Hollywood Remembered: An Oral History of Its Golden Age

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Summary: A Beautifully intimate, informed history of Hollywood.
Review: Zollo, who has been a master at interviewing songwriters for years, now turns his focus to old-timers of Hollywood who remember this mythic, confusing town for what it once was. This is a vivid, funny, historic, surprising and poetic series of history and memoirs and a tour of Hollywood which all adds up to a collosal collection of Hollywood as it really was. There's the hilarious Jonathan Winters, plus Steve Allen, Marie Windsor, Jerry Maren of the Wizard of OZ, Eveyln Keyes, Charles Champlin, Walter Bernstein,Karl Malden and so many more, all remembering their own personal Hollywoods, and collectively reflecting this special town in a way it's never been seen before. It's Hollywood from the inside, with all its blessings and curses reflected together. For anyone wanting to know of the full evolution of this singular town, this is the book by you, written and compiled by a writer who clearly loves his subject. A must for any lovers of Hollywood and its history.