by Jim Heimann
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Abbeville Press
Date of Publication: 1985
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For readers with an unquenchable fascination with the Hollywood of years past, here is a survey of the nightspots that sometimes became as famous as the stars who frequented them. The well-reproduced period photos, black-and-white and color, show us the Cocoanut Grove, the Trocadero, Ciro's and other popular clubs (occupied by many of their celebrated patrons), spanning the era from the teens through the '40s. Postcards, menus, matchbooks, ads and souvenir neckties also evoke the style of the times. The wide-eyed, somewhat pedestrian text seems to suggest that the stars of yesteryear did little but carouse till dawn. One photo, more ironic than most here, shows a very young, ebullient Ronald Reagan cheerfully escorting a somber-looking Susan Hayward "out on their first Hollywood date." Heimann wrote Hooray for Hollywood and California Crazy: Roadside Vernacular Architecture. December 31
Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Jim Heimann is a resident of Los Angeles, a graphic designer, writer, historian, and instructor at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. He is the author of numerous books on architecture, popular culture, and Hollywood history, and serves as a consultant to the entertainment industry.
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This review is from: Out With the Stars: Hollywood Nightlife in the Golden Era (Hardcover)
This is one of those books I can't recommend highly enough if you love old Hollywood or the flamboyant architecture and graphic design of Hollywood in the 20's - 50's. I picked it up on a cut-out table in New York about 10 years ago and have come to appreciate it as one of the best books in my library - in fact it's one of those books that is always getting borrowed from friends who are graphic designers or work at ad agencies looking for inspiration.Jim Heimann deserves much praise for assembling what is obviously a huge labor of love with lots of great photos and illustrations that you will never see anywhere else - everything from cocktail napkins and matchbooks to beautiful interior photography and paparazzi pics of the stars at play. Also I'd like to disagree with the review - I actually found the writing in the book to be pretty engaging. It's fairly straightforward and to the point., luckily since there is a lot of history to cover. Anyway it's an amazing book that I would highly recommend.
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