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ABE VIGODA

by Michael B. Druxman on 10/19/20

I am pleased to announce ABE VIGODA, the 32nd play in THE HOLLYWOOD LEGENDS Collection.

Aside from being my long time publicity client, ABE VIGODA was a good friend. I knew him from the very early days of "Barney Miller" through the rest of his life.

As with most people, I first became aware of Abe when he played "Tessio" in THE GODFATHER. He was a 50-year-old (unknown) actor when he made that now classic film, who had been working on stage and in television for well over 25 years.

Instant stardom!

As you might imagine, ABE VIGODA is a rather special play for me. It's available in paperback and Kindle editions via Amazon.

Production rights are available.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08L9T6LZR/ref=sr_1_2…

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PAUL HENREID

by Michael B. Druxman on 10/03/20

October 3, 2020

I am pleased to announce the publication PAUL HENREID, the 31st play in THE HOLLYWOOD LEGENDS collection.

Although he had a long career as an actor and director, Paul Henreid is certainly best remembered for two films he made in the early 1940s: NOW, VOYAGER with Bette Davis, and CASABLANCA with Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman.

Born in Trieste and raised in Vienna, Henreid began his acting career under the direction of legendary director Max Reinhardt, but left the European continent when the Nazis came to power.

In England, he found work on both stage (VICTORIA REGINA) and in films (GOODBYE, MR CHIPS, NIGHT TRAIN TO MUNICH).

However, after Hitler invaded Austria, his status in the U.K. became tenuous.

He took his first opportunity to move to the United States where his film career flourished…until he and other Hollywood folk opposed the House Committee on Un-American Activities.

Paperback and Kindle copies can be purchased through Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08JYBB2LN/ref=sr_1_2?crid=UBLZHUIPOEZR&dchild=1&keywords=paul+henreid&qid=1600980012&s=books&sprefix=paul+hen%2Cstripbooks%2C300&sr=1-2

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MAUREEN O'HARA

by Michael B. Druxman on 09/01/20

September 1, 2020

I'm pleased to announce that MAUREEN O'HARA, the 30th play in THE HOLLYWOOD LEGENDS collection, is now available in paperback and Kindle editions on Amazon (and, I assume, elsewhere).

Maureen O’Hara was “The Queen of Technicolor”.

With her bright red hair and piercing green eyes, this Irish colleen’s career spanned over seventy years, as she held her own against such leading men as Tyrone Power, Errol Flynn, James Stewart, Charles Laughton, Henry Fonda and, of course, John Wayne. Her films include such classics as THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY, RIO GRANDE, THE QUIET MAN, MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET, and THE PARENT TRAP.

O’Hara starred in five films for director John Ford, and their relationship was anything but peaceful. Never one to shun a fight, she took on Confidential Magazine and, also, powerful producer, Walt Disney.

MAUREEN O’HARA, my one-woman stage play, finds the widowed actress pondering whether she should do a new film, her first in twenty years. Alone in her New York apartment, she weighs her options, and remembers the high and low points of her fabulous career.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08GB25JLN/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1597943026&sr=1-1

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