Starring the Plaza: Hollywood, Broadway, and High Society Visit the World's

by Broadway Hollywood

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From the day it opened, on October 1, 1907, the lavish 19-story French Renaissance building on the southeast corner of Fifth Avenue and Central Park South was simply the grandest hotel in the world. It's no wonder that the Plaza's lavish interiors and exteriors have remained sought-after settings for films, TV shows, commercials—even music videos—as well as home to the most significant social events of their day. It's no surprise that many of the films shot there have become beloved classics, from Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest; to everybody's favorite tear-jerker, The Way We Were; to Neil Simon's uproarious Plaza Suite and Barefoot in the Park. In those and dozens of others, the Plaza's own special magic was stirred into Hollywood's heady mix and the results were timeless. In Starring the Plaza, a labor of love conceived and created by pop-cultural historian Patty Farmer, the hotel shines in a new light: a Klieg light, as it were. Page after page of moments captured from movies, plays, TV shows, parties, premieres, and press events form a new kind of chronicle of New York's favorite landmark. Readers will find all their favorite Plaza-on-film moments here—plus a few they might not have been aware of. There are even some Hollywood recreations of the place included—Plaza Pretenders—but it's clear that no amount of movie magic could ever beat the real thing. From Shirley MacLaine scaling the Pulitzer Fountain to a frizz-headed Barbra Streisand handing out political leafl

• Publisher: Beaufort Books, Incorporated
• Year: 2023
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9780825310355
• Condition: Fine

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