New York: The Movie Lover's Guide: The Ultimate Insider Tour of Movie New York

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The classic guide to who-did-what-where in New York, on- and off-screen, including:

Classic film and TV locations: Marilyn Monroes infamous Seven Year Itch subway grating . . . the deli where Meg Ryan famously faked an orgasm in When Harry Met Sally . . . the diner where Courteney Cox (in Friends) and Kirsten Dunst (in Spider-Man) waitressed . . . Men in Blacks Manhattan headquarters . . . The Godfather mansion on Staten Islandthe Greenwich Village apartment where Jack Nicholson terrorized Greg Kinnear in As Good as It Gets . . . Ghostbusters Tribeca firehouse . . . Michael Douglas and Gwyneth Paltrows A Perfect Murder palazzo . . . the landmark West Side building that housed Tom Cruise in Vanilla Sky and Mia Farrow in Rosemarys Baby . . . the Greenwich Village apartment of Friends . . . Will & Graces Upper West Side building . . . The All in the Family block in Queens . . . The Sopranos New Jersey mansion (and the real Bada Bing club) . . . Seinfelds favorite diner . . . Sex and the Citys sexiest haunts . . . and many more . . .

Stars childhood homes: Lena Hornes Bedford-Stuyvesant townhouse . . . Frank Sinatras Hoboken row house . . . Barbra Streisands Flatbush housing project . . . J.Los Bronx block . . . Humphrey Bogarts Upper West Side tenement . . . the Marx Brothers Upper East Side brownstone . . .

Apartments and townhouses of the silver screens greatest legends: Joan Crawford . . . Marlene Dietrich . . . James Dean . . . Katharine Hepburn . . . Montgomery Clift . . . Rita Hayworth . . . Rock Hudson . . . and . . .

Plus: Superstar cemeteries . . . major film and TV studios . . . historic movie palaces and Broadway theaters . . . star-studded restaurants and legendary hotels . . .

For movie-loving New Yorkers, travelers and armchair film buffs, New York: The Movie Lovers Guide is the ultimate insiders guide to the Big Apples reel attractions.

Author Bio

Richard Alleman, a longtime contributing editor atTravel + Leisuremagazine, is a former travel editor ofVogue, where he is still a frequent contributor on travel and entertainment. Currently living in New York City, he has carried on a love affair with Los Angeles, where he lived for several years as an actor and writer.