BOOK SIGNING

The Hollywood Heritage Museum presents a book-signing with Deborah Painter, signing her new book

The Life of Forry

Forrest J Ackerman

By

Deborah Painter

Sunday February 20th, 2011,

from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Forrest J Ackerman (1916-2008) was an author, archivist, agent, actor, promoter, and editor of the iconic fan magazine Famous Monsters of Filmland; a founder of science fiction fandom; and one of the world’s foremost collectors of sci-fi, horror and fantasy films, literature, and memorabilia.

This biography begins with a foreword by Joe Moe, Ackerman’s caregiver and close friend since 1983. It documents Ackerman’s lifelong dedication to his work in both literature and film; his interests, travels, relationships and associations with famous personalities; and his lasting impact on popular culture. Primary research material includes letters given by Ackerman to the author during their long friendship, and reminiscences from Ackerman’s friends, fans and colleagues.

 
Deborah Painter has also written articles for Filmfax and Horse and Horseman. When not writing on film topics, she is an environmental services director for REMSA Incorporated.     

The Hollywood Heritage Museum

2100 North Highland Avenue (across from the Hollywood Bowl)

www.hollywoodheritage.org

 Free parking 

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BOOK SIGNINGS

“The Life of Forry” book signing at Larry Edmunds

by Deborah Painter 

Saturday, February 19 @ 5:00 p.m.

Larry Edmunds Bookshop

6644 Hollywood Boulevard

Hollywood, 90028

323-463-3273

www.larryedmunds.com

info@larryedmunds.com

Also, we welcome special guest Joe Moe with items of Forry-bilia on display! Join us for a salute to the “famous” one , and then enjoy a monster double bill featuring Mothra & friends that night at the Egyptian Theater too. Make it a “horror-ible” night!

About the Author

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BOOK SIGNINGS

Alison Arngrim, Dawn Wells and Kathy Garver to appear at Larry Edmunds Bookshop

by authors Alison Arngrim and Kathy Garver

Thursday, October 7, 2010 @ 7:00 p.m.

Larry Edmunds Bookshop

6644 Hollywood Boulevard

Hollywood, 90028

323-463-3273

www.larryedmunds.com

info@larryedmunds.com

Larry Edmunds Bookshop invites you Thursday, October 7th @ 7:00 p.m. for an opportunity to spend an evening with Kathy “Cissy” Garver signing “The Family Affair Cookbook”, Dawn ” Maryanne” Wells signing photos & Alison Arngrim signing, “Confessions of A Prairie Bitch.” We’ll hopefully have a Q & A and some fun with these lovely ladies we loved on television. If you can’t make it, you can mail order your signed copies.

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BOOK SIGNING

Tonight Donna Hill appeared at Larry Edmunds Bookshop to a SRO crowd to sign her book, “Rudolph Valentino: The Silent Idol”

by author Donna L. Hill

Tonight at Larry Edmunds Bookshop, author Donna L. Hill signed copies of her book and narrated a Valentino presentation to a standing-room-only crowd

Larry Edmunds Bookshop

323-463-3273

www.larryedmunds.com

info@larryedmunds.com

One of the most alluring, enigmatic, and simply irresistible movie icons of all time, Rudolph Valentino continues to inspire generation after generation of moviegoers. In Rudolph Valentino, The Silent Idol: His Life in Photographs, author Donna Hill retells the story of Valentino’s life using a treasure trove of rare photographs. Drawn from the author’s extensive collection and those of generous fellow collectors and archives, most of the images in this volume have not been seen since the 1920′s; many have never been released publicly until now.

Rudolph Valentino was more than the “sheik” of one of his most famous films. He was more than the legendary star who died at a tragically young age. For long-time fans as well as curious newcomers, these remarkable images — candid snapshots at home, traveling, on film sets — reveal the glamour and charm of the man who continues to beguile and inspire movie lovers to this day.

Click here for more information and how to purchase Rudolph Valentino The Silent Idol

And check here for more information on Donna’s website 

About the Author:

A lifelong film afficionado with a particular affection for films of the silent era, Donna Hill has collected memoriabilia with regard to Rudolph Valentino for over thirty years. The collection of rare photos is shared by the author’s blurb book, Rudolph Valentino The Silent Idol, his Life in Photographs. The author lives in San Francisco.

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BOOK SIGNINGS

Early Warner Bros. Studios book signing & slide presentation at Larry Edmunds Bookshop

by authors E. J. Stephens and Marc Wanamaker

Thursday, August 12 @ 7:00 p.m.

