Hollywood Celebrates the Holidays

Marvelously illustrated with more than 200 rare images fromthe silent era through the 1970s, this joyous treasure trove features film andtelevisions most famous actors and actresses celebrating the holidays, big andsmall, in lavishly produced photographs. Join the stars for festive fun incelebrating a variety of holidays, from New Years to Saint Patricks Day toChristmas and everything in between. Legends such as Elizabeth Taylor, JoanCrawford, Judy Garland, and Audrey Hepburn spread holiday cheer throughout thecalendar year in iconic, ironic, and illustrious style. These images, taken bylegendary stills photographers, hearken back to the Golden Age of Hollywood,when motion picture studios devised elaborate publicity campaigns to promotetheir stars and to keep their names and faces in front of the movie-goingpublic all year round.[AuthorName]By Karie Bible and Mary Mallory[/AuthorName][AuthorBio]Film historian and photo archivist Mary Mallory is the author of Hollywoodland and the eBook Hollywoodland: Tales Lost and Found. She writes on Los Angeles and film history for the blog The Daily Mirror and serves on the board of Hollywood Heritage. Karie Bible is the official tour guide at Hollywood Forever Cemetery and co-author of Location Filming in Los Angeles. She has lectured at numerous venues, including the RMS Queen Mary and the Homestead Museum, and has appeared on Turner Classic Movies.[/AuthorBio][NumIllustration]221 color & b/w photos[/NumIllustration][CoAuthor][/CoAuthor][SubTitle]19201970[/SubTitle][ColorPattern]221 color & b/w photos[/ColorPattern]