Today I share with you the most recent Amazon.com review of my first book, Love is the Reason it All: The Shirley Booth Story (BearManor Media, 2008):
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5.0 out of 5 stars "Love Is The Reason For It All ... Shirley Booth ... Jim Manago (Author) (2008)", November 18, 2011
This review is from:
This review is from:
BearManor Media presents "LOVE IS THE REASON FOR IT ALL:THE SHIRLEY BOOTH STORY" (Paperback) ~ by Jim Manago (Author), Ted Key (foreword)
Author Manago states, Shirley Booth once said, "I feel sorry for people that don't have the pleasure of acting because I think it's a great release. Nothing has ever come easy for me anyway. From the very beginning my parents were set against my going on the stage and what coaching I got had to be kept from their ears."
"If Booth gets any mention in theater literature, it is primarily for playing the "slovenly" wife Lola in her tour de force of acting, 'COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA'. Her other great achievement playing the title character on the television show 'HAZEL', draws the rest of the attention. But the endearing Shirley Booth accomplished so much more. She appeared in over thirty Broadway shows creating distinctive and vastly different characters, toured the country performing thousands of times in over 600 stock theater productions."
"At her peak, Booth earned acclaimed, winning every major acting award, including an Oscar, three Tonys, two Emmys and numerous other awards -- all of this accomplished without ever receiving any formal dramatic training or schooling."
Very reasonable and a good value for the price --- For product description and editorial review check this out on the Amazon site above my review.
TABLE OF CONTENTS: (Chapter, Title and Page Numbers)
Foreword by Ted Key --- 5
Introduction --- 11
Stage-Struck Kid --- 17
The 1900s - early 1920s
Broadway Thespian,, Next A Star! --- 31
The Mid-1920s - 1930s
Hello, Miss Duffy --- 53
The 1940s
Glowing With Success! --- 83
The 1950s
Everyone's Favorite Maid --- 167
The 1960s
Mrs. Claus' Spirit Till The End --- 221
The 1970s - 1990s
References --- 245
Credits --- 247
Index --- 269
BIOS:
Shirley Booth
Date of Birth: 30 August 1898 - New York City, New York
Date of Death: 16 October 1992 - North Chatham, Massachusetts
Thank our lucky stars for Ben Ohmart and his staff, BearManor Media, a small press that publishes BIG books. They pride themselves on publishing quality entertainment biographies, so they often put out the first book on unique subjects -- plus specializing in books with nostalgic themes and keeping classic Hollywood alive not only thru his publishing house, but thru his own books.
In closing, author Jim Manago has dug deep with quotes from Booth, as an "actor's actor", she once said, "Actors should be overheard, not listened to, and the audience is 50 percent of the performance." -- Everyone today due to re-runs on television knows her better from "Hazel" TV Series, not her films. But thanks to this book, we now know better!
Quite an impressive book -- A must read ~ Highly recommend!
Total Page: 276 Pages ~ BearManor Media #ISBN-13: 978-1593931469 ~ (April 5, 2008)
Author Manago states, Shirley Booth once said, "I feel sorry for people that don't have the pleasure of acting because I think it's a great release. Nothing has ever come easy for me anyway. From the very beginning my parents were set against my going on the stage and what coaching I got had to be kept from their ears."
"If Booth gets any mention in theater literature, it is primarily for playing the "slovenly" wife Lola in her tour de force of acting, 'COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA'. Her other great achievement playing the title character on the television show 'HAZEL', draws the rest of the attention. But the endearing Shirley Booth accomplished so much more. She appeared in over thirty Broadway shows creating distinctive and vastly different characters, toured the country performing thousands of times in over 600 stock theater productions."
"At her peak, Booth earned acclaimed, winning every major acting award, including an Oscar, three Tonys, two Emmys and numerous other awards -- all of this accomplished without ever receiving any formal dramatic training or schooling."
Very reasonable and a good value for the price --- For product description and editorial review check this out on the Amazon site above my review.
TABLE OF CONTENTS: (Chapter, Title and Page Numbers)
Foreword by Ted Key --- 5
Introduction --- 11
Stage-Struck Kid --- 17
The 1900s - early 1920s
Broadway Thespian,, Next A Star! --- 31
The Mid-1920s - 1930s
Hello, Miss Duffy --- 53
The 1940s
Glowing With Success! --- 83
The 1950s
Everyone's Favorite Maid --- 167
The 1960s
Mrs. Claus' Spirit Till The End --- 221
The 1970s - 1990s
References --- 245
Credits --- 247
Index --- 269
BIOS:
Shirley Booth
Date of Birth: 30 August 1898 - New York City, New York
Date of Death: 16 October 1992 - North Chatham, Massachusetts
Thank our lucky stars for Ben Ohmart and his staff, BearManor Media, a small press that publishes BIG books. They pride themselves on publishing quality entertainment biographies, so they often put out the first book on unique subjects -- plus specializing in books with nostalgic themes and keeping classic Hollywood alive not only thru his publishing house, but thru his own books.
In closing, author Jim Manago has dug deep with quotes from Booth, as an "actor's actor", she once said, "Actors should be overheard, not listened to, and the audience is 50 percent of the performance." -- Everyone today due to re-runs on television knows her better from "Hazel" TV Series, not her films. But thanks to this book, we now know better!
Quite an impressive book -- A must read ~ Highly recommend!
Total Page: 276 Pages ~ BearManor Media #ISBN-13: 978-1593931469 ~ (April 5, 2008)
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THANK YOU "Mr. Jim" (Jim Lovins) for your thumbs up!
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THANK YOU "Mr. Jim" (Jim Lovins) for your thumbs up!
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Hazel says:
In episode #103 ("The Marriage Trap") Hazel says, "And if there was a law against women changing their minds, we'd all be in jail." To see this episode, GO TO: http://youtu.be/7YT1_gK2J_M
In episode #103 ("The Marriage Trap") Hazel says, "And if there was a law against women changing their minds, we'd all be in jail." To see this episode, GO TO: http://youtu.be/7YT1_gK2J_M
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For Bill, His Pinup Girl: The Shirley Booth & Bill Baker Story
by Jim Manago
Foreword by Leslie Sodaro
Published December 1, 2010
Further details at: http://shirleybooth.blogspot.com
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Love is the Reason for it All: The Shirley Booth Story
by Jim Manago
Radio Research by Donna Manago
Foreword by Ted Key
BearManor Media, May 2008
http://bearmanormedia.bizland.com/
by Jim Manago
Radio Research by Donna Manago
Foreword by Ted Key
BearManor Media, May 2008
http://bearmanormedia.bizland.com/
