Showing Hollywood by Garson Kanin

1937. Garson Kanin arrives in Hollywood with a dream to direct for the silver screen. Through Kanin's delightful anecdotes and vivid storytelling, we experience the Golden Age of Hollywood from Kanin's first job with motion-picture producer, Samuel Goldwyn, through Judy Holliday's Academy-Award winning performance in the film of his successful Broadway play Born Yesterday. Along the way, Kanin encounters legendary stars such as John Barrymore, Carole Lombard, Greta Garbo, Charlie Chaplin, Marilyn Monroe and many more. An intimate insider's memoir of some of Hollywood's iconic denizens in a legendary era.