Jean Howard's Hollywood [Paperback]

Jean Howard (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 1997

A Ziegfeld girl, a contract player at MGM, the wife of a movie superagent, and one of Hollywood's most celebrated hostesses, Jean Howard provides a uniquely intimate look at the Hollywood she knew during the 1930s, '40s, '50s, and into the '60s. 346 duotone photos.

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From Library Journal

Howard was a contract player at MGM and the wife of star agent and producer Charles Feldman. She was also a shutterbug who took numerous candids of the Hollywood elite at many social gatherings from the 1940s to the 1960s. Rather than the standard promotional stills found in numerous volumes, Howard's pictures show actors, directors, producers, and even writers at play and unguarded. If you passed on the original hardcover released in 1989 for $45, now is the time to buy.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback: 248 pages
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams (February 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0810926792
• ISBN-13: 978-0810926790
• Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,255,079 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FABULOUS!!!!!!!!!!!, May 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Jean Howard's Hollywood: A Photo Memoir (Hardcover)

This book is incredible! I picked it up to do a high school project about six years ago and I still sit down and flip through it once a week. This book has kept me interested in classic movie stars and their lives. Jean Howard was an actress and was married to Charles K. Feldman, a producer. However, she eventually became a photographer and was able, because of her insider status, to get really great photos. There are pictures of EVERYONE from Norma Shearer (in her 50s) to Natalie Wood (in her 20s). My favorite pics are the ones of Linda Christian being fitted for her wedding gown to marry Tyron Power, Marilyn Monroe, Vivien Leigh and Sir Laurence Olivier, and many, many more. This book is wonderful...I can not recommend it highly enough!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Photographic Record of a Epic Era, May 13, 2000

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William J Jacobson (Northbrook, Illinois) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jean Howard's Hollywood (Paperback)

Jean Howard was married to the famous Hollywood agent Charles Feldman and as such was a friend of movie stars and celebrities from the 30's through the 50's. She was also an inspired photographer who roamed freely among Hollywood stars taking portraits of the celebrated and famous while they were at home, at parties, and completely at ease. This book is a pictorial record with her own text of those "golden" years with marvelous photographs and fascinating stories about glamorous stars in Hollywood.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Photo Memoir on the Golden Age of Hollywood, April 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Jean Howard's Hollywood (Paperback)

This is a wonderful tribute from the Golden Age of Hollywood to the stars who appear in it. What a wonderful book for anyone who truly loves this era and it's stars. If you love movie star photographs and you want to see some great ones with great captions...this is the book for you because you won't see these anywhere else since this is truly Jean Howard's Memoir. She gets up close with the stars in person not as a studio photographer, but as an insider and it really shows. This is a true capture of a time gone by and the wonderful stars that made it memorable even for those of us who hadn't yet been born when it was happening. This book spans all generations for those of us who love the classics and best of all the classic movie stars who can't be matched.