My happy days in Hollywood
By: Garry Marshall
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Crown Archetype
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780307885005
Subjects: Television producers and directors; Biography; Motion picture producers and directors
Description: A lighthearted account by the producer and director of such productions as "Laverne & Shirley" and "Pretty Woman" traces his Bronx childhood, role in shaping A-list celebrity careers, and personal philosophies about life and entertainment.
Table of contents: title: The Bronx: growing up allergic to everything but stickball; title: Northwestern: attending college with the thickest accent anyone had ever heard; title: Korea: welcome to the United States Army, Mr. Marshall; title: New York City: writing for stand-up comedians and being paid in corn beef; title: Hollywood: finding love, laughs and Lucy in California; title: The odd couple: running my first tv show with Oscar and Felix; title: Happy days: hanging out with the Cunningham family and friends; title: Schlemiel! schlimazel! Laverne & Shirley are driving the writers crazy; title: Mork and Mindy: managing a martian and a new playwrighting career; title: Young doctors in love: directing an outrageous hospital comedy as my first movie; title: The flamingo kid: going back to my New York roots; title: Nothing in common: working with the great ones Hanks and Gleason; title: Overboard: capturing love on the ocean with Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell; title: Beaches: exploring female friendship with Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey; title: Pretty woman: meeting a hooker with a heart of gold and a girl named Julia; title: Frankie and Johnny: Pfeiffer, Pacino, the Claire de lune and me; title: Exit to Eden: taking a wrong turn into the land of S&M; title: Dear God: building stories in a post office and a new career as an actor; title: The other sister: striving for different kind of love story; title: Runaway bride: walking down the aisle again with Roberts and Gere; title: Princess diaries: giving the royal treatment to Andrews and Hathaway; title: Raising Helen: directing Kate Hudson and the next generation; title: Georgia rules: Jane rules and Lindsay misbehaves; title: Valentine's day: turning the camera on love and my favorite day of the year; title: New year's eve: celebrating the splendor of New York City.