"Hollywood Tales: An Entertainment"

by G.E. Nordell

I'm not listed on the Internet Movie Database, I have no Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences never heard of me – and yet growing up in Culver City, California ('The Heart of Screenland') provided experiences with various aspects of the motion picture, television, and radio industries that began even before I was born and occurred for roughly 60 years
– until I retired to New Mexico in 2005.

Movies & people & companies & events that I interacted with or just witnessed included "Billy Rose's Jumbo" [1962], "Cincinnati Kid" [1965], the "Columbo" TV series, "Crimson Tide" [1995], "Dr. Zhivago" [1965], Gidget and her family, the Hollywood Blacklist, "Kindergarten Cop" [1990], Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (and United Artists), Roger Miller, Gary Owens, Steven Spielberg's Amblin' Pictures, "The Time Machine" [1960], Universal Studios, the U.S.A.A.F. First Motion Picture Unit, Warner Bros. Pictures, "Wuthering Heights" [1939], and "Zabriskie Point" [1970].

The true-life stories related in the book might educate about The Show Business
or reveal the quirks of people and organizations
— but the real purpose is just to entertain.

Stay tuned, the book might be published 'next year'.

G.E Nordell's Other Writings
The "Working Minds" Philosophy of Empowerment website
WMail: The 'Working Minds' Philosophy Newsletter [2000-2007]
The Working Minds Manifesto
Quotations of G.E. Nordell at the Working Minds Philosophy website

Dateline Chamesa: A Revolutionary Weblog [est. 10/2005]

"Backlot Requiem: A Rick Walker Mystery" [2005]
by G.E. Nordell
Rick Walker novels website
Backlot Requiem by G.E. Nordell  published by iUniverse in March 2005
iUniverse 9x6 hardcover [3/2005] for $22.95 at Amazon
iUniverse 9x6 pb [3/2005] for $12.95 at Amazon

click here for excerpt

"Backlot Requiem" published in Croatia Sept 2005
also on sale at Amazon Canada, U.K., France, Germany & Japan
and at Barnes & Noble

The "Backlot Requiem: A Rick Walker Mystery" book was converted
to Kindle format in July 2011; download is now available at Amazon
click here for Kindle Edition from Amazon [7/2011] for $9.95

Index of G.E. Nordell's Writings & Other Creative Projects

main Writings Index page

Scripts Page
A History of Simultaneous Bilingual Film Production

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G.E. Nordell's Contact Information

Interested publishers, editors or agents may
email me regarding "Hollywood Tales"