Forties Film Talk presents the history of Hollywood through the words of 70 stars, producers, directors, screenwriters, and bit actors who gave Hollywood it's golden age of the 1940s. The personal histories of Part I range from one to four pages in length. James Stewart, Robert Wise, Claire Trevor, June Allyson, Ralph Bellamy, Jane Greer, Celeste Holm, Gloria Jean, Janet Leigh, Dorothy McGuire, Victor Mature, and Dick Moore are among the 70 personas the tell their story.
Part II looks at specific films, again all in the words of those that helped create them. Joan Crawford, George Cukor, Lucille Ball, Robert Montgomery, Gregory Peck, Claude Rains, and many, many more discuss the making of specific films.
Interspersed throughout the text and collected in a bound color section in the middle of the book are 120 lobby posters from author Doug McClelland s personal collection.
This book is filled with telling tidbits that just won't be found elsewhere. It is a book you can pick up anywhere and quickly become immersed. Regardless of where they start, eventually the reader will go to page one and start from the beginning as this book is truly a pleasure to read.
Price: $29.50
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