From Oz to E.T - Wally Worsley's Half-Century in Hollywood, a Memoir in Collaboration with Sue Dwiggins Worsley

Wally Worsley's autobiography describes one man's extensive experience with the Hollywood studio system, beginning on the bottom rung at M-G-M in the 1930s, at the time of The Wizard of OZ, and culminating in the 1980s with E.T. His career bridged a half-century and provides a comprehensive overview of the development of Hollywood studio production. His autobiography has been assembled from his voluminous business diaries, a project first begun by Worsley himself, then completed by his widow following his death. The book presents a fascinating picture of Hollywood at work, from the Old Golden Age to the new one, with excursions to the film worlds of postwar Singapore and Europe.

About the author

By Charles Ziarko

Summary

As the career of Worsley Senior languished amid studio politics, young Wally began his own odyssey through the Hollywood legacy of the twentieth century, spending almost two decades at MGM with such actors as Greta Garbo, Jeanette MacDonald and Gene Kelly, on pictures like The Wizard of Oz and Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo. Captures a fascinating picture of Hollywood at work.

Product details

• Authors: Sue Dwiggins Worsley, Charles Ziarko
• Assisted by: Wally Worsley (Editor), Charles Ziarko (Editor)
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780810832770
• ISBN: 978-0-8108-3277-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 224 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 463 g
• Series: The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series; Scarecrow Filmmakers (Hardcove; The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series; Scarecrow Filmmakers; Scarecrow Filmmakers (Hardcove
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre > Biographies, autobiographies