A bio on Harlow and Theda? I’m SO there. They’ve all been added to my list since I’m really trying to snap up some good bios on actors and actresses from the days of yore. (And build a movie collection too!)
Thanks to Eve too for writing these books and hopefully many more! I cannot wait to get them!
Ooooh, thanks, dear—hope you like 'em! Even if you don’t like my writing, they’re all packed with photos.
Skinner: Well…maybe it was for the best. Now I…I finally have time to do what I’ve always wanted: write the great American novel. Mine is about a futuristic amusement park where dinosaurs are brought to life through advanced cloning techniques. I call it “Billy and the Cloneasaurus.”
Apu: Oh, you have got to be kidding, sir. First you think of an idea that has already been done. Then you give it a title that nobody could possibly like. Didn’t you think this through…[later]…was on the bestseller list for eighteen months! Every magazine cover had…[later]…most popular movies of all time, sir! What were you thinking?! [realizing] I mean, thank you, come again.
Has anyone done a full book on just the sign?
It’s starred in lots of movies, and had lots of ups and downs, city council fights, prank changes of color…
Eve, if you’ve ever considered taking “requests . . .”
I’d love to see a good biography of Frances Farmer. I once did a search, and all of them seemed to date from the 1970’s. She seems like such a fascinating subject to me, that I can’t imagine why more books haven’t been done about her.
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I already have a collection of my silent-movie star articles in a book, but I can’t get the sequel (the talkie stars, including Peg) published, as those books are such a hard sell. In fact, the silents one has just been remaindered and is heading for the shredder.
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Very unfortunate. “Golden Images” is an excellent book and I’ve been waiting for the sequel. And it’s the source of my ultimate “stump the movie buff” trivia question: “What was the first movie Harrison Ford appeared in?”
Perhaps that Cameron Diaz book we’ve all been waiting for?
Okay, that should’ve looked like this.
Very unfortunate. “Golden Images” is an excellent book and I’ve been waiting for the sequel. And it’s the source of my ultimate “stump the movie buff” trivia question: “What was the first movie Harrison Ford appeared in?”
Perhaps that Cameron Diaz book we’ve all been waiting for?
If you don’t like mixing fiction and non-fiction, maybe you could do a fictional story similar to hers, or incorporating similar elements to those that captivate you the most about her story … without actually drawing from the specifics of her story … or is that still a docudrama?
sigh
I’ll show myself out.
Out of the blue, I heard from Peg Entwistle’s grand-nephew (the grandson of her brother Milt). He is visiting both of Peg’s surviving brothers over the holidays, and will press to see if there are indeed any letters, scrapbooks, etc.!
I still really want to write her story . . . Don’t want to get my hopes up, but when he said “Milt is a real pack rat,” I nearly fainted dead away . . .
Oooh, that’s great, Eve!!!
BTW, whatever happened to the LAND part of the sign?
Hurray! I’m happy for Eve, being the published writer that I never will be, hehe. I’ll live vicariously through her.
According to this page, the illuminated sign was constructed in 1924 as a promotion for a housing development. Although built to last only 18 months, the sign stayed up, even though all of its lightbulbs had long since been stolen. By 1949, the sign was in disrepair, and the government of the City of Los Angeles began to remove it. Although a public outcry saved most of the landmark, the “LAND” portion was removed during the refurbishing.
If there isn’t a scrapbook and you can’t write a biography, why not try your hand at a novel based on her life?
I know novels are not your style, but you’d have enough knowledge of the industry at that time to make it a good read.
Hey Eve how about writing bios on Margaret Rutherford or Margaret Dumont? I’d love to read about those funny ladies.
Actually, I lust for an Eve Golden biography of Thelma Todd. I said that once before and she didn’t jump on it as a great idea, so I’m guessing it doesn’t float her boat.
But I hope this one works out for you, Eve!
I wouldn’t mind seeing a book about Evelyn Nesbit, by Eve.
The original super model, the “Girl in the Red Velvet Swing”.
No, no, no! Fictionalized “biographies” make the Baby Jesus cry.
Even I don’t think a publisher will go for bios of Margarets Dumont or Rutherford; and there already are good books on Thelma Todd and Evelyn Nesbit . . .
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I am working (albeit verrrrry slowly) on a bio of Harper Lee.
There isn’t one, you know.
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Really? Get out!
Do you have her permission? Any of her family/friends helping you? Hindering you? Very hard and frustrating, doing a bio of someone living who doesn’t want it done.
I do not have her permission…yet. I’ve not asked. I’m waiting to get a window of time to travel there before I ask.
I’ve also not contacted anyone, same reason. I’ve done lots of reading and research.
LBJ wrote her a letter wishing her well after the auto accident. Now tell me how to find out more about that. :rolleyes: