Hollywood Moments

By Murray Garrett

Frank Sinatra at a recording session, Marilyn Monroe giggling with Betty Grable, Clark Gable making an entrance at a premiere: showbiz photographer Murray Garrett had a knack for catching movie idols in unguarded moments. He has been a fly on the wall at many private Hollywood parties over the years. The photographs he took of Hollywood's heyday, including shots of Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Ava Gardner, Gregory Peck and Bogey and Baccall, are intimate and sometimes irreverent. The personal reminiscences that accompany the photographs in this collection offer the reader an insight into the private lives of the stars.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810932423
• ISBN13: 9780810932425
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 3.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.5" x 12.0"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Another great book of Murray Garrett's real-world classic Hollywood pix

_Hollywood Moments_ is the followup to lensman Murray Garrett's first collection of pictures, _Hollywood Candid_. During his 27-year career, Garrett specialized in photographing the celebrities of classic Hollywood, not in the somewhat sterile environment of portrait studios, but in their daily activities - on the set, on the town, at home, with their children, or just fooling around. This large, beautifully formatted book, as does the first one, presents many more of his best photographs, as before chiefly drawn from the late 1940's through the early 1960's. Many of the black-and-white photographs printed here are in full-page format, and most photos are accompanied by anecdotes about the circumstances of their taking. Great gift idea for any fan of classic movies!