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This is a compelling compilation of nostalgic photographs and essays that chronicle the Golden Age of Hollywood-from its beginnings in silent film through the 1960s. Hollywood Archive is a visual tour of classic Hollywood both on-screen and off. The actors, directors-all the players-tell the Hollywood story in their own words, many for the first time. Organized as an almanac, this comprehensive volume covers everything anyone ever wanted to know about Hollywood-and more. Original essays by such Hollywood insiders • Richard de Mille, son of famed director Cecil B. DeMille• Bette Davis gives advice to the lovelorn• Shirley Temple writes to father Christmas• Robert Osborne, host of the American Movie Classics television show and the celebrated film critic, on his personal list of favorites and his critical choices• Well-known Hollywood historian Marc Wanamaker, often seen on "E!" (Entertainment television) on "The First Talkies"• Longtime director/producer Roger Corman "master of the macabre"on "Horror Films"• Clayton Moore, who starred as the Lone Ranger, on "Westerns"• John Provost, star of Lassie on "Animals in Film"• Tom Kelley, son of the photographer whose notorious nudes of Marilyn Monroe started her career• Robert Harris and James C. Katz on film preservation• Author Jim Heimann on the Hollywood nightlife scene• Actor Robert Stack, whose first Hollywood kiss launched his career on "Screen Kisses"
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The Hollywood Archive, Paddy Calistro, Fred E. Basten
- Language
- Released
- 2000
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- Title
- The Hollywood Archive
- Subtitle
- The Hidden History of Hollywood in the Golden Age
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Paddy Calistro, Fred E. Basten
- Publisher
- Universe
- Released
- 2000
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 350
- ISBN10
- 0789304996
- ISBN13
- 9780789304995
- Series
- Description
- This is a compelling compilation of nostalgic photographs and essays that chronicle the Golden Age of Hollywood-from its beginnings in silent film through the 1960s. Hollywood Archive is a visual tour of classic Hollywood both on-screen and off. The actors, directors-all the players-tell the Hollywood story in their own words, many for the first time. Organized as an almanac, this comprehensive volume covers everything anyone ever wanted to know about Hollywood-and more. Original essays by such Hollywood insiders • Richard de Mille, son of famed director Cecil B. DeMille• Bette Davis gives advice to the lovelorn• Shirley Temple writes to father Christmas• Robert Osborne, host of the American Movie Classics television show and the celebrated film critic, on his personal list of favorites and his critical choices• Well-known Hollywood historian Marc Wanamaker, often seen on "E!" (Entertainment television) on "The First Talkies"• Longtime director/producer Roger Corman "master of the macabre"on "Horror Films"• Clayton Moore, who starred as the Lone Ranger, on "Westerns"• John Provost, star of Lassie on "Animals in Film"• Tom Kelley, son of the photographer whose notorious nudes of Marilyn Monroe started her career• Robert Harris and James C. Katz on film preservation• Author Jim Heimann on the Hollywood nightlife scene• Actor Robert Stack, whose first Hollywood kiss launched his career on "Screen Kisses"