NEW BOOK ON MGM'S BACK LOT COMING SOON

A Lavish Illustrated History of Hollywood’s Greatest Movie Studio

The book features many exclusives:
·Over 350 never before published photos and illustrations of the studio, stages and the backlot sets
(including many from Marc Wanamaker's Bison Archives) http://bisonarchives.com

·Never before published maps of Lot 1, Lot 2 and Lot 3 that put the photos in their proper context
and take the reader on a “ virtual” tour.

·Exclusive never published interviews with Richard Anderson and Betty Garrett and including the last interviews with Hollywood’s Master of Make-Up and long time M-G-M employee, William Tuttle and Robert Nudelman, the preservation activist who valiantly tried to save Lot 2 from demolition.

·An extensive list of the M-G-M titles that matches the films with the backlot sets utilized during their
production.

Here is your chance to take a trip to these magical lands of make believe. It’s the perfect book for all movie lovers, serious students of film, architecture enthusiasts, and hopeless romantics. And last but not least, it’s guaranteed to reignite the childlike sense of wonder that lives in us all.

Just like the studio and it's back lot, this story was huge and needed not one, not two, but three writers to tell the story.

The talented gentlemen responsible for this book are Steve Bingen, Stephen X. Sylvester, and Michael Troyan.

Here are some raves from people lucky enough to read advance copies of the book:




“This book reflects the truth about M-G-M’S backlot. I ought to know–
I spent many hours there”

Debbie Reynolds


"Under contract for six years in twenty four films...seeing this extraordinary
new book of photos and commentary...took me and will take you on a journey where Louis B. Mayer's"More Stars Then Their Are In Heaven" acted on the magnificent grounds and sets of "M-G-M's Five Back Lots"

Richard Anderson


" For anyone who has ever dreamed what it was like to live in the Golden Age of Hollywood, this visit to my grandfather's studio will vividly re-create the experience.
From hometown USA to eightenth century France to medieval England to a village in China, the memories of all the great films that were made there will spring back to life."

Daniel Mayer Selznick


“Reading this was like being there. I know. I was there.”

Clint Eastwood


Available October 1, 2010 - Santa Monica Press http://santamonicapress.com


TJGE would like to thank the authors for generously allowing us to reproduce these images.