THE STARS
Hollywood Boulevard, the sidewalk stars, those
agencies all the way from Wilshire to Vine. The dis-
coveries made at places like Schwab’s and the bars
and the values that became yours and mine.
On Sunset Blvd. the quick rise to fame and the
trappings of success that often followed. The palm
trees, the private swimming pools, being part of ‘the
game’ and the moving images us kids, for so many
years, we swallowed.
Today, many of the stars have written their own
books. What it was like maintaining the pace. Kept
going, with chemical hooks, those highs and oh, those
lows, so many would face. The ideals a lot of those
pictures taught us. Mesmerized, entertained, enchant-
ed. Walking that yellow brick road riding that fantasy
bus. Far removed from what reality ever granted.
Here we are after all those years, back on that
famous boulevard with sidewalk stars. Remembering
some of those agencies from Wilshire to Vine. It
brings back a well rehearsed Hollywood Hill’s line.
What’s life been like being a star? “Why...darling...
it’s been simply...divine.”