Movie Star Homes: The Famous to the Forgotten
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List Price: $16.95 $11.53 $ 5.42 ( 32% ) Santa Monica Press Judy Artunian ,Mike Oldham
Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 791.43028092279494EAN: 9781891661389ISBN: 1891661388Label: Santa Monica PressManufacturer: Santa Monica PressNumber Of Items: 1Number Of Pages: 312Publication Date: 2004-05-01Publisher: Santa Monica PressStudio: Santa Monica Press
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Hollywood HomesComment: Very interesting although the pictures are small and in most cases you only get a photo of the 'front gate'. I learned a lot. Overall, very good.Customer Rating: Summary: Don't waste your moneyComment: The images in this book are very poor quality and often VERY small. I was very disappointed, photos are in black and white only, and they look as though they were merely scanned, and not well scanned. Often all that passes for a picture of a "movie star" home is a picture of a bunch of trees (hiding the home completely). If the authors cannot provide a glimpse of a home beyond just the dense vegitation in front of it, then they have failed in their effort.Customer Rating: Summary: STAR HOMESComment: This book is a guilty pleasure, really a fun read. I appreciated that every entry came with a requisite image. Granted most of the entries are star's from yesteryear, many of which i dont have a clue about, but I thoroughly enjoyed the book nonetheless. If you have any interest in this sort of thing, then I highly recommend it.Customer Rating: Summary: Fascinating tour of Hollywood homesComment: If you love Hollywood, architecture or are just curious about what kind of homes the movie stars live in, you will find this book fascinating. It includes over 350 entries - from silent greats (Garbo, Valentino) to modern day stars (Brad Pitt & Jennifer Anniston) - although the majority of the entries are the classic stars of yester-year. Each entry includes the address, a brief sentence or two about their career and fame followed by a paragraph about the house itself and a black and white photo. The photos are usually good although there are some that are very small and others in which you can only see a fence or a driveway. The captions note that some of the stars only lived in the houses for a few years. You might be surprised at how modest a lot of the homes are! An appendix gives "movie star homes by region" and "theme tours." If you are taking a trip to Hollywood, you will definately want to take this book with you, and it is a fun book to browse even if you are not going there.Customer Rating: Summary: Great BookComment: This is a very good book. I enjoyed all of the photos and interesting information about many different movie stars throughout different time periods. Overall this is a great book that is very fun to read.
