Once upon a Time in Paradise : Canadians in the Golden Age of Hollywood

by Foster, Charles

• ISBN13: 9781550024647
• ISBN10: 1550024647
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-10-01
• Publisher: Ingram Pub Services

Summary

When sound arrived in Hollywood in the late 1920s, Canadians were already holding some of the most important roles in the motion picture industry. Louis B. Mayer, from New Brunswick, was boss at MGM; Jack Warner, from Ontario, was head of Warner Bros. Studio; and Mack Sennett, from Quebec, was still King of Comedy.Canadians like Mary Pickford, Marie Dressler, and Norma Shearer moved easily from silents to talkies - this illustrious trio won the first three Academy Awards for Best Actress.Canadians arriving in sunny California in the 1930s and 1940s were principally actors, including Yvonne de Carlo, Walter Pidgeon, Ruby Keeler, and many others. You will be amazed at the Canadian influence on Hollywood's Golden Age.

Author Biography

Charles Foster lives in Riverview, New Brunswick. During World War II he served as a pilot with the British Royal Air Force. After the war he ran publicity offices in London and Hollywood, numbering among his clients Marilyn Monroe, Richard Burton, Boris Karloff, Errol Flynn, and Benny Hill. He became a writer in the 1960s for comedians like Bob Hope and Jack Benny and wrote for many of Hollywood's funniest TV shows of that era. Returning to Canada he became editor of the Brampton Daily Times in Ontario and wrote for the Toronto Telegram and the Globe and Mail. At 80 he works about six hours a day

Table of Contents

Prologue	9	(4)
Ben Blue	13	(22)
Bobby Breen	35	(22)
Jack Carson	57	(22)
Berton Churchill	79	(18)
Fifi D'Orsay	97	(24)
Yvonne De Carlo	121	(22)
Walter Huston	143	(22)
Ruby Keeler	165	(24)
David Manners	189	(22)
Raymond Massey	211	(20)
Walter Pidgeon	231	(20)
John Qualen	251	(16)
Ned Sparks	267	(20)
Jack Warner	287	(24)
Epilogue	311	(2)
Index	313