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Citizen Hollywood: A Novel of Golden-Era Hollywood
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2390006Citizen Hollywood: A Novel of Golden-Era Hollywoodhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/citizen-hollywood-a-novel-of-golden-era-hollywood-9781311655127/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2086915/22d34867-56be-4ae9-942f-e37256eaf42b.jpg?v=6383834903557000005858MXNMartin TurnbullInStock/Ebooks/2326158Citizen Hollywood: A Novel of Golden-Era Hollywood5858https://www.gandhi.com.mx/citizen-hollywood-a-novel-of-golden-era-hollywood-9781311655127/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2086915/22d34867-56be-4ae9-942f-e37256eaf42b.jpg?v=638383490355700000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20149781311655127_W3siaWQiOiI2M2VjYjUxNy00ZTE5LTQxN2ItYjNiZS0yZTY0MjI1NDQ3ODgiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjU4LCJkaXNjb3VudCI6MCwic2VsbGluZ1ByaWNlIjo1OCwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6IklwcCIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDUtMTlUMDM6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9781311655127_<p>Have you ever wanted to climb into a time machine and visit Hollywood during its heyday?</p><p>Hollywood, 1939: When Tinseltown begins to woo wunderkind Orson Welles, he stashes himself at the Chateau Marmont until hes ready to make his splashy entrance. But gossip columnist Kathryn Massey knows hes there.</p><p>Kathryn has been on the outs with Hollywood since her ill-fated move to Life, but now that shes back at the Hollywood Reporter, shes desperate to find the Next Big Thing. Scooping Welles secret retreat would put her back on the map, but by the time she hears rumors about his dangerous new movie, shes fallen prey to his charms. She needs to repair her reputation, find out if Welles will take on the tycoon, and extricate herself from an affair with a man whose kisses make her melt like milk chocolate.</p><p>Hollywood writers are only as good as their last screen credit, but Marcus Adler is still scrambling for his first. His Strange Cargo will star Clark Gable after Gone with the Wind wraps, but Machiavellian studio politics mean Marcus name might not make it to the screen. Its time to play No More Mr. Nice Guy. Opportunity knocks when his boss challenges the writing department to outdo The Adventures of Robin Hood, and Marcus is confidentuntil the love of his life bursts back onto the scene. How can he write another word until he knows for once and for all whether he and Ramon Navarro will be together? And to make matters worse, it seems like someone in town is trying to sabotage him.</p><p>Everyone knows if you havent made it in Hollywood by the time youre thirty, its curtains . . . and Gwendolyn Brick is starting to panic. Shes considering moving to a naval base in the Philippines with her baby brother, but she wants to give Hollywood one last go before she gives up. When she saves Twentieth Century Fox honcho Daryl F. Zanuck from an appalling fate at a poker game that goes awry, he rewards her with a chance at a role in a major movie. Gwendolyn needs to win before her ship sets sail.</p><p>When William Randolph Hearst realizes Citizen Kane is based on him, he wont be happyand when Hearst isnt happy, nobodys safe. Marcus, Kathryn, and Gwendolyn need to go for broke, and the clock is ticking.</p><p>Citizen Hollywood is the third installment in the Hollywoods Garden of Allah saga, a series of historical novels set in Hollywoods heyday. If you like authentic and richly-detailed history, compelling and memorable characters, and seeing fiction and history seamlessly woven together, then youll love Martin Turnbulls authentic portrayal of the City of Angels.<br />Martin Turnbulls Garden of Allah novels have been optioned for the screen by film & television producer, Tabrez Noorani.</p><p>INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHOR</p><p>What was your original inspiration?</p><p>I came across an online article about the Garden of Allah Hotel, which opened on Sunset Boulevard in 1927, just before The Jazz Singer. The Gardens residents witnessed the unfolding evolution of Hollywood, and actively participated in it.</p><p>How has writing these novels changed your view of this golden age that we perceive as the greatest era of film production?</p><p>L.A. was a much less densely populated city. People moved from MGM to Paramount to Twentieth Century-Fox to RKO to Warner Bros. Two or three degrees of separation were usually enough!</p><p>Why did you not go the safe route and change the names of the major players to suit your story?