- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
-
1 Enter Hal -
2 The Artist as a Young Man -
3 Los Angeles -
4 Doors Open … -
5 The Family Man -
6 Norman -
7 Motion Picture Pioneers of America -
8 1968 -
9 Where it’s at -
10 The Director -
11 Harold and Maude -
12 Nicholson -
13 The Last Detail -
14 Shampoo -
15 Glory Bound -
16 Coming Home -
17 Double Feature -
18 Being There -
19 Lookin’ to Get Out -
20 Like a Rolling Stone -
21 Getting Out -
22 Old Man -
23 The Slugger's Wife -
24 8 Million Ways to Die -
25 The Last Movie -
26 Starting Over -
27 Do Not Go Gentle - Filmography
- Index
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
- Chapter:
- (p.26) 3 Los Angeles
- Source:
- Being Hal Ashby
- Author(s):
Nick Dawson
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
This chapter examines the challenges faced by Hal Ashby in “making a fresh start” in Los Angeles, California. For a few months, Ashby drifted around, doing jobs here and there, and reading whenever he could, which he considered all part of the process of finding himself. Around March 1948, Lavon Ashby filed for divorce and Ashby was required to provide $50 a month. His life in Los Angeles was very tough that he sometimes made a Powerhouse candy bar last for three days. He got his first job in the movie industry through the State Employment Department. During this he became friends with Bill Otto and Sammy Davis Jr.
Keywords: Hal Ashby, Los Angeles, California, divorce, Lavon Ashby, State Employment Department, movie industry, Bill Otto, Sammy Davis Jr.
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
-
1 Enter Hal -
2 The Artist as a Young Man -
3 Los Angeles -
4 Doors Open … -
5 The Family Man -
6 Norman -
7 Motion Picture Pioneers of America -
8 1968 -
9 Where it’s at -
10 The Director -
11 Harold and Maude -
12 Nicholson -
13 The Last Detail -
14 Shampoo -
15 Glory Bound -
16 Coming Home -
17 Double Feature -
18 Being There -
19 Lookin’ to Get Out -
20 Like a Rolling Stone -
21 Getting Out -
22 Old Man -
23 The Slugger's Wife -
24 8 Million Ways to Die -
25 The Last Movie -
26 Starting Over -
27 Do Not Go Gentle - Filmography
- Index