Robert Dance

Excellent book on Greta Garbo, well researched with beautiful photographs (but how could any photo of Garbo not be beautiful). The book provided a lot of information on her early life as well as her life in Hollywood (including addresses of various homes she rented). The photographs were beautifully reproduced including a color photograph taken in 1941 after she finished her last film. It followed through with her travels and companions after she left film. One of the best books on Garbo I've read but there were two typographical errors. A photograph on page 29 indicated Louis B Mayer was on the left when he is most definitely on the right. On page 195 there was a description of a marionette show where the puppets were designed to look like film stars and listed the stars. One start listed was Cary Cooper so not sure if the puppet was of Cary Grant or of Gary Cooper.… (more)

During Hollywood's Golden Age the publicity departments at Paramount, MGM, 20th Century Fox, Warner Brothers and other studios cranked out thousands of photographs of their stars. Along with straight glamor shots, the studios also produced candids, pictures showing actors and actresses being 'average Joes.' "Hollywood Unseen" brings together more than 200 such images to create a nostalgic photo guide to legendary Hollywood stars. Movie buffs will enjoy this nostalgic trip back to the glory days of Hollywood. Page after page of professionally-done images of legends such as Jimmy Stewart, Cary Grant, Rita Hayworth, Ingrid Bergman, Burt Lancaster and Elizabeth Taylor should trigger fond memories of the silver screen.

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