Google

Home | About Lillie | Photo Gallery | Bookstore | Contact Us

Most books about Hollywood are written by outsiders looking in, but Lillie Lorraine knows the territory.  She is the history.  Lorraine has thirty years experience as a dancer, Extra, bit player, and a Stand-in beginning in 1937 when she was under contract to Columbia Studios.  Most of  the people in this book are long gone to the "big set" in the sky. but, before they got away, Lorraine taped over 200 interviews. These memories of the Golden Years of Hollywood bring to the reader an honest and sometimes shocking, realistic look at the fantasy makers. 

Loverly.... Beautiful, slow, and a talented
dancer, is taken by her sister, Lacy, from 
their Kansas farm to the Palace Theatre in
New York.... and then to Hollywood.
Lacy saw to it that Loverly would have a life!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Preston Sturges'... The Players Restaurant on Sunset Boulevard is where history and fiction merge.

Time: World War Two

Cast: Writers, Actors & Agents.

Drunk or Sober, they all agree....

"Life is Hard."

This Biography of Lillie Lorraine that takes the reader from 1920 to 1945.  Hollywood was at her best during World War Two.

Everyone was united in a common cause;

                                  "Win the War."

It was highly romantic. 

              Ahhhhh....sweet memories!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Suzie Sweetwater, a film dancer, and Samantha, her teenage daughter, leave Hollywood in the mid-sixties, to live in Newport Beach.

Then a body is found draped over the rocks in a tide pool is identified as the mother of Samantha's best friend. A victim of foul play? An accidental fall from drinking?  Are the stepfather and aunt involved?

And....what is the connection to the
housekeeper, Millie?

LOOK FOR LILLIE'S LATEST BOOKS

SOON TO BE RELEASED...

"If You Can't Get a Date, Get a Dog!"

Book Selection

 

 

 

©Copyright 2006       Lorraine Publications       All Rights Reserved 

Web Design by Furugen Designs   Ph: 951-659-0706   Webmaster