{"product_id":"death-valley-superstars-duke-haney-9780692172391","title":"Death Valley Superstars: Occasionally Fatal Adventures in Filmland","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle,\" Marilyn Monroe once said of fame, an overriding theme in this collection of essays, profiles, and memoir by showbiz survivor Duke Haney. Fame proved faithful, of course, to Monroe, the book's most iconic subject, while others, like Steve Cochran, a villain in movies and a \"hard-drinking, bed-hopping cop magnet\" in reality, were widely forgotten before their untimely, often mysterious deaths. Taking an experimental tack in some instances, Haney employs a psychic medium to conduct a s ance at Jim Morrison's former residence and an astrologer to interpret the birth chart of an astrology-crazed film star-turned-bank robber. He attends the funeral of the \"next James Dean\" who became a raggedy street person, performs a cringeworthy nude scene in a movie produced by \"King of the Bs\" Roger Corman, and searches for the camper van where funk trailblazer Sly Stone has been reduced to living. Painstakingly researched and compulsively readable, \u003cem\u003e Death Valley Superstars\u003c\/em\u003e offers a kind of midnight tour of Los Angeles past and present, highlighting hidden corridors and seldom-heard anecdotes about a few of the many who, fooled by Hollywood's mirages, found themselves caught in its quicksand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke Haney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0692172394\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780692172391\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Delancey Street Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/24\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.69d","brand":"Duke Haney","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045658456319,"sku":"9780692172391","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7d957ecf-029f-465a-949e-bb4b145b3e25.jpg?v=1684979983","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/death-valley-superstars-duke-haney-9780692172391","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}