Sweet, Mae Marsh, Edward Everett Horton, Rod LaRocque, Adolph Zukor, Dore Schary, Hal Roach, Albert Lewin, Joe Rock, Sol Lesser, Douglas Shearer, and critic Arthur Knight among others.
"With hundreds of marvelous inside stories, such as Fritz Lang on Irving Thalberg; Dagmar Godowsky on Valentino; Dore Schary on Hollywood and the McCarthy era (and on Louie B Mayer and Nick Schenk and his side of the story of the fall of LB Mayer); Walter Wanger on the Citizen Kane controversy, and on the moral climate of the times; Anita Loos on life as a teenage scriptwriter for DW Griffith.
Part History. Part Biography. All Glamorous."
The hype is mostly true. This is a fantastic book, if only because these stories are direct transcriptions - unfiltered as far as I can tell. Have read alot on Old Hollywood and I don't recall seeing much of this content before.
Normally read, re-read, watch or re-watch something about Sept. 11, 2001 on or around the anniversary as a matter of respect to all the families who lost loved ones - but due to some difficult personal issues decided to go with something more upbeat this year. **Glad I did - great book!**
"24 candid tape-recorded reminiscences by Hollywood immortals
130 rare photos - PR shots, candids and still-lifes from movies"
In their own words, here are Conrad Nagel, Blanche Sweet, Mae Marsh, Edward Everett Horton, Rod LaRocque, Adolph Zukor, Dore Schary, Hal Roach, Albert Lewin, Joe Rock, Sol Lesser, Douglas Shearer, and critic Arthur Knight among others.
"With hundreds of marvelous inside stories, such as Fritz Lang on Irving Thalberg; Dagmar Godowsky on Valentino; Dore Schary on Hollywood and the McCarthy era (and on Louie B Mayer and Nick Schenk and his side of the story of the fall of LB Mayer); Walter Wanger on the Citizen Kane controversy, and on the moral climate of the times; Anita Loos on life as a teenage scriptwriter for DW Griffith.
Part History. Part Biography. All Glamorous."
The hype is mostly true. This is a fantastic book, if only because these stories are direct transcriptions - unfiltered as far as I can tell. Have read alot on Old Hollywood and I don't recall seeing much of this content before.
Normally read, re-read, watch or re-watch something about Sept. 11, 2001 on or around the anniversary as a matter of respect to all the families who lost loved ones - but due to some difficult personal issues decided to go with something more upbeat this year. **Glad I did - great book!**
October 10, 2020
A fascinating collection of transcripts of original interviews with the founding fathers (and mothers) of old Hollywood--the producers, directors, writers, actors, cameramen, stuntmen (from the operators of nickelodeons to sound editors). Some are a wee bit full of themselves, others provide insights into many of the Hollywood legends with whom they worked (I loved the anecdote about "Davey" Griffiths casting Carole Landis in "One Million B.C." because of the way she ran). Thanks, Lisa, for recommending this.
August 11, 2007
My autobiography. :D
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