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Hollywood Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Former actor and director Robert Parrish recalls his experiences as a filmmaker from World War II to the present, providing insights into the profession and on the personalities he has known
220 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1988
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Robert Parrish
3 books1 followerRobert R. Parrish was an American film director, editor, writer, and child actor. He received an Academy Award for Film Editing for his contribution to Body and Soul (1947).
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May 21, 2025
I picked this up at work because it looked interesting. It was actually better than I thought it would be due to the author's skeptical attitude about a lot of things, including whether or not Ernest Hemingway was God. Hemingway seems to have rubbed the author the wrong way by being a know it all. He also had some good stories about the Blitz where he was helping John Ford assemble wartime "propaganda" film footage [although that word was frowned upon by the director].
As a director, Parrish was not as high profile as Orson Welles or Howard Hawks. However, he did work with a lot of interesting people like Jean Seberg, Jack Lemmon, and Robert Mitchum; as well as on later films he did not care much for like The Bobo and Casino Royale. According to Parrish, Peter Sellers really was a jerk.
What strikes me is now much more literate old-school Hollywood people sounded. Although it was always about money, people did make some effort to put out intelligent films. I have a feeling his first book entitled Growing Up In Hollywood might be better because it talks about his work as a child actor on the Our Gang comedies as well as with Charlie Chaplin in City Lights.
As a director, Parrish was not as high profile as Orson Welles or Howard Hawks. However, he did work with a lot of interesting people like Jean Seberg, Jack Lemmon, and Robert Mitchum; as well as on later films he did not care much for like The Bobo and Casino Royale. According to Parrish, Peter Sellers really was a jerk.
What strikes me is now much more literate old-school Hollywood people sounded. Although it was always about money, people did make some effort to put out intelligent films. I have a feeling his first book entitled Growing Up In Hollywood might be better because it talks about his work as a child actor on the Our Gang comedies as well as with Charlie Chaplin in City Lights.
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