History and Mystery in The Movie Star and Me
I love books. I love fiction. I love to see the lives of imaginary people, the way their tales play out with shape and form, reminding me my own story has meaning after all. And I love movies - like books read in concert with family and friends, spending time together in an imaginary world where symbols all have meanings, and stories have beginnings, middles and ends. So what about this book - The Movie Star and Me. My first thought was, is it fact or fiction. I'm not a great reader of biographies or watcher of star interviews. But it's fiction, set in Old Hollywood, with all its cool technology and eagerness to please. I really think I'll like this one. The protagonist sounds intriguing. The mystery sounds cool. And if "people aren't always what they seem to be" then I immediately want to know more. What about you?
ABOUT THE BOOK
Author
Kelly Durham has captured Old Hollywood in his entertaining new novel, The
Movie Star and Me (August 9, 2016) and exposes readers to the history
of the movie business in this historical fiction tour de force. Movie magic,
labor strikes, HUAC committee hearings and the business of show business are
revealed as a colorful cast of characters fight for their self-interests--with
surprising results.
The
Movie Star and Me
follows Frank Russell, a young veteran just returned from the Pacific war. On the ship home from Okinawa, Frank
discovers several cans of newsreel film in his duffel bag. Once he lands in the States, Frank returns
the film to its owner, Pacific Pictures in Hollywood. Over the course of a couple of visits to the
studio, Frank impresses its owner Abe Baum, who offers Frank a job. Frank continues to impress and is quickly
promoted, earning the attention of Vera Vance, an up and coming starlet. Under
Frank’s tutelage, the ambitious Vera becomes the studio’s top box office
attraction. But there are secrets at
Pacific Pictures that threaten futures, and Frank gets caught up in a high-stakes
battle where people aren’t always what they seem to be.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kelly Durham lives in Clemson, SC with his wife
Yvonne. They are the parents of Mary Kate, Addison and Callie and also
provide for their dog, George Marshall. A graduate of Clemson University,
Kelly served four years in the US Army with assignments in Arizona and Germany
before returning to Clemson and entering private business. Kelly is the
also the author of THE WAR WIDOW, BERLIN CALLING, WADE’S WAR and THE RELUCTANT COPILOT. Check out all Kelly’s books at kellydurham.com.
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