{"product_id":"s-4","title":"The ‘Reel’ Hollywood: The San Fernando Valley","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-language: TA;\"\u003eThe ‘Reel’ Hollywood: The San Fernando Valley - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-language: TA;\"\u003eA Century of Filmmaking and Filmmakers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-language: TA;\"\u003eMartin M. Cooper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003e382 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003e6x9 size\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;\"\u003eISBN 9798887718774\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count: 1;\"\u003e paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;\"\u003eISBN 9798887718781\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count: 1;\"\u003e hardback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; font-variant: small-caps;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; color: black; mso-bidi-language: TA;\"\u003e“Martin Cooper’s new book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; color: black; mso-bidi-language: TA;\"\u003e tells the fascinating story of how the San Fernando Valley became the hub of the motion picture industry. It is a story of creative excellence, economic development, and indiv\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.05pt;\"\u003eidual achievement. This is a book of important historical achievement. Martin Cooper’s book reads like fiction, but it’s all fact.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: black; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-language: TA;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e-\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e          \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; color: black; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-language: TA;\"\u003eBob Blumenfield\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; color: black; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-language: TA;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles City\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eCouncilmember, District 3 (San Fernando Valley), Former Member, California Film Commission\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; color: black; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-language: TA;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; color: black; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-language: TA;\"\u003e“Martin Cooper has a researcher’s instinct\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; color: black; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-language: TA;\"\u003e for finding great stories and the scribe’s talent for sharing them with gusto and delight. If you’re old enough, The ‘Reel’ Hollywood: The San\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"AR-YE\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; color: black; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-YE;\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; color: black; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-language: TA;\"\u003eFernando Valley\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"AR-YE\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; color: black; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-YE;\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; color: black; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-YE;\"\u003ewill take you back to the many images of the Valley in film and TV; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; color: black; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-language: TA;\"\u003eand if you’re too young to be old enough, it will give you a chance to look at this wonderful part of Los Angeles in a fresh and exciting way.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: black; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-language: TA;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e-\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e          \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; color: black; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-language: TA;\"\u003eBob Beitcher\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; color: black; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-language: TA;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePresident and CEO, Motion Picture Country Home\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; color: black; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-language: TA;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; color: black; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-language: TA;\"\u003e“The Valley finally gets its due\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; color: black; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-language: TA;\"\u003e with Cooper’s engaging book! Largely because of a real estate sign, Hollywood has falsely overshadowed the San Fernando Valley’s embrace of film production and talent from its earliest days. Alongside those orange groves were Egyptian columns, Western bars and cattle rustlers.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: black; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-language: TA;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e-\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e          \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; color: black; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-language: TA;\"\u003eJohn Ptak\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; color: black; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-language: TA;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFilm producer and former talent agent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; color: black; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-language: TA;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; color: black; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-language: TA;\"\u003e“No one knows the San Fernando Valley and the movie industry better than Martin Cooper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; color: black; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-language: TA;\"\u003e. Put those two strengths together and even the knowledgeable cinephile or local history buff will find many hidden historical gems. His encyclopedic knowledge and research uncovers little-known facts found nowhere else. You won’t put it down!”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: black; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-language: TA;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e-\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e          \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; color: black; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-language: TA;\"\u003eBob Rawitch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; color: black; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-language: TA;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFormer Executive Editor, Los Angeles Times Valley Edition and 75-year resident of the San Fernando Valley \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; color: black; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-language: TA;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; color: black; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-language: TA;\"\u003e“Martin Cooper’s latest book tells how the San Fernando Valley wasn’t Hollywood’s backyard – it was its center stage,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; color: black; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-language: TA;\"\u003e the fascinating arena where countless movies and television shows were filmed simultaneously. Familiar names like Casablanca, Walt Disney, Warner Brothers and Roy Rogers populate the pages, and their stories unspool naturally in Martin’s witty and readable linear fashion. It is astounding that the Valley’s central role in filmdom has never really been told, but in this book the Valley finally gets its close-up.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e-\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e          \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; color: black; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-language: TA;\"\u003eCharles Crumpley\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; color: black; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-language: TA;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJournalist and former Editor and Publisher, San Fernando Valley Business Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BearManor Media ","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":51851346575662,"sku":"9798887718774","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":51851346608430,"sku":"9798887718775","price":44.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0115\/5789\/6251\/files\/The_Reel_HollywoodTheSanFernandoValley_frontcover96dpi.jpg?v=1773578950","url":"https:\/\/www.bearmanormedia.com\/products\/s-4","provider":"BearManor Media ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}