“Conversations with Classic Film Stars:
Interviews from Hollywood’s Golden Era”
Book Giveaway via Facebook and this Blog
Okay, now it’s time for the Facebook/Blog version of our “Conversations with Classic Film Stars: Interviews from Hollywood’s Golden Era” Giveaway Contest! This time we’ll be giving away TWO copies of the book, courtesy of University Press of Kentucky. And, remember, we’re also giving away FOUR MORE copies via Twitter this month as well, so please feel free to enter that contest too…
In order to qualify to win one of these prizes via this Facebook/Blog contest giveaway, you must complete the below entry task by Saturday, October 1 at 10PM EST. We will pick two winners via a random drawing and announce them on Facebook and here on this Blog the day after the contest ends (Sunday October 2).
If you’re also on Twitter, please feel free to visit us at @ClassicMovieHub for additional giveaways — because we’ll be giving away FOUR MORE books there as well! (Click here for twitter contest details as well as more information about the book.)
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ENTRY TASK to be completed by Saturday, October 1 at 1oPM EST —
1) Answer the below question via the comment section at the bottom of this blog post
THE QUESTION:
If you could transport yourself back in time to the Golden Age of Hollywood, what classic movie star would you want to meet and why?
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About the Book: In Conversations with Classic Film Stars, retired journalists James Bawden and Ron Miller present an astonishing collection of rare interviews with the greatest celebrities of Hollywood’s golden age. Conducted over the course of more than fifty years, they recount intimate conversations with some of the most famous leading men and women of the era, including Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Joseph Cotten, Cary Grant, Gloria Swanson, Joan Fontaine, Loretta Young, Kirk Douglas, and many more. Each interview takes readers behind the scenes with some of cinema’s most iconic stars. The actors convey unforgettable stories, from Maureen O’Hara discussing Charles Laughton’s request that she change her last name, to Bob Hope candidly commenting on the presidential honors bestowed upon him. Humorous, enlightening, and poignant, Conversations with Classic Film Stars is essential reading for anyone who loves classic movies.
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I would want to meet Judy Garland because she was my first movie star idol and I would want to try to make her happy.
Great choice!!! Thanks for entering and Good Luck 🙂
Barbara Stanwyck. I’m always impressed by people who over come obstacles growing up and are able to achieve their goals and dreams. She would be fascinating to talk to and learn from.
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I would have to say Lauren Bacall. For one, she’s smart. Two, I believe she tells it like it is and is savvy. Three, she’s attractive in features and in character, no scandals here. Four, I would like to hear her stories, not only hers but other industry happenings that were maybe not well known. Also, I think she is just a fun, versatile, evolving person who is down to earth who connects with anyone no matter their status.
Nice choice! Thanks for entering and Good Luck 🙂
So may to choose from!
But I would get a bit tactical… I would choose Humphrey Bogart, not only because he is one of my all-time favourites but the time of the meet would be one of the Academy Awards night so that I could meet the whole Rat Pack, mostly Nat King Cole, Sinatra… and of course Lauren Bacall – and many more (wouldn’t mind meeting Clark Cable while I’m there, Fred Astaire ,Mary Astor… oh I could go on like that all day!)
I like the way you think! Great answer. Thanks for entering and Good Luck 🙂
I would love to talk to Warren William, a great star of the pre-code era (Employee’s Entrance, Three on a Match & Skyscraper Souls). I would love to learn about what it was like to be in one of the great musicals (Golddiggers of 1933), one of the great horror films (the Wolfman), great epics (Cleopatra) and two of the great detective series (Perry Mason & the Lone Wolf)
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I think I’d most like to sit down and talk with Marilyn Monroe. I’d really love to know what she thought about her life in Hollywood and what she wanted to accomplish in the future. She was so famous and yet it seems so sad that we still don’t know all that much about her personally. Thanks for the chance to win this excellent book.
Great answer Carl! Thanks for entering and Good Luck 🙂
I’d want to meet Judy Garland because I’d like to let her know how much she has inspired and influenced me and I’d love to experience being in the presence of someone with so much charisma, talent and warmth.
Great answer Laura! Thanks for entering and Good Luck 🙂
I’m going to have to go with Franklin Pangborn, one of the most reliable comic character actors in Hollywood history. He’s also the link between my two cinematic heroes, W.C. Fields and Preston Sturges. Pangborn worked with many of the “greats” and would surely have many interesting stories. I also think he’d be tickled to hear that his work is remembered and that gay actors in the 21st Century can be open and even marry those they love.
Wow, what an interesting choice! And for good reasons! Thanks for entering and Good Luck 🙂
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