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For people familiar with Dolores Fuller only through her work and professional association with notorious 1950s film director Edward D. Wood, Jr., Hollywood, Ed Wood, and Me (A Fuller Life) will provide readers with a surprising revelation: throughout her career, Dolores has proven her talent and versatility in numerous facets of the entertainment industry. From fashion model, dancer, and actress to renowned songwriter and talent manager, she has done it all.In her autobiography, Dolores speaks honestly and with candor about her many triumphs, professional disappointments, and personal tragedies she has endured. Her remarkable story takes you on an unforgettable journey through her virtual partnership with Ed Wood during the making of his early films; her painful discovery of Wood's transvestitism; their eventual break-up; her songwriting for Elvis Presley; her discovery and nurturing of Johnny Rivers; and her heart-breaking experience with Tanya Tucker. Finally, Dolores reveals her true feelings towards Sarah Jessica Parker's unflattering performance of her in Tim Burton's Ed Wood (1994).Filled with fascinating and humorous anecdotes about the many famous people she has known throughout her long career, Dolores' autobiography reveals the informative and highly entertaining story of her fuller life.

The eye of the camera lens is a window to our world. Through it, we see beauty, tragedy, and the passing of our lives. Sometimes, if we are especially fortunate, we are privileged to view fleeting moments in history. "Eye Remember" is a personal glimpse at the people, places, and events that shaped a generation of post World War II "baby-boomers." This volume contains photos, all from the author's personal collection, and profiles of celebrities, activists, and political leaders from those times. They colored the lives of us all.

Everyone in Hollywood loved Andy Devine.For that matter, everyone in the country did. That's why he was in so many films. He also starred on radio, television, and on the New York stage. Just look at his credits in the back of this book and you will be amazed.He was discovered by accident, then struggled for many years, but success would be his. He would appear in some of the greatest films ever made. Andy Devine would be married to the same woman for forty-three years and they would live on a farm just outside Hollywood. They raised two sons who would graduate from college and be successful in their own right.In this book you will meet many Hollywood characters who were clever, funny and unpredictable. You will experience both the golden age of film and radio plus the early years of television. You will be involved with the deal makers and the deal breakers. Of note is that this book was not written by a ghostwriter who received his information from outside sources. No. It was written by Andy's youngest son who was always there. You will see that our author is a dramatic and compelling storyteller who will capture the reader. Just try to put it down!

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That's right! Can you imagine flubbing your line in front of the whole country without a chance to try again to make it right? That's what it was like back in the 1940s and 1950s. Week after week we saw these brave actors and actresses take on the challenge, and they did an amazing job.Wright King was there on our screens in such shows as Studio One, Robert Montgomery Presents, and Kraft Television Theatre, and has fond memories of those exciting days. He and his fellow actors tell us the circumstances that led them to their first live television production, what it was like on the set as the time of the broadcast drew nigh, and the reactions they got from people on the street when they left the studio.So come on in and relive with us the days of yore when everything we saw on television was being broadcast live and absolutely anything could happen.

Would Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts be the superstars they are today if they had not been turned down for roles on soap operas?Would Everybody Loves Raymond ever have been created if Ray Romano hadn't been fired from Newsradio?Would the character of Fonzie have become such a pop culture icon in the 1970s if it had been played by Micky Dolenz?How different would Lisa Kudrow's career have turned out if she had not been turned down for a spot on Saturday Night Live?MICKEY ROONEY AS ARCHIE BUNKER and Other TV Casting Almosts answers these questions and many more.Mickey Rooney was producer Norman Lear's first choice for the starring role of Archie Bunker on All in the Family. Worried about the public's reaction to the bigoted character, he turned the role down. Carroll O'Connor was cast and became a star.TV's most famous and infamous casting decisions are explored in MICKEY ROONEY AS ARCHIE BUNKER and Other TV Casting Almosts. You'll read the stories behind the choices that have altered the course of TV history. Inside you'll learn many fun facts including:Katie Holmes was the first choice to play Buffy the Vampire SlayerRosie O'Donnell auditioned for Elaine on SeinfeldGene Hackman was rejected for the part of Mike BradySandra Bullock didn't have the right look for BaywatchLara Flynn Boyle was considered to play Carrie Bradshaw on Sex and the CityThe shows are listed alphabetically from According to Jim to Zorro. This book lets you imagine how different your favorite shows could have been.

From the co-creator of British Television magazine comes the ultimate interview book for those of us with a penchant for the cheeky.Whether you're one of those individuals who hunkers down in front of the television every Saturday night to get your fix of "Britcoms" courtesy of the local PBS station, or you're working your way through classic British shows one DVD at a time, chances are you know something about British television's Golden Age. Between 1970 and 2000, PBS and cable TV brought some of the finest British programs ever made to American audiences and introduced actors, writers, and producers who became pop culture icons. 30 Years of British Television brings you interviews with fourteen of those legends. The book also answers these important questions: * How Waiting For God's Stephanie Cole used her famous "Diana limp" to pinch the best parking spot at an airport.* How much Are You Being Served's John Inman earned in residuals (sort of).* What Rumpole of the Bailey creator John Mortimer said about U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Rehnquist that broke the ice with fans in Salt Lake City.* What old detective series Keeping Up Appearances' Clive Swift really hopes does not make a comeback.* What differences producers Sue and Beryl Vertue have encountered in making televisions shows on both sides of the Atlantic.* Much more about stars of Monty Python's Flying Circus, The Good Neighbors, and To the Manor Born. A.S. Berman is a former USA Today writer, editor, and author of The New Horror Handbook, an inside look at twenty-first century horror films and culture. " . . . A fascinating collection of interviews . . . ." Entertainment WeeklyRead the review in the Canyon News: click here

From the 1920's as a romantic idol and singing sensation, through the following decades of radio, movies and stage successes, Rudy Vallée led a colorful life. There was enough excitement and controversy to inspire dozens of biographies. Amazingly, however, this is the first to be written.The hundreds of carefully selected photos, many published here for the first time, encompass both his personal and professional life, helping to highlight the Vallée story.This book is a treat for readers who are not acquainted with Rudy. For those who believe they already know him, there are more than a few surprises in store...Doris Bickford-Swarthout, an authority on 19th and early 20th century America, is the author of numerous articles and four books, including: Mary Hallock Foote, Pioneer Woman Illustrator; The Best of Times 1870-1915; and An Age of Flowers. A native of Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, Doris is co-owner of the Berry Hill Book Shop and lives and writes in central New York. This is her first book about a show business personality.

The same people who brought you The Dick Van Dyke Show and That Girl scored another innovative sitcom in 1967 with Good Morning World. Bill Persky and Sam Denoff's creation, which aired Tuesday nights on CBS, was the first-ever TV series set in a radio station and featured the on and off air adventures of a pair of morning DJ's.Joby Baker and Ronnie Schell starred as Dave Lewis and Larry Clark, with Julie Parrish as Dave's wife Linda, Vaudeville veteran Billy De Wolfe as their stuffy but loveable boss Roland Hutton.and a little blonde dancer in her first acting role named Goldie Hawn.This behind-the-scenes look at the making of the Persky-Denoff creation features exclusive interviews with Good Morning World's creators and surviving stars. You'll be surprised that the idea for the series came from a real radio station, how CBS turned thumbs down on the first pilot episode, the behind-the-scenes drama and the "what-might-have-been" if the series had gone a second season.You're holding an impressive slice of TV history in your hands. Good Morning World was a trailblazer and paved the way for later shows like WKRP in Cincinnati, Frazier and NewsRadio.

From the man who brought you Talking to the Piano Player (and its upcoming sequel) comes an amazing history of the greatest comedy studio in history - Keystone.At Mack Sennett's Fun Factory it was all laughs: flying pies, bathing beauties on the beach, traintrack thrills, cliffhangers, sight gags, and rehearsed spontaniety. All that was required for the anxious distributors and eager movie audiences was A Reel a Week.Silent film pianist Stuart Oderman met and played for many of THE KEYSTONE KROWD and their contemporaries for whom making comedy was a very serious business. He also listened...THE KEYSTONE KROWD is a document of the twilight years of many of Sennett's innovators, who were still able to recall their early days when filmmaking was in its infancy.Come read their last opportunity to leave their impressions of themselves and their times from a golden era.

