The Morning Otto Preminger Spit In My Face

About the Book

This book is a compilation of stories covering close encounters the author had with the famous and near-famous, covering many years of observing and sometimes meeting the greats; think Judy Garland, Josef Von Sternberg, Ed Sullivan, Eleanor Powell, Abbe Lane, Donald O’Connor, Anna May Wong, Debbie Reynolds, Ronald Reagan, Gloria Swanson, Michael Feinstein, Hedy Lamarr, Bob Hope, Bette Davis, et al. You’ll find no muck-raking, no exposes or tell-alls—just real life encounters told through an affectionate prism. Well, maybe Preminger was an exception.)

About the Author

Conrad J. Doerr was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1921, and moved to Santa Monica, California in 1941. After a stint in the U.S. Army, he attended Santa Monica City College, and then embarked on a series of jobs in aircraft (Douglas, Hughes), electronics, greeting cards, cosmetic distribution, brokerage firm, and finally with Q-TV TelePrompter, where he worked for over 20 years in the movie/TV industry. Upon retirement, he moved to Palm springs, Calif. He watches a lot of Turner Classic Movies.