Hollywood has meant many things to many people throughout its illustrious history, but nowadays, Tinseltown is best known for the three G's-Glitz, Glamour, and Ghosts. Read about the celebrity apparitions who touch visitors at the Hollywood Wax Museum with ghostly hands; the phantom bartender at the elegant Yamashiro Restaurant who startles diners; the lively spirits at The Formosa Café who drink right along with the customers. You won't want to miss Clift Montgomery's bugle call at The Hollywood Roosevelt ; Janis Joplin's presence at the Highland Gardens Hotel; Bela Lugosi's daily visit to the famous intersection of Hollywood and Vine; and the final resting place for dozens of Hollywood luminaries at The Hollywood Forever Cemetery. There are curses and murder and mayhem aplenty, for in Hollywood the show still goes on.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Very little substance,
This review is from: Ghosts of Hollywood: The Show Still Goes on (Paperback)
I must be on a mindless reading binge - if nothing else, it's entertaining to read something rather light. That; however, is about all that I can say about this book - it's entertaining. Overall, I found the book to be poorly written and edited. It's filled with story after story about every famous dead actor/actress to ever appear on the silver screen - some of them (such as none other than Marilyn Monroe) seem to pop up everywhere. It would appear as if Hollywood is haunted by every dead member of the Screen Actors Guild. Trite and banal are the hallmarks of this book. Finally, I'm beginning to see a pattern to the modern genre of "haunted stories" books: to paraphrase an overused term by the author, books of this "ilk" are merely snippets of poorly written stories.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Not your run of the mill Ghost Book,
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This review is from: Ghosts of Hollywood: The Show Still Goes on (Paperback)
Ghosts of Hollywood does something other ghost books don't. It gives you new stories. I've been working in Hollywood for years, and have heard (or so I thought) every ghost story imaginable. This has new ones, in spades. This book and other volumes by Marla, are well researched, and well written, and most important - they are interesting.
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Definitive Hollywood Ghost Book,
By Mortal Bard (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Ghosts of Hollywood: The Show Still Goes on (Paperback)
Brooks, a lifelong scholar of the supernatural, has compiled the ultimate collection of Tinseltown hauntings. It's both referential and readable - sort of like a Zagat Guide to the spookiest places. Well done!
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