Stardom Seen from a Different Perspective Inside the Golden Age of Hollywood Starflacker Starflacker InsideInside t thehe G GoldenoldenA Agege o off H Hollywoodollywood DDICK GUTTMANMAN PuPubublicisti RReedd Carrpet Bacack Stagagee PPresss RRoRooommss Dick Guttman Dick Guttman A Bedside Reader for People Who Love Movies Starflacker Inside the Golden Age of Hollywood Dick Guttman A Bedside Reader for People Who Love Movies R Guttman Associates, Inc. Copyright © 2015 by Dick Guttman All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, except in the case of brief quotations no greater than 200 words, without prior written permission of the author at Starfl
[email protected]. R Guttman Associates, Inc. 118 S. Beverly Dr., Suite 201 Beverly Hills, CA 90212 www.starfl acker.com Printed in the United States of America ISBN Paperback: 978-0-9864071-0-9 ISBN ebook: 978-0-9864071-1-6 Cover artwork: John Robertson Interior Design and Layout: Ghislain Viau To TCM and Robert Osborne who bear continuing and loving witness to the great films and the great stars Acknowledgments I am grateful to Ghislain Viau of Creative Publishing Book Design for the interior design and distribution and to Ellen Reid for her guidance. Noted artist John Robertson for his painting, Starflacker, seen in the cover collage. Gratitude to my wife, family, staff, clients, associates and everyone whose originality graced my life and is celebrated in this book. Notably excepted from these kind feelings are Baby Doc, the Shah of Iran, Generalissimo Francisco Franco and members of the Guatamalan facist junta.