Michael A. Hoey is the son of British actor Dennis Hoey, best remembered for his portrayal of Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard in the Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone.A combination memoir and history of the film business covering the decades from the 40's through the present. Here is an examination of classic Hollywood and such iconic studio bosses as Jack L. Warner, Darryl Zanuck and Walt Disney, plus memorable actors and directors, including John Ford, Fred Zinneman, George Cukor and Elvis Presley, Charlton Heston, Basil Rathbone, Angela Landsbury and Jane Wyman. Filled with the personal recollections of someone who lived it, it is also the story of a father and son, their careers and their turbulent relationship. Interwoven into these stories are numerous historical episodes about Hollywood, Broadway and Television."It's a look at Hollywood from the inside ... a fascinating glimpse at some of the industry's heavy hitters, as told by someone who was there in the trenches -- right from boyhood!"- Tom Weaver

Had enough Britney-Lindsay-Paris-Nicole? Here's a book about a real celebrity. and one you probably never heard of! Gordon 'Whitey' Mitchell has been at the heart of show business as a top jazz musician/studio player, then, in a mid-life career change, a successful Hollywood screenwriter with movies, pilots, and hundreds of sitcoms like GET SMART, ALL IN THE FAMILY, and THE JEFFERSONS to his credit. He's laughed, scratched and stumbled his way through both careers and rubbed shoulders with the biggest names in the business. still managing to remain completely anonymous! Here's what some high profile people he's worked with have to say:NORMAN LEAR:(Producer-Writer)"I'd have to say this is a very entertaining book. even if he didn't mention my name fourteen times."ANDRE PREVIN:(Composer-Conductor-Pianist)"Whitey Mitchell is a fine bass player. He plays in tune, keeps immaculate time and knows the bridge to SOPHISTICATED LADY. He is also a writer who tells his stories with wit and style. His book is a pleasure to read."MORT LACHMAN:(Bob Hope's Producer-Writer)"Whitey Mitchell is an extraordinary musician and a brilliant writer. But what he doesn't realize is that he's a magician. His life is magic. I read HACKENSACK TO HOLLYWOOD in one engrossing night. Couldn't put it down."BILL ASHER: (Producer-Director, I LOVE LUCY, BEWITCHED)"If I'd known that Whitey Mitchell was this funny, I would have given him more scripts to write."

Interviews with TV legends!Bewitched/Designing Women: Alice Ghostley The Big Valley: Peter Breck Father Knows Best / The Andy Griffith Show:Elinor Donahue Hazel: Lynn Borden Hazel: Ray Fulmer I Love Lucy: Keith Thibodeaux The Jeffersons / 227: Marla Gibbs Lassie: Jon Provost Leave it to Beaver: Barbara Billingsley Leave it to Beaver: Tony Dow The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis: Dwayne Hickman Mission: Impossible: Peter Lupus Close-UpsThe Mothers-In-Law: Kaye Ballard My Three Sons: Stanley Livingston The Waltons: Jon Walmsley What's Happening!! / What's Happening Now!!:Ernest Thomas What's Happening!! / What's Happening Now!!:Haywood Nelson

Click your heels together three times and join author Caren Marsh-Doll, Judy Garland's stand-in in The Wizard of Oz, as she dances through her rich Hollywood life.Caren, an original MGM doll, appeared on the silver screen, danced in Hollywood musicals, was a Western leading lady, acted on Broadway, and remains the darling of Oz fans around the world. She met gangster Bugsy Siegel, survived a near fatal plane crash, and learned about sex "near" a Hollywood casting couch.And she's still dancing... into the 2nd edition of her award-winning autobiography. Named Best Autobiography Classic Images, this expanded edition has More rare pictures, and extra material!

Famed Hollywood personal manager, DICK BAXTER, worked in the entertainment business for over 40 years. He owned and operated DICK BAXTER MANAGEMENT since 1963. His clients were some of Hollywood's biggest stars and entertainers of that era. He managed the careers of actress/singer Dale Evans, country gospel singer and song writer, Stuart Hamblen and his wife Suzy Hamblen, singer Anacani (the Lawrence Welk TV show), Hi Busse, Frontiersmen & Joanie, actress Catherine McLeod and others. In this, his autobiography, Dick invites you, the reader, to come along on his journey. You will feel as though Dick is visiting with you personally as he relates his life in the exciting world of show business.