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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

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

Cecil B. DeMille: The Art of the Hollywood Epic by Cecilia de Mille Presley and Mark A. Vieira Running Press Hardcover - pages November 2014 If you're going to invest in a high quality coffee table book, you shouldn't just go for looks alone. There is a pride in ownership of Cecil B. DeMille: Th read more

Mean... Moody... Magnificent! Jane Russell and the Marketing of a Hollywood Legend by Christina RiceUniversity Press of KentuckyISBN: 9780813181080June 2021392 pagesAmazon — Barnes and Noble — Powells “The movie star turned out to be devastatingly human. 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

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

Kirk and Anne Letters of Love, Laughter, and a Lifetime in Hollywood by Kirk and Anne Douglas with Marcia Newberger foreword by Michael Douglas TCM and Running Press May 2017  Hardcover ISBN: 9780762462179240 pages Amazon - Barnes and Noble - Powells In March when I visited Boston University' 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

The Savvy SphinxHow Garbo Conquered Hollywoodby Robert DanceUniversity Press of MississippiHardcover ISBN: 9781496833280288 pagesNovember 2021Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell'sGreta Garbo was extraordinary in many ways. She was one of the most beloved and sought after celebrities of he 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

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

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

Viva Hollywood The Legacy of Latin and Hispanic Artists in American Filmby Luis I. ReyesTCM and Running PressHardcover ISBN: 9780762478484September 2022Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Larry Edmund's — Powell's"Latinx artists both in front of and behind the cameras are committed to 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

  Mean..Moody..Magnificent Christina Rice University Press of Kentucky, 2021 I’ve been eagerly anticipating Mean...Moody…Magnificent, because I couldn’t put down Christina Rice’s first biography, about Ann Dvorak. While this book is not the passion projec 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

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