Tag: Writers guild
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BEER, EARTHQUAKES AND THE WRITER’S GUILD
Hello Dear Readers, You may recall from my earlier post that Billy Wilkerson of the Hollywood Reporter deserves the credit for the Writers organizing in 1933. By special request here is the whole story: The depression came late for Hollywood, not until 1933. The moviegoing audience had dwindled from 110 million dollars a week in…
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BILLY WILKERSON, THE FLAMINGO AND BUGSY SIEGEL
Hello Dear Readers, You might be familiar with the story of Billy Siegel’s grisly demise but what you don’t know is that Billy Wilkerson, invented Las Vegas as we know it. From my previous post you may recall that Billy Wilkerson, was a gambling man, so much so that he thought he should build a casino so…
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The King of Hollywood & Billy Wilkerson – Part II
Hello Dear Readers, I would like to tell you an amazing true story about “The King of Hollywood” Clark Gable’s rise to fame. We all know Clark Gable from Gone with the Wind and if you are a classic movie fan like myself, you’ll remember him as Peter Warne in “It Happened one Night” with…
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The Writers Guild and Billy Wilkerson Part I
Hello Dear Readers, It has come to my attention recently that the birth of the Writers Guild was a result of Billy Wilkerson’s influence. Yes. That Billy Wilkerson, founder of the Hollywood Reporter, every glamorous restaurant in the Hollywood golden age from the Trocadero to Ciro’s and the person who actually discovered Lana Turner (not…
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- BEER, EARTHQUAKES AND THE WRITER’S GUILD
- BILLY WILKERSON, THE FLAMINGO AND BUGSY SIEGEL
- The King of Hollywood & Billy Wilkerson – Part II
- The Writers Guild and Billy Wilkerson Part I
- How Bette Davis Stirred Up Hollywood: The Icon’s Secret Love Affair with the Kitchen
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So interesting and I love the photographs. Well done Suzette!
So well done, it reads like a movie! You always do such a great job Suzette!