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Black Tie International -
Recommended Reading
Hollywood Stories
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Tour guide literally spills the beans with
his ten-year collection of priceless tales on the
lives of Hollywood icons |
Los
Angeles, CA, February 12, 2011 - After collecting
literally hundreds of vintage tales of Hollywood legends over
the years, Stephen Schochet not only wrote a book that everyone
could enjoy on the glamorous, and not so glamorous, stories of
Hollywood icons, but also created audiobooks. As explained in
an interview with Reuters, this entrepreneur told two kinds of
stories on his tour bus; origin stories – telling how things we
take for granted came to be, and funny anecdotes. He not only
read a lot of books to find his material, but also tried to meet
people who were connected to the famous – like housekeepers –
that he could garner some tidbits from! His book is a special
blend of biography, history and legends and covers scandalous
yarns on some of Hollywood’s greatest characters – from Shirley
Temple and Lucille Ball to Charlie Chaplin, Walt Disney and
Michael Jackson.
Hollywood Stories: Short, Entertaining Anecdotes About the
Stars and Legends of the Movies! (Hollywood Publishing) is
packed with wild and wonderful short tales on many famous stars,
movies and directors – anyone who has been a part of the world’s
most fascinating and unpredictable industry!
Schochet is also the author and narrator of two audiobooks. The
first is Tales of Hollywood which started as a way to
highlight the origins of how famous things in Hollywood began,
combined with humorous tales about the stars - for which he
masterfully provided background music and sound effects to add
realism. The second project, Fascinating Walt Disney, was
a huge hit – telling stories of how Walt created Mickey Mouse,
Disneyland, Snow White and all his endearing characters, causing
the host of one radio show to dub Schochet ‘The best
storyteller about Hollywood we have ever heard.’
The author covers the gamut when it comes to situational
stories; from the one about a bus full of tourists at Universal
Studies who were viewing the famous motel from the movie Psycho and
who screamed in terror as a tall man, dressed in drag, carrying
a large knife and looking remarkably like Norman Bates, charged
the tram with a convincing maniacal expression– only to find out
it was actor Jim Carrey having some fun - to the story of how
Walt Disney overprotected his two daughters from the limelight
in fear of their being kidnapped, to the point that when one
daughter found out from a classmate that her father was THE Walt
Disney, she went home and asked for his autograph!
Hollywood Stories truly has something for everyone. It
is a thoroughly entertaining book that features a remarkable
cast of Hollywood’s legendary characters and icons and is
jam-packed with surprising and funny tales with often
unpredictable endings. No matter which page the book is opened
on, there will be some fascinating part of Hollywood history to
be savored!
(isbn 9780963897275)
“A WILD, FUN RIDE THROUGH TINSEL
TOWN, PAST AND PRESENT!” JAN WAHL,
KCBS AM/FM & KRON-TV
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