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Film Crazy
Interviews with Hollywood Legends
Author: Patrick McGilligan
Film Crazy
$11.99
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In Film Crazy, McGilligan shares some of his fascinating interviews with screen luminaries from his salad days as a young journalist working the Hollywood beat. He rides the presidential campaign bus with Ronald Reagan, visits Alfred Hitchcock on the set of the Master of Suspense's last film, "Family Plot," meets George Stevens at the Brown Derby and conducts the last interview with the director of "Shane" and "Giant." Other interview subjects captured for posterity include rough-and-ready pioneer directors William Wellman and Raoul Walsh; likeable actor Joel McCrea; actress - and the only female director of her era - Ida Lupino; French legend Rene Clair; and lowly-contract-writer-turned-studio-mogul Dore Schary. Film Crazy is a must for film students, scholars and professionals.
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St. Martin's Press
ISBN
9781466875739
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"Essential reading for the true film buff and scholar."—Library Journal
"Film history comes alive immediately and joyfully, perhaps even for the most casual film fans."—Booklist
"An often fascinating slice of Hollywood history."—Kirkus Reviews