The Official Hollywood Handbook [Paperback]

John Blumenthal (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Pocket Books (April 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671497138
• ISBN-13: 978-0671497132
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,616,738 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

A former Playboy magazine editor and columnist, John Blumenthal is the author "The Official Hollywood Handbook", "The Tinseltown Murders", "The Case of the Hardboiled Dicks", "Hollywood High: The History of America's Most Famous Public School", "Love's Reckless Rash" (co-author) and the novels "What's Wrong with Dorfman?" and "Millard Fillmore, Mon Amour", both BookSense76 Picks. His work has appeared in such publications as "TV Guide", "Punch", "Playboy", "Oui", "Today's Health", "The Los Angeles Times", "The Christian Science Monitor", "Autograph Collector", and "Publishers Weekly".

He has also written for television and is the co-author of the movies "Blue Streak" and "Short Time". His blog posts appear regularly on Huffington Post.

A new novel,"Three and a Half Virgins" has just been published.

www.ThreeandaHalfVirgins.net

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A hilariously truthful book about the Hollywood industry, March 1, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Official Hollywood Handbook (Paperback)

This a great little book for anyone who wants to, or already does work in the film industry. It's basically a spoof of what REALLY goes on in hollywood. It rates the places where all the hollywood moguls eat to the cars they drive. Topics include: How not to make it in Hollywood, Nepostism and Hollywood, How to schmooze, terms and definitions, how to name drop for the novice to the advanced person, and it descripes the roles of the agent, director, producer etc, in a rather unconventional yet realistic way. It's a fast reading book and if know anything about hollywood, you'll definately get a big kick out of it. Since it is out of print it will be hard to find. I got my copy at a used book store.