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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is an outrageously engaging and entertaining volume. It would be pretty impressive even without its thematic weave. Just the old time Hollywood glamor. Eat your heart out, Tom Cruise. Every time you flip through the pages, you come upon a new treasure. My current favorite: Joe E. Lewis ready to tear it up in a velodrome. Great bikes, great book.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By James
Format:Hardcover
San Francisco Chronicle
'Hollywood Rides a Bike,' by Steven Rea: review
Mick LaSalle
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Author Steven Rea has two passions, cinema and bicycling, and out of this has come "Hollywood Rides a Bike: Cycling With the Stars" (Angel City Press; 159 pages; $20), a picture book containing scores of photos of Hollywood stars, mostly from the 1930s through the 1950s, riding bicycles. It is a singular and eccentric creation and, like a lot of singular and eccentric things, thoroughly charming. Bicycling enthusiasts will take pleasure identifying the various vintage bicycles - their riders were movie stars, remember, so they weren't riding rusty buckets - and a full index of bikes is given at the back.
For the rest of us, the book is picturesque and has the pleasure of novelty, but there's something more. There is a poignancy about seeing these vivid people from the past in the midst of physical activity and pleasure. There they are, the lucky and the tragic, all doing the same thing: Lauren Bacall, at her most beautiful, at the dawn of her stardom. And in another photo, Susan Peters, lovely and seemingly with the world before her - and yet a few years later, she was dead.
These are perhaps strange ruminations from what is essentially a cheerful book, but sometimes when you put disparate elements together, there are unexpected depths.
'Hollywood Rides a Bike,' by Steven Rea: review
Mick LaSalle
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Author Steven Rea has two passions, cinema and bicycling, and out of this has come "Hollywood Rides a Bike: Cycling With the Stars" (Angel City Press; 159 pages; $20), a picture book containing scores of photos of Hollywood stars, mostly from the 1930s through the 1950s, riding bicycles. It is a singular and eccentric creation and, like a lot of singular and eccentric things, thoroughly charming. Bicycling enthusiasts will take pleasure identifying the various vintage bicycles - their riders were movie stars, remember, so they weren't riding rusty buckets - and a full index of bikes is given at the back.
For the rest of us, the book is picturesque and has the pleasure of novelty, but there's something more. There is a poignancy about seeing these vivid people from the past in the midst of physical activity and pleasure. There they are, the lucky and the tragic, all doing the same thing: Lauren Bacall, at her most beautiful, at the dawn of her stardom. And in another photo, Susan Peters, lovely and seemingly with the world before her - and yet a few years later, she was dead.
These are perhaps strange ruminations from what is essentially a cheerful book, but sometimes when you put disparate elements together, there are unexpected depths.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
These pictures are amazing. They go way back to the original Rin Tin Tin on a bike, to some Tom Hanks on a bike and Jeff Bridges. I love the old ones the best, of course. Especially Clark Gable with a flat. I always order from Amazon, but outta stock so I went direct to the publisher. Got a signed one! This book made me get out my bike and ride...so it's healthful to own it.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Glamour on Two Wheels...
I wrote a review of this glorious book by Steven Rea for Brooklyn Cruiser, where I am a Contributor-at-Large. An excerpt...
"For lack of a longer word, the book is fun. Read more
"For lack of a longer word, the book is fun. Read more
Published 7 months ago by George Hahn
4.0 out of 5 stars
Glamor rides a bike
This book captures the full glamor of Hollywood posing with a bicycle. In an industry that made a profession out of looking good it has pictures of ultra-glamorous movie stars... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Vernon Forbes
5.0 out of 5 stars
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