Hollywood In A Suitcase
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Few entertainers have lived as large, laughed as loud, or loved Hollywood as fiercely as Sammy Davis Jr., and Hollywood in a Suitcase is his vivid, freewheeling testament to a life spent at the very epicentre of show business glamour. This memoir chronicles Davis's extraordinary journey through the golden age of American entertainment — from the smoky stages of the Rat Pack era to the glittering film sets of Hollywood — painting an intimate portrait of a man who was simultaneously an outsider and the ultimate insider. With disarming candour, he presents the friendships, feuds, and legendary nights shared with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Marilyn Monroe, and a constellation of the twentieth century's greatest stars. Beyond the celebrity anecdotes and backstage revelations, the book carries the unmistakable weight of a life shaped by talent forged against adversity, illuminating the racial and cultural tensions that Davis navigated throughout his career with remarkable grace and resilience. His voice — warm, sharp, and irrepressibly charismatic — leaps from the page, making this autobiography as much a testament to an era as it is to the man himself. A dazzling dispatch from one of America's most electrifying performers, Hollywood in a Suitcase leaves the reader wondering just how many more secrets were tucked away in that suitcase, never unpacked.
Author: Sammy Davis Jr.
Format: Hardback
Published: 1980, Pocket Books
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Few entertainers have lived as large, laughed as loud, or loved Hollywood as fiercely as Sammy Davis Jr., and Hollywood in a Suitcase is his vivid, freewheeling testament to a life spent at the very epicentre of show business glamour. This memoir chronicles Davis's extraordinary journey through the golden age of American entertainment — from the smoky stages of the Rat Pack era to the glittering film sets of Hollywood — painting an intimate portrait of a man who was simultaneously an outsider and the ultimate insider. With disarming candour, he presents the friendships, feuds, and legendary nights shared with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Marilyn Monroe, and a constellation of the twentieth century's greatest stars. Beyond the celebrity anecdotes and backstage revelations, the book carries the unmistakable weight of a life shaped by talent forged against adversity, illuminating the racial and cultural tensions that Davis navigated throughout his career with remarkable grace and resilience. His voice — warm, sharp, and irrepressibly charismatic — leaps from the page, making this autobiography as much a testament to an era as it is to the man himself. A dazzling dispatch from one of America's most electrifying performers, Hollywood in a Suitcase leaves the reader wondering just how many more secrets were tucked away in that suitcase, never unpacked.