THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS...WAS by Alan Young (paperback)
You've heard Wilbur speak about Mr. Ed. Now read what Alan Young has to say about:
CHAPTER ONE
Radio - the simple life!
(Paul Whiteman, Tallulah Bankhead, Zero Mostel, Eddie Cantor, Jo Stafford)
CHAPTER TWO
HOLLYWOOD
The breeding ground of character - and characters.
("Androcles and the Lion", Jim Backus, George Bernard Shaw, Victor Mature)
CHAPTER THREE
HOLLYWOOD PARTIES
(Atwater Kent, Maggie Ettinger, "Margie", Louella Parsons, Jack Benny, Mary Livingston, George Burns, Ozzie & Harriett, Edgar Bergen, Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth, Red Skelton)
CHAPTER FOUR
Hollywood Hotchpotch
(Extras & Agents)
CHAPTER FIVE
Watch them - they're teaching you!
(Peter Lorre, Clifton Webb, Jane Russell, Gower Champion, Jeannie Mahoney, Audrey Totter)
CHAPTER SIX
The good old days, or Have I been around that long?
(Mickey Rooney, Jane Powell, Elizabeth Taylor, Roddy McDowell, Jeanne Craine, Bob Hope, Jack Benny, Fibber McGee. Red Skelton, Sonja Henie, Dinah Shore, Bing Crosby)
CHAPTER SEVEN
TELEVISION
The box they put radio into
(Fred Allen, James Gleason, Chester, Chester Clute, Wally Ford)
CHAPTER EIGHT
ON STAGE PLEASE!
(John Charles Thomas, Ben Blue, Joe Besser)
CHAPTER NINE
THE TIME MACHIINE
(George Pal, Tom Thumb, H.G. Welles)
EPILOGUE
It was easier then
ISBN 9781593930530
"A highly entertaining little book (just over 100 pages) full of humorous, yet fascinating stories from his long life and career. He has worked with so many Hollywood legends. I think his friend, actress and singer Shirley Jones sums it up on the back cover: 'Alan's book is full of sweet and funny anecdotes. It's great fun to go back in time with him as he introduces us to an era filled with movie stars and characters you won't soon forget!'"
- Movie Memories