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Tell Me How You Love the Picture: A Hollywood Life Kindle Edition

by Edward S. Feldman (Author), Tom Barton (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 out of 5 stars 20 ratings

Edward S. Feldman's legendary career began in advertising and publicity at 20th Century-Fox in the 1950s, and from there he worked his way up to executive studio positions within Seven Arts, Filmways, and Warner Brothers. Following this, he has spent the last twenty-five years as a successful, Academy Award-nominated film producer.
Ed's unique story takes readers on a more than fifty-year journey through Hollywood that few can tell--and most will never forget. With tales from the set of Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? to why a well-known actor trashed Ed's office and why a major Hollywood mogul tried to turn all of Tinseltown against one of Ed's films, readers will learn what it takes to produce a film and survive the jungles of Hollywood, laughing all the way.
Tell Me How You Love the Picture is a smartly written, surprising, hilarious memoir that takes us behind the scenes with wild, no-holds-barred stories about major Hollywood personalities ranging from Bette Davis to Elizabeth Taylor, Stanley Kubrick to Scott Rudin, Harrison Ford to Jim Carrey to Eddie Murphy and more. As a top studio exec and one of Hollywood's most respected producers, Feldman has seen the film business from the inside out, worked with some of the best talent in the industry, and experienced things few can imagine.
An incredible Hollywood memoir from one of moviedom's renowned producers, Tell Me How You Love the Picture is full of insight and the stuff of gossip, bad behavior, and high success.

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  4. Publication date
    February 4, 2014
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From the buttoned-down world of the old studio system to the freewheeling global media business of today, film producer Feldman has seen it all. With Barton's help, he spins an entertaining, often hilarious yarn of bottom-line–obsessed executives, impossibly vain movie stars and hardworking, even courageous, filmmakers all engaged in the process of keeping the seats filled in movie theaters around the world. Beginning as a publicist at Twentieth Century–Fox in New York in the 1950s, Feldman climbs the ladder of the Hollywood hierarchy, moving from company to company, project to project, oversized personality to even more oversized personality. He bumps heads with famed producer Joseph E. Levine, a man so conceited he insists Feldman include fawning mention of him in every press release. Feldman parties in '60s swinging London, with Peter Sellers setting him up with a Swedish beauty. Later he ushers Harrison Ford to global superstardom with 1985's hit film Witness. Told in a breezy style, this tale of the pleasures and pains of life in the Hollywood food chain will delight casual readers and give more serious film-business buffs yet another reason to love the movies and the people who make them. Photos. (Jan.)
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Ed Feldman s stories about the film industry s moguls past and present will keep you in stitches. If you want to have a good time, read this book. ; --Laura Linney

Ed is a great bear of a man, full of energy and enthusiasm for filmmaking and filmmakers. We have been in the trenches together and shared the heat of the battle. He has watched my back. I love him; Harrison Ford; --Harrison Ford

Ed Feldman is a Hollywood institution. From the unique perspective of his remarkable career, he paints a vivid, passionate, shrewd, funny, and ultimately affectionate picture of movies and the people who make them. Glenn Close --Glenn Close

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00HFUJPZ4
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ St. Martin's Press (February 4, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 4, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2.8 MB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 249 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0977913139
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  • Markku Ojanen
    5.0 out of 5 stars Gladly join with other good reviews
    Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2013
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    I just read this book for a second time. It is interesting to get the producer's side in the making of films. It can sometimes be a frustrating job. The change has been great since the time of Hollywood moguls. We can get some snippets of old times in this book, but mainly it tells about the package type of producing. Feldman (with Tom Barton) is a great storyteller. One really has to laugh after reading his stories about directors and actors and various other people connected with films. The producer is going to have an ulcer if he or she does not have a good sense of huomor. It is difficult to get better books about making films - and I have read a lot of them.
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  • Mark
    5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining and Educational
    Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2016
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    I only purchased this book because it was a requirement for class but I really ended up enjoying it. The stories are funny and give some unique insight into how Hollywood is run and the personalities of many big celebrities.
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  • slicey
    1.0 out of 5 stars Rambling Maximized
    Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2014
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    This book is a hodgepodge of stories about the producer Ed Feldman. The stories themselves are very entertaining, however, the writing is terrible with lots of editing mistakes. The book is written in a jumbled, rambling format that is difficult to follow. It jumps around frequently and you are often left wondering 'what is going on, we were just talking about this'. My absolute peeve of the book is how often the author writes "we'll come back to that" when referring to a story he has yet to tell us. By the time the author comes back to it, if he in fact does, I have forgotten completely what it was in regards to. Overall, there is no organization to this book and it is sloppily written. Thankfully the anecdotes themselves are funny otherwise the book would have no redeeming qualities. There is no way this book deserves 5 stars.
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  • John Kessler
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good book.
    Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2014
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    Interesting, quick read. Humorous. Reads like the author is sitting down having a conversation with you. Good info for students.
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  • Sharon A. Schiffelbein
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful!
    Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2014
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    Awsome! Could not put it down. Anyone who is a classic film buff will love this book. Christian Hoff is amazing to listen to!
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  • Francis U. Cloverfield
    1.0 out of 5 stars No
    Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2019
    Feldman doesn't tell any stories of the lives he destroyed during his career.
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  • Howard J. Tucker
    5.0 out of 5 stars World-Record Great Voices and a Wonderful Story of the Movie Industry over the Past 5 Decades
    Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2007
    I've heard the book twice now. I obtained the CD set initially looking to hear Christian Hoff's Guinness world-record 241 voices, which are amazing, but I was treated to a wonderful story by publicist/producer Ed Feldman, with collaborators Tom Barton and Jimmy Merrill, as well.

    The audiobook took me through the last half-century, concentrating as much on Bette Davis, John Wayne, Cary Grant and Barbra Streisand as on Harrison Ford, Eddie Murphy, Jim Carrey, and Glenn Close--with wonderful backstories about Murphy in "The Golden Child" and Close in "101 Dalmations."

    The stories were thrilling, so much so that I sat in my parked car not wanting to interrupt the wonderful story-telling of the antics on the set of "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" or the casting challenge of Barbara Streisand in "Funny Girl." Christian Hoff brings Bette Davis and Joan Crawford back to life, and does a magnificent Streisand inflection.

    And I also finally learned exactly what a producer does, as Ed (Christian) takes us through his own wonderful experience of producing Harrison Ford's and Kelly McGillis's "Witness", from having no major studio interest to 8 Academy Award nominations, including one for Ed himself.

    I also finally learned what a "producer" actually does. Basically, he "fixes" problems and is the general manager of the film. One thing a producer doesn't do, though, is put his/her own money into a production! Funny, all these years, I've thought the producer was putting his/her monies at risk along with mine!!

    But the best part of "Tell Me How You Love the Picture" is personal, describing how Ed met and married Lorraine, literally the girl next door in the Bronx as Ed was growing up, and how they've now been together for 53 years.

    Great job, Ed, Tom and Jimmy. And absolutely marvelous story-telling and voice creation, Christian. These stories are a great and wonderful education in the movie industry over the past 50 years. Worth every penny.
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  • anon
    1.0 out of 5 stars Good professor but he needs a professional
    Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2015
    The book is poorly written and hard to follow. Thomas Barton was my professor for several years. He is a great professor but, he needs a professional editor. The book is hard to follow as it jumps around a lot. There are a few funny stories between the jumbled mess. If you want a good read go for the Hollywood Economist by Jay Epstein, another book Tom Barton required us to read in his class.
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