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Here is a glimpse into the early days of network television. The beginnings of TV News. A-Bomb Tests in the Nevada desert. The first international TV transmission. A look at post War Japan. A visit to Holland, Spain and Monaco. Here, too, a peek into the private lives of well known people who were often seen on television in those early days: Jackie Kennedy, Carl Sandburg, Rocky Grazziano, Sophia Loren, Kate Smith, Otto Preminger, well known authors, political figures, a Mafia kingpin, an internationally known entrepreneur. Together with his personal observations and comments, this is the…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
Here is a glimpse into the early days of network television. The beginnings of TV News. A-Bomb Tests in the Nevada desert. The first international TV transmission. A look at post War Japan. A visit to Holland, Spain and Monaco. Here, too, a peek into the private lives of well known people who were often seen on television in those early days: Jackie Kennedy, Carl Sandburg, Rocky Grazziano, Sophia Loren, Kate Smith, Otto Preminger, well known authors, political figures, a Mafia kingpin, an internationally known entrepreneur. Together with his personal observations and comments, this is the story of a lucky man who was part of those events and knew those people.
Autorenporträt
Phillips Wylly smiles when he hears the old line, "show business is my life." But for him, it has really been true. Fifty years as a producer, director, production exec and now author, he brings to this novel an insight into the world of Hollywood as it once was.