How to Succeed in Hollywood without Really Trying: P.S.—You Can’t!
By Melville Shavelson
Read by Nat Segaloff
Unabridged
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3 Formats: CD
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3 Formats: Library CD
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3 Formats: MP3 CD
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ISBN: 9798200674640
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ISBN: 9798200674633
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ISBN: 9798200674657
| Runtime: | 7.00 Hours |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Biography & Autobiography |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
Writer-Director Melville Shavelson survived five wars: WW1, WW2, Korea, Vietnam, and Hollywood. In this often funny and always readable memoir, he recalls the heyday of the studio system and what it was like to work with such powerful forces as Kirk Douglas, Cary Grant, Bob Hope, Clark Gable, Sophia Loren, the State of Israel, the family of President Eisenhower, and Paramount Pictures.
Author
Author Bio: Melville Shavelson
Melville Shavelson (1917–2007) was one of the most successful filmmakers of Hollywood’s Golden Age and thereafter, with twenty-one directing credits and fifty-five writing credits (including The Five Pennies, Yours, Mine, and Ours, Cast a Giant Shadow, and Ike: The War Years). A master of comedy (he was one of the writers who established Bob Hope and Danny Thomas), he was twice President of the Writers Guild of America and, living till the age of ninety, a major voice in preserving Hollywood history.
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Details
Details
| Available Formats : | CD, Library CD, MP3 CD |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Biography & Autobiography |
| Runtime: | 7.00 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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