Reviews For Hollywood On Lake Michigan


Kevin’s Movie Corner has an excellent review of Hollywood On Lake Michigan, 2nd Edition. Check it out here!

 

 

I especially enjoy the fact that he had read the original edition and loved the additions I made and the extra material that Arnie put in the history section:

I had bought, and enjoyed, the first edition of the book, but there’s a lot of fascinating new material on hand for the new edition. So many movies have been shot in the Chicago area since the first book came out that there’s lots of interesting tidbits to enjoy.
 
The book is loaded with not only stories and anecdotes, but interviews with moviemakers with deep Chicago roots, such as writer/director Harold Ramis, producer Michael Shamberg, actress Irma P. Hall and so many others.
 
Plus, the authors have substantially beefed up the section on the early days of cinema, where for a short time it looked like Chicago might be the nation’s movie making capital. This is what I found particularly interesting.
Yes!!! He then goes on to detail several tidbits and sidebars that he found enjoyable and intersperses it with fascinating stories of his own encounters with Chicago Film. It is really a fine piece of work.
The takeaway here is that Hollywood On Lake Michigan, 2nd Edition is the perfect gift for that relative or loved one who is an old movie buff!!!

HOLM 2 Book Cover

 

http://kevinsmoviecorner.blogspot.com/2013/12/book-review-hollywood-on-lake-michigan.html

Another blogger positively reviewed HOLM 2- but this one inadvertently “outed” me with a link on my name so I might as well just come clean about it. When I was VERY young and impressionable…uhhhhm this is sooo embarrassing… I was a Civil War General.

There, I feel SOOO much better now that I got that off my chest!

http://journeysinclassicfilm.com/2013/09/23/hollywood-on-lake-michigan-100-years-of-chicago-and-the-movies/#more-4892

HOLM 2 Book Cover

Confession really is good for the soul!

HOLM 2 Book Cover

 

The love for Hollywood On Lake Michigan, 2nd Edition keeps on flowing with two more great reviews!!!

 

The first one is in the online entertainment journal Pop Matters and was written by Brendan William Boyle. Brendan gives the book 8 out of 10 stars!

Click here for the Pop Matters review.

 

The second was done by film blogger Aurora on her classic movie site Once Upon A Screen (aka Aurora’s Gin Joint). Aurora gives a great review of the book and even had a book giveaway! (My apologies to those who missed out on it for my procrastination in not posting this here earlier)

Click here for Aurora’s review.