Hometowns to Hollywood: Volume II

Posted on July 18, 2023 by Annette Bochenek

Hometowns to Hollywood: Volume II has been released!

This second installment in the Hometowns to Hollywood series focuses on a selection of forty actors and actresses from Hollywood’s Golden Age, exploring their lives, careers, and legacies. Hometowns to Hollywood documents how these individuals are celebrated to this day in their hometowns and beyond through various tributes and points of interest relating to their lives and influence as classic film stars. This edition includes Jack Benny, James Dean, Ava Gardner, Red Skelton, James “Jimmy” Stewart, and more. Now available in ebook, paperback, and hardcover here.

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About Annette Bochenek

Dr. Annette Bochenek of Chicago, Illinois, is an avid scholar of Hollywood’s Golden Age. She manages the Hometowns to Hollywood blog, in which she writes about her trips exploring the legacies and hometowns of Golden Age stars. Annette also hosts the “Hometowns to Hollywood” film series throughout the Chicago area. She has been featured on Turner Classic Movies and is the president of TCM Backlot’s Chicago chapter. In addition to writing for TCM Backlot, she also writes for Classic Movie Hub, Silent Film Quarterly, Nostalgia Digest, and Chicago Art Deco Society Magazine.
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