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Charles Foster lives in Riverview, New Brunswick. During World War II he served as a pilot with the British Royal Air Force, and while training to fly in Canada first visited Hollywood on leave. While there he established lifelong friendships with many of the Canadians he writes about in this unique look at early Hollywood. After the war he opened publicity offices in England and Hollywood, representing many personalities including Robert Shaw, Marilyn Monroe, Sir Laurence Olivier, Richard Burton, Boris Karloff, Dennis O'Keefe, Benny Hill, Errol Flynn, The Duke of Bedford, Lana Turner, and Charlie Chaplin. In both the United States and England he wrote comedy material for several TV shows and comedians like Jack Benny and Bob HopeFoster, Charles is the author of 'Stardust and Shadows Canadians in Early Hollywood' with ISBN 9781550023480 and ISBN 1550023489.
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