Put on a pot of your favourite coffee, perk up, and enjoy nostalgic black-and-white photos that celebrate screen icons from the Silent Era through the eighties, making and drinking their own cups of joe, java, pour-overs, and percolated brews. Hollywood Cafe bridges the vibrant coffee culture of right-now with the glamorous coffee culture of the star-studded past. A dream cast of nearly 200 stars Humphrey Bogart, Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn, Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Clara Bow, Charlie Chaplin, W. C. Fields, Robert Mitchum, Rita Hayworth, Bob Hope, Michael Caine, Jane Fonda, Ava Gardner, Jackie Gleason, Lucille Ball, Elvis Presely, Jayne Mansfield, Sammy Davis Jr., William Holden, Lauren Bacall, John Wayne, and many more is captured on the set, on the run, in costume and out, behind-the-scenes and at the kitchen table, refilling and refuelling, sipping and savouring, drinking the good stuff, just like us. AUTHOR: Steven Rea writes about movies for The Philadelphia Inquirer. He is a member of the National Society of Film Critics, author of 'Hollywood Rides a Bike: Cycling With the Stars', and producer of the popular Tumblr blog ridesabike.com. He drinks coffee. 180 b/w photos
Put on a pot of your favourite coffee, perk up, and enjoy nostalgic black-and-white photos that celebrate screen icons from the Silent Era through the eighties, making and drinking their own cups of joe, java, pour-overs, and percolated brews. Hollywood Cafe bridges the vibrant coffee culture of right-now with the glamorous coffee culture of the star-studded past. A dream cast of nearly 200 stars Humphrey Bogart, Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn, Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Clara Bow, Charlie Chaplin, W. C. Fields, Robert Mitchum, Rita Hayworth, Bob Hope, Michael Caine, Jane Fonda, Ava Gardner, Jackie Gleason, Lucille Ball, Elvis Presely, Jayne Mansfield, Sammy Davis Jr., William Holden, Lauren Bacall, John Wayne, and many more is captured on the set, on the run, in costume and out, behind-the-scenes and at the kitchen table, refilling and refuelling, sipping and savouring, drinking the good stuff, just like us. AUTHOR: Steven Rea writes about movies for The Philadelphia Inquirer. He is a member of the National Society of Film Critics, author of 'Hollywood Rides a Bike: Cycling With the Stars', and producer of the popular Tumblr blog ridesabike.com. He drinks coffee. 180 b/w photos
Steven Rea writes about movies for The Philadelphia Inquirer. He is a member of the National Society of Film Critics, author of Hollywood Rides a Bike: Cycling with the Stars, and producer of the popular Tumblr blog Rides a Bike. He drinks coffee.
Rea has a keen and amused eye for the ubiquity of Hollywood’s
favorite stimulating beverage…. Did you really think the factory
ran on dreams alone?
*Dana Stevens, movie critic, Slate*
As this charming collection of rare photos shows, the stars are
just like you and me: THEY NEED THEIR COFFEE! A wonderful
pick-me-up.
*Shawn Levy, author of Paul Newman: A Life and Rat Pack
Confidential*
What a combo—Hollywood glamour, classic movies, and caffeine!
*Murray Carpenter, author of Caffeinated*
A remarkably curated, wittily arranged book to savor again and
again, with appreciation…of stardom, studio photography and, of
course, coffee. It’s a delight!
*Mick LaSalle, author of Complicated Women: Sex and Power in
Pre-Code Hollywood*
Hollywood's finest stars drinking coffee. A treasure trove of
photographs and delicious insights.
*Zachary Carlsen, co-founder, Sprudge*
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