Legendary Hollywood star, novelist, and gold record winner pens fascinating autobiography

ALBANY, Ga. - Sept. 23, 2016 - PRLog -- You may know his name, but you've certainly heard the gold record novelty song, "Aba Daba Honeymoon," that he recorded with Debbie Reynolds; you've seen the 1950 MGM musicals Three Little Words and Summer Stock; you've laughed and loved Father of the Bride with Elizabeth Taylor, Two Weeks with Love, and Crazy For You.

Film, television, and stage actor. Magician. Songwriter. Novelist. Carleton Carpenter has been them all, as well as a bellhop, professional magician, circus clown, church organist, barroom piano player, carny pitchman, commercial spokesman, Navy Seabee, screenwriter, ASCAP composer and lyricist, cabaret singer, Vaudeville performer, and recording artist. His new autobiography reveals the man behind the MGM wonderkid.

BearManor Media announces the release of The Absolute Joy of Work From Vermont to Broadway, Hollywood, and Damn Near 'Round the World by Carleton Carpenter.

Discover the more than twenty New York stage productions, countless tours around the country, hundreds of TV and radio shows, gold records, and the many films in which he appeared. His resume reads like a Who's Who of Hollywood, including his associations with Debbie Reynolds, Elizabeth Taylor, Angela Lansbury, Bert Lahr, David Merrick, Ray Bolger, Mary Martin, Carol Channing, Jane Powell, and Janet Leigh. His life story reverberates with ecstasy and anxiety, yet through it all, the absolute joy of his work overcame all obstacles, and he achieved more in his life than most people could dream.

Introduction by Debbie Reynolds. More than 60 rare photos tracing his more-than seventy-year career.

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