Norman Beim's New Book Published

From New York—the greatest city in the world.

It's “The Friday Evening Post” with Marvin Hayes

for Friday, March 8, 2013.

Dear Friends

In New York, it is amazing how many “REAL” friends Frank and I

have. We are very lucky and blessed with good neighbors and good

friends. We have someone we could meet for breakfast, lunch or

dinner almost every day of the week and go to plays on and off

Broadway and movies or share movies with them or go to museums.

One of these friends is a writer—actor friend who after all these

years is still working 18 to 22 hours a day writing. His name is

Norman Beim and he just published his autobiography called “A Not

So Nice Jewish Boy Faces World War II-A Memoir”. This, over

five hundred page book, is his first “Memoir” and brings him through

birth and school and into the army and World War II. The book is a

real “Page Turner”. Norman does not leave anything to be guessed

at. He lays it all out, the good, the bad, and the ugly—his triumphs

and failures. The ring of HONESTY, INTEGRITY, and TRUTH sounds on

every page.

Growing up I had uncles and aunts that fought in World War II that

never talked about it. Seeing exciting movies and reading exciting

books about it, I always wonder exactly what happen to them. They

never would open up and tell me.

The Life of Beim

          

Norman at nine months           Norman's mother's mother & step-father & family

Jack Ghilain (my partner for over 30 years) was in the then Army Air

Force and flew 22 missions over Germany-his airplane was hit and

caught on fire and he was burned badly and was in the hospital for

three weeks and went back and flew several more missions, but he

would never talk about it. I learned this from his step father, Al

Fleming and I would have loved to have heard the complete story. My

mother worked for three years in a Naval Hospital during the war—12

hour shifts and never – never said anything about what she did. She

would come home with blood spots all over her white dress and white

shoes. I remember hearing her cry at night alone in her room.

When I was at Texas A & M, I got a small sample of what the military was like. I played football, but I was assigned to a military unit and ate and slept with them. The upper classmen were relentless hazing and ordering us freshmen about. It was like torture to put up with the nonsense day after day. Norman chronicles his experiences in detail in some of the worse fighting of the war in the Hürtgen Forest and The Battle of the Bulge until the Germans surrendered.

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BOOKS BY NORMAN BEIM

MEMOIRS:

A Not So Nice Jewish Boy Faces World War II

NOVELS

Touring With Stalin

Zygielbaum's Journey

Hymie And The Angel

PLAYS

Behind The Scenes, Plus 2 Comedies & 2 Dramas

Bitter And Sweet: 3 New Musicals

The Wrath Of God, Plus 5 Additional Dramas

Six Ironic Comedies

Three Dark Comedies

Women Laid Bare

Comedy Tonite!

Infamous People

Giants Of The Old Testament

My Family: The Jewish Immigrants

Plays At Home And Abroad

Six Award Winning Plays

THE LIFE OF BEIM

Norman Beim was born in Newark, New Jersey attended Ohio State

University for a year and two thirds, when he was drafted into World

War II. During combat, he learned that his one act play, Inside had

won second place in a nationwide competition. He put aside his

decision to become a novelist and decided to become a playwright,

while he learned he earned a living as an actor.

After the war he studied and worked as an actor at Hedgerow

Theatre, produced and appeared in three plays in Philadelphia,

worked as an actor at the Provincetown Playhouse on the Cape, and

in the national company of Darkness At Noon.

He settled in New York where he worked as an actor on Broadway,

Off Broadway, and on TV. He appeared in the Broadway production

of Inherit The Wind with Paul Muni, and later with Melvyn Douglas.

He was standby for Van Johnson in the national company of Tribute,

and worked with Morgan Freeman at the Public Theatre. He also

worked as a director and, all the while, he continued to write plays.

He is a lifetime member of the Dramatists Guild. His plays have

been produced nationally and internationally, including the classic,

The Deserter. He's written book and lyrics for a number of musicals,

including the remarkable Fritz & Froyim.

Twelve volumes of his plays, and three fact-based novels have been

published, and he continues to produce novels and write plays which

continue to be produced. A second volume of his memoirs is due out in 2014.

“The Friday Evening Post” for Friday March 8, 2013

As I said before “The ring of HONESTY, INTEGRITY, and TRUTH

sounds on every page of Norman's book. I have only one objection:

I have never known Norman not to be “Nice”. He is one of the

“Nicest” men I have had the privilege to call my friend! Get his book

and read it—you will find a true friend for yourself.