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Phantom Lady Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison The Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock by Christina Lane Chicago Review Press Hardcover ISBN: 9781613733844 400 pages February 2020 Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's "Alfred Hitchcock would not have become 'Hitchcock' without her." — read more

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston A Columbus Day visit to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston cost us nothing but gave us many riches in return. Two exhibits in particular made this classic-film-loving-gal's heart sing. The first exhibit was a collection of photographs by Yousuf Karsh entitled Karsh Goes H read more

When I finished the book, I didn't know whether to kiss it or throw it across the room. In the end, I kissed it because I enjoyed the journey, frustrations and all. Errol & Olivia: Ego & Obsession in Golden Era Hollywood by Robert Matzen October 2010 $39.95 US Paladin Commun read more

Hollywood Beach Beauties Sea Sirens, Sun Goddesses, and Summer Style 1930-1970  by David Wills Dey Street Books May 2018 Hardcover ISBN:978008284255 224 pages Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powells "The women, and some of the men, were painstakingly lit and strictly posed for ma read more

Hollywood VictoryThe Movies, Stars, and Stories of World War IIby Christian BlauveltForeword by Dr. Robert M. CitinoHardcover ISBN: 978076249992TCM and Running Press240 pagesNovember 2021Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's“By the end of the war, motion pictures, having become the read more

Hollywood VictoryThe Movies, Stars, and Stories of World War IIby Christian BlauveltForeword by Dr. Robert M. CitinoHardcover ISBN: 978076249992TCM and Running Press240 pagesNovember 2021Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's“By the end of the war, motion pictures, having become the read more

Hollywood in Kodachrome: 1940-1949  by David Wills November 2013 It Books (Now Del Street Books) Hardcover - 9780062265548 352 pages Barnes and Noble IndieBound Powell's   While perusing the gift shop at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston recently I came across a copy of Hollywood in K read more

Classic Hollywood Style by Caroline Young October 2012 224 pages Hardcover ISBN 9780711233751 Frances Lincoln I cannot tell you how many times someone has come up to me to tell me that my outfit looks like something from an old movie. Or they point out something I would like because it's old Hollyw read more

I've been excited for the Ken Burns' documentary series The Roosevelts: An Intimate History for months. While some people are intrigued by the Kennedys, I've always been fascinated by the Roosevelts. In honor of the documentary series airing this week, I thought I'd share some cool photographs of th read more

George Hurrell's HollywoodGlamour Portraits 1925-1992Revised Editionby Mark A. VieiraForeword by Sharon StoneRunning PressSeptember 2023Paperback ISBN: 9780762484607406 pagesAmazon — Barnes and Noble — Larry Edmunds — Powell's"The dreamlike world of silent pictures had created read more

I'm thrilled to be joined by writer and biographer John Stangeland. We chatted over a decade ago about his Warren William biography (review here and interview here). Now he is back with an excellent new biography on the much-beloved character actress Aline MacMahon, out now from the University Press read more

Hollywood Enlists! Propaganda Films of World War II by Ralph Donald Rowman and Littlefield Hardcover ISBN: 9781442277267 March 2017 274 pages Amazon - Barnes and Noble - Powells Over the years the term "propaganda" has developed a negative connotation. It suggests the brainwashing of its subjects read more

Room 1219 The Life of Fatty Arbuckle, the Mysterious Death of Virginia Rappe, and the Scandal That Changed Hollywood by Greg Merritt Hardcover - 440 pages ISBN 9781613747926 Chicago Review Press September 2013 Barnes and Noble IndieBound Powells "He is forever the life of the party, forever read more

If you live in the Hollywood area, you are a lucky SOB because you have an opportunity to see Jane Russell in person! Here is the press release: Jane Russell To Appear June 23 at Hollywood Heritage MuseumIconic Hollywood sex symbol Jane Russell, who starred in “The Outlaw,” “Gent read more

Hollywood Enlists! Propaganda Films of World War II by Ralph Donald Rowman and Littlefield Hardcover ISBN: 9781442277267 March 2017 274 pages Amazon - Barnes and Noble - Powells Over the years the term "propaganda" has developed a negative connotation. It suggests the brainwashing of its subjects read more

Charles Walters: The Director Who Made Hollywood Dance by Brent Phillips Hardcover, 368 pages ISBN: 9780813147215 November 2014 University Press of Kentucky Barnes and Noble Powell's IndieBound “He was born to dance.” – Brent Phillips on Chuck Walters When I started my classic read more

-- Letters from Hollywood Inside the Private World of Classic American Moviemaking by Rocky Lang and Barbara Hall foreword by Peter Bogdanovich ABRAMS Books 352 pages Hardcover ISBN: 9781419738098 September 2019 Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powells Letters from Hollywood is truly read more

Hollywood Godfather The Life and Crimes of Billy Wilkerson by W.R. Wilkerson III Chicago Review Press 352 pages Hardcover ISBN: 9781613736609 September 2018 Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's "All his life Billy was in love with the impossible." — Joe Paster read more

I've been excited for the Ken Burns' documentary series The Roosevelts: An Intimate History for months. While some people are intrigued by the Kennedys, I've always been fascinated by the Roosevelts. In honor of the documentary series airing this week, I thought I'd share some cool photographs of th read more

Fay Wray and Robert Riskin A Hollywood Memoir by Victoria Riskin Pantheon Hardcover ISBN: ISBN 9781524747282 February 2019 416 pages Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powells "My mother had a pioneer resilience, a vulnerability, a need for admiration... she never expected life to magically read more