Authentic and apocryphal anecdotes about the American movie industry and various aspects of American filmmaking
Laurel after Hardy After Oliver Hardy's death in 1957 at the age of sixty-five, his long-time partner Stan Laurel refused to perform publicly again. The British-born Laurel was far from reclusive.He lived in a small apartment in Santa ...
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If you are interested in stories about Hollywood Celebrities, Movie Stars, Movie Gossip, Directors, Famous People, and Movie History, this book is for you! "
... up and down as it floated half submerged. A couple of the tenants came out and looked incredulously at the sight of the thing floating like a pool toy! One evening as I was leaving the building, Anthony Quinn walked into the foyer ...
A former child star who, at ninety-three, reveals her #metoo story for the first time. Valderrama unfolds these stories, and many more, in a volume that is by turns riveting, maddening, hilarious, and shocking.
19. Hal Ackerman,Write Screenplays that Sell the Ackerman Way(Los Angeles:Tallfellow Press, 2003), 81–97. 20. Ackerman,Write Screenplays, 107. See also Linda J.Cowgill,Secrets of Screenplay Structure (Los Angeles: Lone Eagle, 1999), 29.
Keegan Allen is a Hollywood native, growing up in a world that millions visit and many more imagine.
The director, screenwriter, and playwright provides a look into his world, introducing the wide array of stars he has met over the years and revealing the hardship and joy that comes with a life in show business.
The author tells the true story of the night she, at age fourteen, murdered her celebrity mother's mobster boyfriend, Johnny Stompanato, and reveals the shocking sexual abuse that led up to the fatal stabbing
He came away with a unique understanding of adaptations--an understanding he shares in this book: which stories make good source material (and why); what Hollywood wants (and doesn't); what you can (and can't) get in a movie deal; how to ...