Publisher's Synopsis
If Peter Bogdanovich did not already exist Hollywould would perhaps have invted him. The son of struggling but cultured immigrant parents he grew up on Manhattan's West Side and soon developed a passion for that other world of film and theatre. By his early twentites he had already acted in directed and produced plays off-Broadway and written about film for major newspapers and magazines. Then married he made his way to Hollywood gaining attention first for ÊTargetsÊ and then three years later for the award-winning modern classic ÊThe Last Picture ShowÊ. Suddently he was a hot director and ÊWhat's Up DocÊ and the enormously successful ÊPaper MoonÊ soon followed.
