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The Ultimate Hollywood Tour Book is the joyously affirmative answer to the question "Is there an alternative to the prepackaged bus tour of Tinseltown?" William Gordon's guide delivers all the juicy scandal you've come for, but at your pace, at your discretion, and without crackly speakers blasting in your ear. You want to see former homes of Fred Astaire, Lucille Ball, or Elvis Presley, current homes of Elizabeth Taylor, Ronald Reagan, or Hugh Hefner, and the site of the Charles Manson cult murders? Gordon helps you conduct your own exploration, and supplies invaluable tidbits of information, such as how Jayne Mansfield came to receive $50,000 worth of free merchandise to decorate her Pink Palace. Gordon covers 32 neighborhoods, providing a practical tour guide as well as a fun gift for the star-struck and Hollywood-bound.
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Midwest Book Review
The Ultimate Hollywood Tour Book is an incomparable guide to the homes of movie stars, movie and television locations, scandals, murders, suicides, and all the other famous Hollywood tourist sites. Now in an expanded second edition, The Ultimate Hollywood Tour Book features 88 pages of updated listings including (for the first time) the locations of the "Melrose Place" and "Seinfeld" apartments; sites from recently released feature films (Volcano, The Lost World, The Nutty Professor); new Hollywood hot spots; and the Hollywood Entertainment Museum. This new edition also includes updates on the O. J. Simpson case; explores the death of controversial producer Don Simpson; and includes many new anecdotes such as Hugh Hefner's purchase of a crypt next to Marilyn Monroe; Lana Turner's hard-to-believe "confession" in the Johnny Stompanato murder case; and the sale of Madonna's five million dollar Hollywood Hills castle (the same castle used by gangster "Bugsy" Siegel as a gambling den. The Ultimate Hollywood Tour Book is enhanced with 33 maps and 49 photographs (including rare aerials of celebrities' homes) helping the tourist discover historic celebrity homes; sites where dozens of classic and popular motion pictures and television shows were filmed; studio and network tours; sites associated with Ronald Regan and Richard Nixon; the "Flying Saucer" house, and much more!
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The Ultimate Hollywood Tour Book: The Incomparable Guide to Movie Stars' Homes, Movie and TV Locations, Scandals, Murders, Suicides, and All the Fam
The Ultimate Hollywood Tour Book: The Incomparable Guide to Movie Stars' Homes, Movie and TV Locations, Scandals, Murders, Suicides, and All the Fam,William A. Gordon,North Ridge Books,0937813036,Biography,California,Film - General,Guidebooks,Homes and haunts,Los Angeles,Miscellanea,Motion picture actors and actresses,Motion picture locations,Performing Arts (General),Reference,Travel - United States,Travel Guides - U.S.,United States - General,United States - Pacific - Los Angeles
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