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Product Identifiers
PublisherAbrams, Inc.
ISBN-101419738097
ISBN-139781419738098
eBay Product ID (ePID)25038594179
Product Key Features
Book TitleLetters from Hollywood : inside the Private World of Classic American Moviemaking
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicLetters, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Film / History & Criticism
Publication Year2019
IllustratorYes
GenrePerforming Arts, Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections
AuthorBarbara Hall, Rocky Lang
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight56.3 Oz
Item Length11.3 in
Item Width8.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2018-958272
SynopsisRare notes, memos, and telegrams from Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, Frank Sinatra, Jane Fonda, and more Letters from Hollywood reproduces in full color scores of entertaining and insightful pieces of correspondence from some of the most notable and talented film industry names of all time--from the silent era to the golden age, and up through the pre-email days of the 1970s. Culled from libraries, archives, and personal collections, the 135 letters, memos, and telegrams are organized chronologically and are annotated by the authors to provide backstories and further context. While each piece reveals a specific moment in time, taken together, the letters convey a bigger picture of Hollywood history. Contributors include celebrities like Greta Garbo, Alfred Hitchcock, Humphrey Bogart, Frank Sinatra, Katharine Hepburn, Marlon Brando, Elia Kazan, Cary Grant, Francis Ford Coppola, Tom Hanks, and Jane Fonda. This is the gift book of the season for fans of classic Hollywood., Movie fans and film historians will celebrate the treasure trove of rare notes, memos, and telegrams from Hollywood's Golden Age in Letters from Hollywood . "Compiled by producer Rocky Lang and film historian Barbara Hall, [this book] features five decades of correspondence from the likes of Greta Garbo, Alfred Hitchcock, Cary Grant, Jane Fonda, Henry Fonda, John Wayne, Katharine Hepburn, Tom Hanks, Bela Lugosi and Frank Sinatra." -- Los Angeles Times Here, reproduced in full color, are scores of entertaining and insightful pieces of correspondence from some of the most notable and talented film industry names of all time--from the silent era to the golden age and up through the pre-email days of the 1970s. Through intimate messages exchanged between colleagues, friends, lovers, and rivals, larger-than-life movie giants come alive here. Culled from libraries, archives, and personal collections, the 135 letters, memos, and telegrams are organized chronologically and annotated by the authors to provide backstories and further context. While each piece reveals a specific moment in time, taken together, the letters convey a bigger picture of Hollywood history. Contributors include celebrities like Humphrey Bogart, Marlon Brando, Elia Kazan, Francis Ford Coppola, among many more, Hollywood's great stars are revealed here in a way you have never seen them before. Together, the correspondence offers a fascinating history of bygone, though definitely not forgotten, eras of American moviemaking.
LC Classification NumberPN1993.5.U65L43 2019
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- 01. Apr. 2020
Historical....Entertaining....A must have for ANY movie fan!!!
Fantastic!!! Amazing these letters were all saved and put together1!!Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
