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The Movie Star and the Swimming Pool - two
icons of the Hollywood Dream, inseperably linked symbols of "making
it." Ingenue Marilyn Monroe at the Hotel Bel-Air. Ronald
Reagan - buff, tan and headed for legend status. Elizabeth Taylor,
Spencer Tracy, Grace Kelly, Clark Gable - in the Golden Age,
they all posed at poolside to let the world know they were stars.
The book Hollywood Poolside: Classic
Images of Legendary Stars is a
collection of rare photographs originally intended for fan magazines
and newspapers. Today these photos comprise a fascinating "family
album" of the film industry''s best-loved stars and the
fabulous lifestyle they lived. Or perhaps they simply reinforce
the fabled lifestyle that studio publicity agents created.
Hollywood history buff and graphic designer
Frans Evenhuis and
photo-journalist Robert Landau have
compiled this intimate view of the glamour gods and goddesses
of the Golden Age. With insightful text and captions they explore
the realities to create a nostalgic and telling study of Hollywood
mythmaking. |
