Chlotrudis member Richard Alleman has two new book published by Broadway Books, a division of Random House, this month – New York: The Movie Lover’s Guide and Hollywood: The Movie Lover’s Guide. The books track over a hundred years of film history in America. In addition to the serious side of filmmaking, the books feature places where famous movie stars and moguls have lived, juicy scandals, and many locations where films were shot. The format of the books breaks up the respective cities – New York and Los Angeles – into distinct neighborhoods, tours of which a traveler or local film buff can easily work into a busy schedule. Manhattan chapters can be 
covered on foot but most of the other locations in and around New York require a car as do many of the chapters in the Hollywood book. Of course, one doesn’t really need to go to New York or LA. It’s fun just reading about everything from the rooftop studios in Manhattan where the first movies were made to the secret locations of classic and pop culture films shot on both coasts, not to mention looking at the archival and contemporary photographs Alleman has assembled to illustrate the text. Chlotrudis member Bruce Kingsley assisted Alleman in the research and writing of both volumes.
Both books can be found in the travel section of your favorite bookstore. They also appear on websites such as Amazon, TLA, Barnes & Noble, BookSense, and Walmart.