"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 in 2013 or 2014.

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

'Backlot Requiem' novel is also available as an e-book for Apple hardware at iTunes for $3.99

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

main Writings Index page

Scripts Page
A History of Simultaneous Bilingual Film Production

Letters To The Editor    •    Press    •    Stories    •    Non-Fiction    •    Poetry


G.E. Nordell's Contact Information

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