[Martin Turnbull] ☆ Chasing Salomé: A Novel of 1920s Hollywood [Historical Fiction Book] PDF ë Read Online eBook or Kindle ePUB
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Martin Turnbull has worked as a private tour guide showing both locals and out of towners the movie studios Beverly Hills mansions Hollywood hills vistas and where all the bodies are buried For nine years he has also volunteered as an historical walking tour docent with the Los Angeles Conservancy He worked for a summer as a guide at the Warner Bros movie studios in Burbank showing movie fans through the sound stages where Bogie and Bacall Bette Davis Errol Flynn and James Cagney created some of Hollywood s classic motion pictures. Chasing salometry From an early age Martin was enchanted with old movies from Hollywood s golden era from the dawn of the talkies in the late 1920s to the dusk of the studio system in the late 1950s and has spent many ma Martin Turnbull has worked as a private tour guide showing both locals and out of towners the movie studios Beverly Hills mansions Hollywood hills vistas and where all the bodies are buried For nine years he has also volunteered as an historical walking tour docent with the Los Angeles Conservancy He worked for a summer as a guide at the Warner Bros movie studios in Burbank showing movie fans through the sound stages where Bogie and Bacall Bette Davis Errol Flynn and James Cagney created some of Hollywood s classic motion pictures. Book Chasing salome zourabichvili From an early age Martin was enchanted with old movies from Hollywood s golden era from the dawn of the talkies in the late 1920s to the dusk of the studio system in the late 1950s and has spent many many a happy hour watching the likes of Garland Gable Crawford Garbo Grant Miller Kelly Astaire Rogers Turner Welles go through their paces. Chasing someone in a relationship When he discovered the wonderful world of biographies autobiographies and memoirs his love of reading merged with his love of movies and his love of history to produce a three headed hydra gobbling up everything in his path Ever since then he s been on a mission to learn and share as much as he can about this unique time. Chasing someone gif Originally from Melbourne Australia Martin moved to Los Angeles in the mid 90s site_link Hollywood 1920 Alla Nazimova has reached the pinnacle of success She is the highest paid actress in town with a luxurious estate the respect of her peers adoration of her fans and a series of lovers that has included the first wife of her prot g Rudolph Valentino But reaching the top is one thing Staying there is an entirely different matter Nazimova dreams of producing a motion picture of Oscar Wilde s infamous Salom It will be a new form of moviemaking the world s first art film But the same executives at Metro Pictures who hailed Nazimova as a genius when she was churning out hit after hit now turn their backs because her last few movies have flopped Taking matters into her own hands Nazimova decides to shoot Salom herself But it means risking everything she has her reputation her fortune her beautiful home and even her lavender marriage But will it be enough to turn her fortunes around Or will Hollywood cut her out of the picture From the author of the Hollywood s Garden of Allah novels and based on a true story Chasing Salom takes us inside Nazimova s struggle to achieve a new level of stardom by raising the flickers to an art form Chasing Salom A Novel of 1920s HollywoodEveryone that likes Old Hollywood should read all of Martin s books I love them They all are liking stepping back in time This one takes you further back to the woman who gave us the Garden of Alla I didn t know much about Madame until I read this book but I like it Seeing her interact with the early film pre code stars was so much fun Seeing her give up so much to make her dream role Salome was a fun journey I am not sure I would have the guts to do all that she did What did she do READ THE BOOK you won t be sorry Historical Fiction I m not sure how but somehow this Martin Turnbull guy has been writing stories about my LITERAL FAVORITE THING EVER Early 20th century Hollywood and NOBODY TOLD ME Seriously I don t even bother talking about my love of silent films or pre code talkies any because everyone around me just has big old question marks over their heads when I try. Book Chasing salome pronunciation So this story is about Alla Nazimova and what is essentially the end of her silent film career I primarily knew about her through her connection to Natacha Rambova so I went in knowing that at least the films she worked on with Rambova didn t go greeeaaaaaat box office wise so I was interested to see how it would end since it seemed like it would be kind of a downer I really enjoyed reading about how the movies were actually made and just about Nazimova in general Historical Fiction Loved it Historical Fiction Historical fiction based on a roughly three year period in the life of silent screen star Alla Nazimova and her struggle to bring Oscar Wilde s Salome to the screen Born in Russia Alla comes to the United States and learns the English language in record time then turns to Hollywood to make her career She becomes a major screen star and her friendships with Rudolph Valentino and his wife Natacha Rambova whose real name was Winifred Shaughnessy and was the granddaughter of a Mormon apostle are explored in this novel as well as her frequent dalliances with both actors and actresses An interesting study of early Hollywood in all its decadence and scandal and the struggles unique to the silent film era Salome is available on YouTube and is a strange and spellbinding film that will add to the understanding of this well written work of fiction Historical Fiction I loved Martin Turnbull s Garden of Allah series so when I heard via email newsletter that he was writing a biography of the great Alla Nazimova silent film movie actress I wondered would it be as entertaining as the Garden of Allah series Fortunately Martin Turnbull is a GREAT writer This book was great Madame Nazimova is a complex character that the author has captured perfectly in print She is arrogant yet kind intelligent yet unaware depressed by knows how to enjoy life to the fullest. Chasing Salomé booker Unfortunately this book only chronicles part of Madame s life Her early childhood is alluded to and sometimes talked about and her life after the film Salome is not even mentioned I would have liked a full biography about this interesting actress by this author who writes like no one else I have found Instead this book chronicles the years just before Madame directed acted in and financed her film Salome Still it was a very good telling of a short portion of a fascination actress s life If you are interested in the age of black and white film then you will love this book If you are interested in biographies then you will love this book hint there is also gossip and stories about other legendary film stars like Rudolph Valentino If you just plain flat out want a good readthis is the book for you Historical Fiction 
Another wonderful Novel by Martin TurnbullWhat a wonderful story on the history of The early days of Hollywood I Learned so much about Madame Nazrimova and was so deeply emersed in her life that I watchedSalome I truly am grateful to authors like Mr Turnbull for bringing to life these actors and actresses who are no longer with us Historical Fiction Another fantastic Novel As in all the previous novels once you start it is an all night reading experience This is an amazing look into a true Hollywood Legend Historical Fiction This is the second Martin Turnbull book I have read but will not be the last I would definitely recommend this to any with an interest in early Hollywood I was especially happy with tge authors notes at the end because I had wondered how much was based on real life so thanks for that info Also thank you for the website As for the book it is well written and pulls you in I look forward to the next book of his that I pick up Historical Fiction Loved being back in Holywood 1920 Prequel to Garden of Allah series Will have to read them again now Historical Fiction Fantastic If you ve read Martin Turnbull s Garden of Allah Series you will love knowing about the landlord Alla gave me major Scarlet O Hara vibes in how she deals with people and her troubles I m not even a Valentino fan and now I want to read about him So many good real personalities to investigate after reading about them in Salome Historical Fiction.