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ISBN-13: | 9781735273815 |
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Publisher: | GoodKnight Books |
Publication date: | 10/12/2021 |
Pages: | 400 |
Sales rank: | 1,103,330 |
Product dimensions: | 6.10(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.30(d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Introduction: Take One ix
1 Circulation: 3 1
2 "Is This About You…or Me?" 14
3 My Fanzine and My Future Wife 25
4 My Two Unlikely Careers 38
5 Hollywood: The First Time Around 53
6 Alan King and the American Academy of Humor 62
7 Sharing Soup with Katharine Hepburn 69
8 A Day with James Stewart 77
9 Shake the Hand That Shook the Hand of Buster Keaton 80
10 Robert Mitchum's Grass Roots 85
11 A Reluctant Ambulance Chaser 90
12 The Nutty Filmmaker 97
13 Two Decades of Teaching at USC 106
14 Happy Trails with Roy and Dale 118
15 Lunch, Dinner, and a Roast with Jackie Cooper 122
16 The Unsinkable Gloria Stuart 127
17 Getting Close to Walt Disney 133
18 John Wayne's Extended Family 142
19 Those Thrilling Days of Yesteryear 151
20 My Friend Freda 159
21 Harlan Ellison: One of a Kind 163
22 Diving for Disney Treasures 169
23 40 Years of Telluride 178
24 Leading Ladies: Bette Davis, Barbara Stanwyck, Olivia de Havilland 185
25 Pursuing My Other Passion: Jazz 193
26 Lena Home: In a Class by Herself 198
27 Inside the Playboy Mansion 203
28 My Night at Sammy's House 211
29 The Most Famous Little Girl in the World 215
30 The Golden Boot Awards and One Thorny Star 221
31 Meeting Modern Masters 228
32 Off-the-Cuff Interviews and Encounters 237
33 Mel Brooks and Me 244
34 Remembering Jimmy Karen 249
35 Meeting the Jedi Master 256
36 Inside (and Outside) the Oscars 260
37 Festival Hopping Around the World 268
38 My Adventures in Podcasting 279
39 The Blessing Known as TCM 289
40 Healthy Thoughts 296
41 …and in Conclusion 298
Index 300