Selznick, Walter Winchell, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Howard Hughes, Abbott & Costello, Walt Disney, and a children's book, Walt Disney: Magician of the Movies. Other Thomas biographies include Joan Crawford, Marlon Brando, David O. Thalberg as sparking their interest in pursuing a career behind the scenes. Many in the film industry credit his 1969 biography of producer Irving G. Mayer.ĭuring his long history of reporting for the AP, Thomas authored at least 30 books.
Acclaimed as the dean of Hollywood reporters, Bob Thomas wrote about the movie business for the Associated Press since the days when Hollywood was run by the men who founded it: Jack Warner, Darryl F. Thomas made his mark by engaging celebrities in activities that brought out their personalities, whether by measuring their waistline after childbirth (as he did with Betty Grable) or testing just how tall a leading lady needed to be by kissing her himself (as he did with June Haver).
He lived in Encino with his wife, Patricia. Robert Joseph "Bob" Thomas was an American Hollywood film industry biographer and reporter who worked for the Associated Press from 1944.īorn in San Diego, he grew up in Los Angeles, where his father was a film publicist.
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