Get Mahoney!: A Hollywood Insider's Memoir

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Nancy SinatraFrom Gable to McQueen; from the Rolling Stones to U2; Jim Mahoney's job as a Hollywood press agent was to polish stars and make sure they continued to shine brightly. But the press in the old days were definitely more cooperative and willing to look past the occasional indiscretion for everyone’s mutual benefit. Mahoney frequently referred to himself as a better "suppress" agent than Press Agent and was best known for his ability to "condition the atmosphere", which sometimes involved making arrangements with the authorities and media to keep the dirt neatly swept under the carpet – where it belonged. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins. Under pressure and staring one of the world’s most notorious Communist dictators in the eye, when he asked me, “Which of our cigars do you like the best,” I froze and went totally blank. I’m delighted that this book will celebrate a man who was such a vital part of the filmmaking that contributed so much to our country’s cultural life. Mahoney provides a journey through Hollywood as only someone who worked behind the scenes of the studios. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). He had a successful building and interior decorating business – Gable was his client and how I got into the business. Creativity always counted, but you also needed a sense of timing, and a “gut instinct” about what was news. If that doesn't work, there may be a network issue, and you can use our self test page to see what's preventing the page from loading.

Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. DEADLINE: If you could go back and change a story that’s been oft-repeated and isn’t true, what would it be? Uniquely in Frank’s case, he had them to thank for keeping him afloat during what he regarded as “The Dark Ages,” the early 1950s, before From Here to Eternity, when he couldn’t get arrested.Bob was (and is) a groundbreaking talent and a true gentleman, and any comedian, David Letterman or otherwise, would respect that. Jim Mahoney – The first that comes to mind was an unpleasant episode while we were handling a very popular husband and wife musical duo who shared a meteoric recording career and later a hugely successful television show.

I’m sure they’re still having fun out there and maybe I’m just too far removed these days, but it does seem at times that the current media and entertainment business take themselves a bit too seriously. There were two Paul Wasserman’s, maybe three, or even four… There was the Paul we all met in the ’60s, the black suit, thin black tie, very strait-laced and conservative guy. When Wes and Laurel get back to Philadelphia, Annalise pulls Wes into her office, in full knowledge of what he had been doing in Ohio, and told him, as a form of bombshell that Wallace Mahoney was his biological father. Throughout his career, Mahoney and his company represented many “high profilers,” including Judy Garland and Steve McQueen. At one point in the ’60s I was invited to join Lou Adler and Pierre Cossette in a management arrangement (respectively, they were handling the Mamas and the Pap,as and Ann-Margret, not bad).

In the Hollywood of those days, everyone knew and respected Jim as a man who could be trusted and always knew how to make things work. Eventually he manages to get to talk to Wallace but just as Wes began to talk, Wallace was shot, dead on the spot. Todd Fisher; “My father Eddie Fisher, and my mother, Debbie Reynolds, were both represented by Jim Mahoney during some of the most important times in their lives. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. So I’m sitting there listening to Castro speak, which was in Spanish (I don’t understand a word) so I excused myself to the lobby, which was like a huge reception hall filled with beautiful paintings.

But the remake would feature James Garner, another client of mine, and McQueen, and would be produced by Marty.On the other hand if we’re talking about something other than the entertainment industry, I couldn’t have gone wrong following my father into his line of work. Over lunch with Marty one day, I came up with a column item that complimented three of my clients all at once. I've represented many top recording stars such as Tony Bennett, Eddie Fisher, Peggy Lee, Vic Damone, Andy Williams, Robert Goulet, Glen Campbell, the Beach Boys, as well as Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, The Who, The Jacksons, Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, Carole King, Neil Diamond, George Harrison, John Denver, The Rolling Stones, and U2. The celebrities are of too distant an era for younger readers (or even middle aged ones) but it’s a wonderful rendering of a world now gone with the wind.