Starring the Plaza: Hollywood, Broadway, and High Society Visit the World's Favorite Hotel
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| Rating | : | 4.68 (853 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0825308461 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 130 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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What a fun book!" (Michael Feinstein, Nationally renowned American Songbook singer- pianist)"Eloise was conceived, and born as a fully formed Miracle Child, at the Plaza in 1954, Thanks to Patty Farmer (and millions of fans) she will be with us FOREVER!" (Hilary Knight, illustrator of "Eloise") . "Patty Farmer's evocative volume, movingly captures the essence of a beloved and grand institution
Her work draws upon a lifetime of friendship and socializing among personalities and celebrities around the world. Patty Farmer is acknowledged as the leading expert on all things pertaining to music, entertainment—and the entertainers—of Playboy. She’s also a businesswomanand former model, and has followed the entertainment industry as an insider, as well as an avid fan and archivist all her life. In her previous book, The Persian Ro
And from Liz Taylor to the Beatles, anyone who is anyone has stayed there, partied there, and who-knows-what-else there. From the day it opened, on October 1, 1907, the lavish 19-story French Renaissance building on the southeast corner of Fifth Avenue and Central Park South was simply the grandest hotel in the world. Page after page of moments captured from movies, plays, TV shows, parties, premieres, and press events form a new kind of chronicle of New York’s favorite landmark. There are even some Hollywood recreations of the place includedPlaza Pretendersbut it’s clear that no amount of movie magic could ever beat the real thing.From Shirley MacLaine scaling the Pulitzer Fountain to a frizz-headed Barbra Streisand handing out political leaflets, the Plaza has co-starred with the best in the business. In those and dozens of others, the Plaza’s own special magic was stirred into Hollywood’s heady mix and the results were timeless.In Starring the Plaza, a labor of love conceived and created by pop-cultural historian Patty Farmer, the hotel shines in a new light: a Klieg light, as it were. Readers will find all their favorite Plaza-on-film moments hereplus a few they might not have been aware of. Yes, that’s really the grand lobby in Home Alone 2, the Oak Bar in Nort