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xi, 307 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: take one -- Circulation: 3 -- "Is this about you...or me?" -- My fanzine and my future wife -- My two unlikely careers -- Hollywood: the first time around -- Alan King and the American Academy of Humor --Sharing soup with Katharine Hepburn -- A day with James Stewart -- Shake the hand that shook the hand of Buster Keaton -- Robert Mitchum's grass roots -- A reluctant ambulance chaser -- The nutty filmmaker -- Two decades of teaching at USC -- Happy trails with Roy and Dale -- Lunch, dinner, and a roast with Jackie Cooper -- The unsinkable Gloria Stuart -- Getting close to Walt Disney -- John Wayne's extended family -- Those thrilling days of yesteryear -- My friend Freda -- Harlan Ellison: one of a kind -- Diving for Disney treasures -- 40 years of Telluride -- Leading ladies: Bette Davis, Barbara Stanwyck, Olivia de Havilland -- Pursuing my other passion: jazz -- Lena Horne: in a class by herself -- Inside the Playboy Mansion -- My night at Sammy's house -- The most famous little girl in the world -- The Golden Boot Awards and one thorny star -- Meeting modern masters -- Off-the-cuff interviews and encounters -- Mel Brooks and me -- Remembering Jimmy Karen -- Meeting the Jedi master -- Inside (and outside) the Oscars -- Festival hopping around the world -- My adventures in podcasting -- The blessing known as TCM -- Healthy thoughts -- ...and in conclusion. |
| Summary |
"Hollywood historian and film reviewer Leonard Maltin invites readers to pull up a chair and listen as he tells stories, many of them hilarious, of 50+ years interacting with legendary movie stars, writers, directors, producers, and cartoonists. Maltin grew up in the first decade of television, immersing himself in TV programs and accessing 1930s and 40s movies hitting the small screen. His fan letters to admired performers led to unexpected correspondences, then to interviews and publication of his own fan magazine. Maltin's career as a free-lance writer and New York Times-bestselling author as well as his 30-year run on Entertainment Tonight, gave him access to Katharine Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Sean Connery, Shirley Temple, and Jimmy Stewart among hundreds of other Golden Age stars, his interviews cutting through the Hollywood veneer and revealing the human behind each legend. Starstruck also offers a fascinating glimpse inside the Disney empire, and Maltin's tenure teaching USC's popular film course reveals insights into moviemaking along with access to past, current, and future stars of film, such as George Lucas, Kevin Feige, Quentin Tarantino, and Guillermo del Toro."--publisher's website. |
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Maltin, Leonard.
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Film historians -- United States -- Biography.
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Film critics -- United States -- Biography.
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Motion pictures -- United States -- History.
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Autobiography.
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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| Added Title |
My unlikely road to Hollywood |
| ISBN |
9781735273815 |
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1735273813 |
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