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: I'm Just The Writer by: Stephen Schochet Writers are often are greatly surprised or disappointed by how their work is changed when it is adapted for the big screen. When Irwin Shaw's World War II novel The Young Lions
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: The Ironies Of MASH by: Stephen Schochet The TV show MASH ran for 11 years taking nearly every opportunity to bash the US involvement with the Korean War, which was actually an allegory for Vietnam. Many episodes showed
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: Mrs. Disney by: Stephen Schochet Warren Beatty once observed," That if you get married in Hollywood, you should always do it before noon. That way if it doesn't work out, you don't kill your evening." But in 1925 Walt
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: Masters Of Disguise by: Stephen Schochet Gene Hackman once lamented that the worst thing about becoming a famous actor is that you lose the ability to observe people without being noticed yourself. But some performers
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: Strange Encounters With Hollywood Legends by: Stephen Schochet Meeting famous people is often a surreal experience for both parties. In 1956 when Elvis Presley arrived in Hollywood he and his entourage stayed at the
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: When Stars Collide by: Stephen Schochet During the silent era it was thought a waste of money to make a movie with more than one star. Personalities like Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton were considered
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: Who Lives In The Star Wars Galaxy? by: Stephen Schochet It's hard to say where old Hollywood ended and new Hollywood began. People in the industry don't think of themselves as making history, they are just going to work.
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: It's A Wonderful Movie by: Stephen Schochet It's A Wonderful Life (1946) began as a short story called "The Greatest Gift". Writer Philip Van Doren Stern was unable to sell it to a publisher, so he sent the tale out as
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: Pretty Women Have Stayed At The Beverly Wilshire by: Stephen Schochet Since it was built in 1929, The Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel has attracted rich and famous guests from around the world. To the general public the
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: Do You Know Who I Am? by: Stephen Schochet One dilemma that the super famous face is balancing the needs of privacy and recognition. One time in New York an unnoticed Marilyn Monroe was walking down Madison Avenue accompanied
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: Can I Have Your Autograph? by: Stephen Schochet Being a celebrity means dealing with fan demands for autographs, ranging from polite and appropriate to rude and overbearing. One time Katherine Hepburn was performing on
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: Bob Hope Wasn't The Only One Who Used Idiot Cards by: Stephen Schochet When Bob Hope moved into television, he lost the opportunity to hold his script in his hand , something he had gotten used to working in radio. The
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: Bob Hope Stories by: Stephen Schochet Once when he was a little boy in England, Leslie Hope (He later renamed himself Bob after a race car driver he idolized) wanted to pick an apple off a tree. Symbolic of his career,
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: A Miraculous Movie by: Stephen Schochet It was originally called The Big Heart. Daryl Zanuck the shrewd head of Twentieth Century Fox couldn't buy the image of Santa Claus in a court room. But like so many ventures Miracle
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: Titanic Anecdotes by: Stephen Schochet Studio executives in High Concept Hollywood have very short attention spans. When pitching a film idea, many believe if you can't do it in one sentence it is an unmarketable product.
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: The Warner Brothers Make Noise by: Stephen Schochet Hollywood was an attractive place for the early filmmakers to settle, full of good weather, orange and lemon trees. For producers who owed money on borrowed camera equipment
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: Ten Percent Of Jimmy Stewart by: Stephen Schochet Jimmy Stewart was seen one night in 1933 in New York performing on stage as a female impersonator by an MGM talent scout. He was signed to a contract to come to California
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: Tales Of The Warner Brothers by: Stephen Schochet The four Warner Brothers, which included the womanizing Jack, the conservative Harry, the quiet Albert and the visionary Sam, had risen from obscurity with The Jazz Singer
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: Tales Of Hollywood And Politics by: Stephen Schochet Arnold Schwarzenegger's surprise announcement that he was seeking the California Governorship brought to mind the many times Hollywood figures have been involved in
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: Tales Of A Hollywood Tour Guide by: Stephen Schochet Author/Narrator Stephen Schochet researched Hollywood and Disney stories and lore for 10 years while giving tours of Hollywood. He had the unique idea the stories could
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: The Lessons Walt Disney Learned Still Apply Today by: Stephen Schochet Contrary to popular belief, Walt Disney spent more time as a struggler than a success. Described at a various times as a visionary and a genius there
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: Walt Disney's Failures Could Inspire Entrepreneurs by: Stephen Schochet You are a struggling entrepreneur and sometimes it feels like you are pushing a 3 ton boulder up a steep hill. Costs keep mounting and you are considering
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: Perseverance Lead To Walt Disney's Greatest Success! by: Stephen Schochet When you are in business every person you hire gets paid before you do and it may take years, even decades before you see a payoff. That was certainly
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: Shirley Temple Stories by: Stephen Schochet When the Twentieth Century Pictures company had their expensive merger with the Fox Film Corporation in 1935, studio head Daryl Zanuck was depending on two contract stars
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: Drunks On The Set by: Stephen Schochet As long as actors stay sober on the set, movie studios will generally put up with their off screen behavior. Colin Farell often showed up at six in the morning to work on Swat (2003)
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: Walt Disney's Horror Movie by: Stephen Schochet In 1934, when Walt Disney called for a meeting among his artists, a rumor had spread that he was going to shut the studio down and they would all be left unemployed during
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: Walt Disney Is Coming To Town by: Stephen Schochet In 1923, twenty-one-year-old Walt Disney arrived in Los Angeles fresh from the disappointment of his first cartoon studio going bankrupt in Kansas City. He went to see
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