Larry Edmunds Bookshop

6644 Hollywood Boulevard

Hollywood, 90028

323-463-3273

www.larryedmunds.com

info@larryedmunds.com

About the Authors

BOOK SIGNINGS

Alison Arngrim Confesses! at Larry Edmunds Bookshop

Alison Arngrim signs her book

Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated

Wednesday, June 30 @ 7:00 p.m.

Larry Edmunds Bookshop

6644 Hollywood Boulevard

Hollywood, 90028

323-463-3273

www.larryedmunds.com

info@larryedmunds.com

Meet Alison (Nellie Oleson) Arngrim as she tells tales of the prairie and signs her new book,” Confessions of A Prairie Bitch.” For seven years, Alison Arngrim played a wretched , scheming, selfish, lying, manipulative brat on one of TV history’s most beloved series. Though millions of Little House on the Prairie veiwers hated Nellie Oleson and her eveil antics, Arngirm grew to lover her character —and the freedom and confindence Nellie inspired in her

Alison will also have a “Nasty Nellie” tour available that afternoon prior to the signing. Find out more on that @ www.dearlydepartedtours.com. We hope to see you for “Little House @ the Larry”.

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BOOK SIGNINGS

Author Anthony Slide at Larry Edmunds Bookshop

Author Anthony Slide signs his latest book:

Inside the Hollywood Fan Magazine

Sunday, May 16th @ 1:00 p.m.

Larry Edmunds Bookshop

6644 Hollywood Boulevard

Hollywood, 90028

323-463-3273

www.larryedmunds.com

info@larryedmunds.com

Anthony Slide’s Inside the Hollywood Fan Magazine: A History of Star Makers, Fabricators, and Gossip Mongers provides the definitive history of a little known artifact. The book charts the development of the fan magazine from the golden years when Motion Picture Story Magazine and Photoplay first appeared in 1911 to its decline into provocative headlines and titillation in the 1960s and afterward.

Today, fan magazines such as People and US Weekly are quickly dismissed as publicity tools or fluff journalism. But, the American fan magazine represents a fascinating and indispensable chapter in journalism and popular culture.

Slide discusses how the fan magazines dealt with gossip and innuendo, and how they handled nationwide issues such as Hollywood scandals of the 1920s, World War II, the blacklist, and the death of President Kennedy. Fan magazines thrived in the twentieth century, and they presented the history of an industry in a unique, sometimes accurate, and always entertaining style.

This major cultural history includes a new interview with 1970s media personality Rona Barrett, as well as original commentary from a dozen editors and writers. Also included is a chapter on contributions to the fan magazines from well-known writers such as Theodore Dreiser and e. e. cummings. The book is enhanced by an appendix documenting some 268 American fan magazines and includes detailed publication histories.

Slide lives in Studio City, California, and is an independent scholar who has published more than seventy-two books on popular entertainment. He has been a specialist appraiser of entertainment memorabilia for more than thirty years, an associate archivist for the American Film Institute, and the resident film historian of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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BOOK SIGNINGS

Get Mondo @ Larry Edmunds Bookshop in Hollywood!

Join us on FRIDAY,MARCH 26th @ 7:30 p.m. for a trip to the Sunset Strip in the 1960’s. Author Domenic Priore will bring a  1960’s Hollywood slideshow and sign his book “RIOT on the SUNSET STRIP”. We’ll show clips from  the film”MONDO MOD” featuring our evening’s special guest Charles Lange, of the Belinda Boutique, who appears in the film ! This scene will swing for sure !

SEE YOU THERE !

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BOOKSIGNINGS

The Story of Hollywood

By Gregory Paul Williams

Friday, February 26, 2010

7:30 p.m.

Larry Edmunds Bookshop

6644 Hollywood Boulevard

(323) 463-3273

The Story of Hollywood by Gregory Paul Williams

The Story of Hollywood follows Hollywood from its dusty origins to its glorious rise to stardom. Lavishly illustrated with over 800 vintage images from the author’s private collection, the book tells the complete story of Hollywood including its eventual decline and urban renewal. Both the playground of stars and the boulevard of broken dreams, Hollywood transformed American society with its motion pictures that revolutionized the entertainment world. The Story of Hollywood brings new insights to readers. with a passion for Hollywood and its place in the history of film, radio, and television.

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BOOK SIGNINGS

Otay! the Billy “Buckwheat” Thomas Story