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Hill of Beans : A Novel of War and Celluloid.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Epstein, Leslie.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Fiction.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Motion pictures--Production and direction--Fiction.
- Motion pictures.
- Motion picture industry--California--Los Angeles--History--20th century--Fiction.
- Motion picture industry.
- Hope--Fiction.
- Hope.
- Manners and customs.
- Motion pictures--Production and direction.
- Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Fiction.
- Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.).
- Germany--Social life and customs--20th century--Fiction.
- Germany.
- California--Los Angeles.
- California--Los Angeles--Hollywood.
- Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)--Fiction.
- Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967).
- Warner, Jack L., 1892-1978--Fiction.
- Warner, Jack L.
- Warner, Jack L., 1892-1978.
- Genre:
- novels.
- Biographical fiction.
- Fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- History.
- Political fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (266 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- Leslie Epstein's Hill of Beans is the story of how one nation, one industry, and in particular one man responded to the desperate hope of freedom in the Second World War.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I TO THE GARDEN
- 1. Salute, Goddammit!
- 2. Gloria Palast
- 3. Magic Hands
- 4. Aboard the Europa
- 5. Bulgarian!
- 6. Screen Test
- 7. Union Station
- 8. Fuhrer's Decision
- pt. II FIGHTING
- 9. Scoop of the Century
- 10. Sneak Peek
- 11. Good Picture-Making, Take One: Black and Blue
- 12. Krokodil
- 13. Good Picture-Making, Take Two: A Poodle
- 14. Seas of Sand
- 15. Good Picture-Making, Take Three: Sucker Punch
- 16. Lost in a Harem
- 17. Good Picture-Making, Take Four: Thanksgiving
- 18. Pipe. Cigarette. Cigar
- pt. III CASABLANCA
- 19. Dixie differ
- 20. Shift in the Wind
- 21. In the Van
- 22. Eight Hours
- 23. Command Performance
- pt. IV OUTTAKES
- 24. That's All, Folks.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780826362605
- 0826362605
- OCLC:
- 1240281861
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