</p><p>The whole point of recounting the history of Hollywood through the Garden of Allah was because so many celebrities lived there. Harpo Marx and Sergei Rachmaninoff were neighbors, F. Scott Fitzgerald played charades with Dorothy Parker, Errol Flynn got drunk, Ginger Rogers searched for a tennis partner, and Bogart courted Bacall. I figured: Why tell it if Im going to change the names?</p><p>Do you think stories set in old Hollywood are becoming more popular because of Turner Classic Movies?</p><p>Yes! TCM has produced a whole new audience for them!</p>...(*_*)9781311655127_<p>Have you ever wanted to climb into a time machine and visit Hollywood during its heyday?</p><p>Hollywood, 1939: When Tinseltown begins to woo wunderkind Orson Welles, he stashes himself at the Chateau Marmont until hes ready to make his splashy entrance. But gossip columnist Kathryn Massey knows hes there.</p><p>Kathryn has been on the outs with Hollywood since her ill-fated move to Life, but now that shes back at the Hollywood Reporter, shes desperate to find the Next Big Thing. Scooping Welles secret retreat would put her back on the map, but by the time she hears rumors about his dangerous new movie, shes fallen prey to his charms. She needs to repair her reputation, find out if Welles will take on the tycoon, and extricate herself from an affair with a man whose kisses make her melt like milk chocolate.</p><p>Hollywood writers are only as good as their last screen credit, but Marcus Adler is still scrambling for his first. His "Strange Cargo" will star Clark Gable after "Gone with the Wind" wraps, but Machiavellian studio politics mean Marcus name might not make it to the screen. Its time to play No More Mr. Nice Guy. Opportunity knocks when his boss challenges the writing department to outdo "The Adventures of Robin Hood," and Marcus is confidentuntil the love of his life bursts back onto the scene. How can he write another word until he knows for once and for all whether he and Ramon Navarro will be together? And to make matters worse, it seems like someone in town is trying to sabotage him.</p><p>Everyone knows if you havent made it in Hollywood by the time youre thirty, its curtains . . . and Gwendolyn Brick is starting to panic. Shes considering moving to a naval base in the Philippines with her baby brother, but she wants to give Hollywood one last go before she gives up. When she saves Twentieth Century Fox honcho Daryl F. Zanuck from an appalling fate at a poker game that goes awry, he rewards her with a chance at a role in a major movie. Gwendolyn needs to win before her ship sets sail.</p><p>When William Randolph Hearst realizes "Citizen Kane" is based on him, he wont be happyand when Hearst isnt happy, nobodys safe. Marcus, Kathryn, and Gwendolyn need to go for broke, and the clock is ticking.</p><p>"Citizen Hollywood" is the third installment in the Hollywoods Garden of Allah saga, a series of historical novels set in Hollywoods heyday. If you like authentic and richly-detailed history, compelling and memorable characters, and seeing fiction and history seamlessly woven together, then youll love Martin Turnbulls authentic portrayal of the City of Angels.<br />Martin Turnbulls Garden of Allah novels have been optioned for the screen by film & television producer, Tabrez Noorani.</p><p>INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHOR</p><p>What was your original inspiration?</p><p>I came across an online article about the Garden of Allah Hotel, which opened on Sunset Boulevard in 1927, just before The Jazz Singer. The Gardens residents witnessed the unfolding evolution of Hollywood, and actively participated in it.</p><p>How has writing these novels changed your view of this golden age that we perceive as the greatest era of film production?</p><p>L.A. was a much less densely populated city. People moved from MGM to Paramount to Twentieth Century-Fox to RKO to Warner Bros. Two or three degrees of separation were usually enough!</p><p>Why did you not go the safe route and change the names of the major players to suit your story?</p><p>The whole point of recounting the history of Hollywood through the Garden of Allah was because so many celebrities lived there. Harpo Marx and Sergei Rachmaninoff were neighbors, F. Scott Fitzgerald played charades with Dorothy Parker, Errol Flynn got drunk, Ginger Rogers searched for a tennis partner, and Bogart courted Bacall. I figured: Why tell it if Im going to change the names?</p><p>Do you think stories set in old Hollywood are becoming more popular because of Turner Classic Movies?</p><p>Yes! TCM has produced a whole new audience for them!</p>...9781311655127_Martin Turnbulllibro_electonico_66f95e88-652b-390f-9123-0bcdf97221fc_9781311655127;9781311655127_9781311655127Martin TurnbullInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/smashwords-epub-abc93c6f-43ed-409d-b804-b77e9b8d59d2.epub2014-01-12T00:00:00+00:00Martin Turnbull