The People's Forum: Do you mean the Mario Puzo book?

When I was about 14 or 15 I read that, and I didn't see the Godfather films for about 5 years after that. I loved that book.

If you haven't seen it, I really recommend The Offer, a TV drama from the wonderful Michael Tolkin (who wrote The Player) about the making of the first Godfather movie. Patrick Gallo does a great job as Puzo, and Matthew Goode steals the show as Richard Evans (of The Kid Stays in the Picture fame).

Here ends my morning's detour through Hollywood nostalgia.

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…the book and was really surprised when it was announced (in the old Photoplay move mag, I was a subscriber in my mid teens) that she’d been cast.
A wonderful comic actress, who could also do the serious stuff.

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mentioned her role in Looking For Mr. Goodbar. I think it was her best ever performance and if I remember correctly, introduced a young Richard Gere. She was great in Annie Hall too of course but the rest of her movies were flimsy stuff.