My happy days in Hollywood : a memoir /

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Author / Creator:Marshall, Garry.
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint:New York : Crown Archetype, c2012.
Description:x, 276 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8780165
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Other authors / contributors:Marshall, Lori.
ISBN:9780307885005
0307885003
Notes:Includes index.
Summary:A lighthearted account by the producer and director of such productions as "Laverne & Shirley" and "Pretty Woman" traces his Bronx childhood, role in shaping A-list celebrity careers, and personal philosophies about life and entertainment.
Table of Contents:
  • The Bronx: growing up allergic to everything but stickball
  • Northwestern: attending college with the thickest accent anyone had ever heard
  • Korea: welcome to the United States Army, Mr. Marshall
  • New York City: writing for stand-up comedians and being paid in corn beef
  • Hollywood: finding love, laughs and Lucy in California
  • The odd couple: running my first tv show with Oscar and Felix
  • Happy days: hanging out with the Cunningham family and friends
  • Schlemiel! schlimazel! Laverne & Shirley are driving the writers crazy
  • Mork and Mindy: managing a martian and a new playwrighting career
  • Young doctors in love: directing an outrageous hospital comedy as my first movie
  • The flamingo kid: going back to my New York roots
  • Nothing in common: working with the great ones Hanks and Gleason
  • Overboard: capturing love on the ocean with Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell
  • Beaches: exploring female friendship with Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey
  • Pretty woman: meeting a hooker with a heart of gold and a girl named Julia
  • Frankie and Johnny: Pfeiffer, Pacino, the Claire de lune and me
  • Exit to Eden: taking a wrong turn into the land of S&M
  • Dear God: building stories in a post office and a new career as an actor
  • The other sister: striving for different kind of love story
  • Runaway bride: walking down the aisle again with Roberts and Gere
  • Princess diaries: giving the royal treatment to Andrews and Hathaway
  • Raising Helen: directing Kate Hudson and the next generation
  • Georgia rules: Jane rules and Lindsay misbehaves
  • Valentine's day: turning the camera on love and my favorite day of the year
  • New year's eve: celebrating the splendor of New York City.