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Hollywood: Do You Agree? Vol 2
For all those people who enjoyed volume one of Do You Agree?, we would like to thank you for your kind comments and welcome you to volume two. A total of seventy-nine different movies from all eras of cinema history are once again subjected to a close scrutiny of any and all aspects of their creation and release that might be of interest to the reader. Ranging from Shirley Temple’s Curly Top in 1935 to The Trial of the Chicago 7 in 2020, we have looked at a diverse variety of movies, big and small, that we feel might have entertained cinema-goers around the world.
We have also taken the opportunity to add, at the conclusion of this volume, a list of sixty movies from all eras that we believe are worthy of more than a single viewing. Of course, this list is very much a matter of personal taste, but indulging in one’s likes and dislikes is one of the perks of being a writer, I suppose. No doubt, the reader will endorse some of our choices and reject others, that being your prerogative. This list is not based on technical brilliance or on literary merit; merely on entertainment value as seen through our eyes. We hope you will enjoy volume two of Do You Agree?
Alan Royle
Fremantle, Western Australia 2024
We have also taken the opportunity to add, at the conclusion of this volume, a list of sixty movies from all eras that we believe are worthy of more than a single viewing. Of course, this list is very much a matter of personal taste, but indulging in one’s likes and dislikes is one of the perks of being a writer, I suppose. No doubt, the reader will endorse some of our choices and reject others, that being your prerogative. This list is not based on technical brilliance or on literary merit; merely on entertainment value as seen through our eyes. We hope you will enjoy volume two of Do You Agree?
Alan Royle
Fremantle, Western Australia 2024
469 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 26, 2024
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May 8, 2024
I Agree with some
I recently read the second Volume of Hollywood: Do You Agree? Well I did for the most part. Alan Title adds trivia to the many movies he reviews. One error in this otherwise fine novel; there is a picture of Judy Garland and Margaret O'Brien from Meet Me in St Louis. Nothing is wrong with the picture, but it's labeled Easter Parade. Only Miss Garland starred in that film.
Good book otherwise
I recently read the second Volume of Hollywood: Do You Agree? Well I did for the most part. Alan Title adds trivia to the many movies he reviews. One error in this otherwise fine novel; there is a picture of Judy Garland and Margaret O'Brien from Meet Me in St Louis. Nothing is wrong with the picture, but it's labeled Easter Parade. Only Miss Garland starred in that film.
Good book otherwise
January 23, 2025
A book describing a lot of movies, who was in them and the author's opinion. There is one very interesting thing in the section about the movie October Sky and that is the mention of Wernher von Braun.
The author is the only person I've seen in the books I've read to point out that von Braun was a Nazi, that he was involved int he use of slave labor in the Nazi missile factories and that his development of the V2 rocket and its use on England resulted in around 2,500 people dying in London while some 20,000 laborers on the missile project also died. Yet he was never held accountable for his actions.
The author is the only person I've seen in the books I've read to point out that von Braun was a Nazi, that he was involved int he use of slave labor in the Nazi missile factories and that his development of the V2 rocket and its use on England resulted in around 2,500 people dying in London while some 20,000 laborers on the missile project also died. Yet he was never held accountable for his actions.
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