You Must Remember This : Life and Style in Hollywood's Golden Age

from fhudnell

I just reread the description of this book to see why I requested it in a giveaway. The description sounds interesting, but I guess I read into it something that was not there. I was expecting a dishy memoir about actors in old Hollywood. That is not this book. I'm pretty old, but I still had no ...

from etxgardener

This is a pleasant book of memories about Hollywood in its studio heyday. In fact, it's so pleasant it gets rather boring towards the end. Celebrity memoirs are always enlivened with a little malice.

from kaulsu

I was expecting a Frank Langella personality parade, and feel a bit let down by the restaurant review I got instead. Of course, that isn't too fair to Wagner. He can't help it that I'm twenty years too young to resonate with the crowd he hung with. The names were familiar, but the old black & whi...

from knahs

Robert Wagner takes us on a tour of the people and places of Hollywood's Golden Age (1930's-1950's). Obviously for some of the period discussed, Wagner was not in Hollywood at the time so these are more stories he heard from others. However, his stories of Jack Warner, Sam Goldwyn, James Cagney, ...

from AuthorMarion

I have always been enamored with the Golden Age of Hollywood. The movies, the movie stars, the mystique that surrounded them all is something I adore learning about. So when I spied this book by Robert J. Wagner I didn't hesitate to buy it. And I was not disappointed. Mr. Wagner takes his readers...