The Hollywood Book of Love Paperback - 2016

Name: The Hollywood Book of Love
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Author: James Robert Parish
ISBN: 9781537726960

by James Robert Parish

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From the publisher

Part of the Encore Film Book Classics series, this is a reprint of the original text to The Hollywood Book of Love: An Irreverent Guide to the Films That Raised Our Romantic Expectations by James Robert Parish.If you're still waiting for bells to ring and sparks to fly, for fireworks to explode, and waves to crash upon the shore every time you kiss that special someone, don't hold your breath: you've been bitten-and brainwashed-by the Hollywood love bug! From start-up to breakup, only on the big screen is romance so unreal, and in this expansive, cheery, and amusing study you'll find enough smooches and schmaltz to take you from here ... to eternityFrom Bonnie and Clyde to Harold and Maude and from The African Queen to Titanic, this detailed-filled volume gives you all the steam from the screen in its entertaining exploration of Tinseltown's obsession with love, romance, and heartbreak. Inside this unique volume you'll find: -A guide to Hollywood's top tales of romance from "Young Love" to "Marriages on the Rocks" -Funny, fact-filled plot scenarios of a slew of Hollywood's great love stories over the decades- Spirited sidebars that reveal the reality behind the reel-Behind-the-scenes peeks at the love lives of Hollywood's sexiest stars, from Gary Cooper, Charles Boyer, Don Johnson, and Josh Hartnett, to Lupe Velez, Lana Turner, and Madonna

Details

Title The Hollywood Book of Love
Author James Robert Parish
Binding Paperback
Pages 338
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Date 2016-12-20
ISBN 9781537726960 / 153772696X
Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.7 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.78 cm)

About the author

JAMES ROBERT PARISH, a former entertainment reporter, publicist, and book series editor, is the author of many published major biographies and reference books on the entertainment industry including Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You; The Hollywood Book of Extravagance; It's Good to Be the King: The Seriously Funny Life of Mel Brooks; The Hollywood Book of Breakups; Fiascos: Hollywood's Iconic Flops; The Hollywood Book of Scandals; The Hollywood Book of Love; Hollywood Divas; Jet Li; Hollywood Bad Boys; The Encyclopedia of Ethnic Groups in Hollywood; The Hollywood Book of Death; Whoopi Goldberg; Rosie O'Donnell's Story; The Unofficial "Murder, She Wrote" Casebook; Today's Black Hollywood; Let's Talk! America's Favorite TV Talk Show Hosts; Prison Pictures from Hollywood; Prostitution in Hollywood Films; The Great Cop Pictures; Ghosts and Angels in Hollywood Films; Pirates and Seafaring Swashbucklers on the Hollywood Screen; Gays and Lesbians in Mainstream Cinema; The Jeanette MacDonald Story, Hollywood's Great Love Teams; and The Fox Girls. Mr. Parish is a frequent oncamera interviewee on cable and network TV for documentaries on the performing arts. The author resides in Studio City, California.