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The classic guide to who-did-what-where in Los Angeles, on- and off-screen, including:

Film & TV locations: the Hollywood Hills house where Barbara Stanwyck seduced Fred MacMurray in Double Indemnity...the funky apartment building where William Holden lived in Sunset Boulevard...the exotic Frank Lloyd Wright mansion that's housed everyone from Harrison Ford in Blade Runner to David Boreanaz on TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer....the landmark Art Deco former department store that has doubled for a glamorous hotel in Topper (1936) and an elegant nightclub in The Aviator (2004)... the Halloween and Nightmare on Elm Street houses... the Seinfeld and Alias apartment buildings... the Six Feet Under funeral home...The Brady Bunch and Happy Days houses...the Charlie's Angels office...the real Melrose Place...and many more

VIP tours: from legendary studios like Warner Bros., MGM (now Sony Pictures), and Universal to movie-star homes like Barbra Streisand's former Malibu compound…

Crime scenes and scandal spots: the driveway where Sal Mineo was murdered, the Nicole Brown Simpson condo, the Sharon Tate estate, Marilyn Monroe's last address, the Beverly Hills Mansion where Bugsy Siegal was rubbed out…the Hollywood hotel where Janice Joplin O.D.’d…

Plus: Remarkable new museums...Superstar cemeteries...Historic hotels...Hip clubs and restaurants....Fabulous restored movie palaces… Spectacular movie star mansions and château apartments…

Taking movie lovers behind the gates of the exclusive, often hidden world of Tinsel Town, Hollywood: The Movie Lover's Guide is the ultimate insider's guide to L.A.'s reel attractions.
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Hollywood: The Movie Lover's Guide: The Ultimate Insider Tour of Movie L.A.
  • Paperback: 10 pages (2005-02-01)
  • Publisher: Broadway; 2005-02-01
  • Label: Broadway
  • Studio: Broadway
  • ISBN: 0767916352
  • Sales Rank in Books: #670832
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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, but flawed, October 20, 2005
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M. Pierce "ReWrite Man" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hollywood: The Movie Lover's Guide: The Ultimate Insider Tour of Movie L.A. (Paperback)
I too purchased the original 'Movie Lover's Guide to Hollywood' (and 'New York') and thumbed through them until the bindings gave way. Never before or since have so many locations been compiled into one good book. The writing style makes you feel as if you're with a good friend on your own private tour, and without a doubt it's the most comprehensive guide around. I was thrilled to see an updated version was released.

That being said, I was disappointed in numerous factual errors scattered in this revision. The research assistants were apparently moonlighting at another job-or two-vs re-visiting some of the sites. Many of the errors are laughably obvious.

A few examples are: p.30: the photo of the 'Warner Hollywood' is actually the Hollywood/Mark Hellinger Theater on 51st Street in NYC(the same photo is on page 101 of the original 'Movie Lover's NYC');

p.50: the 'organized walking tours' by the Whitley Heights Civic Association tours were discontinued...Read more
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Hooray for Hollywood, September 23, 2007
This review is from: Hollywood: The Movie Lover's Guide: The Ultimate Insider Tour of Movie L.A. (Paperback)
As a resident of Los Angeles and a lover of film and the history behind it, this book has been a source of hours of late night reading that lead to hours of next day exploring. You will be amazed to find that your favorite coffee shop sits on a site that was once the location of a great epic or that Cecil B DeMille lived in your neighborhood. this book gives a context and history to Los Angeles and Hollywood that is often forgotten in the current obsessions that the city is associated with today. Not only will you find the address and locations of many famous film locations and movie studios but you will also begin to see the picture of how Hollywood developed and understand the important American cultural history that lies therein.

Keep it in the Glove box of your car or next to your bed or both. Truly enjoyable to the resident or the visitor.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Well researched, but ..., November 9, 2006
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Jack Lokensky (Pomona, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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I was just in L.A. and used this book as a tour guide. I found it to be well researched; however, the directions aren't always clear. Therefore, it is difficult to find the listings without other guidance.
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