John Lahr · Toots, they owned you: My Hollywood Fling · LRB 15 June 2023
California’s first gold rush was in 1848; its second was Hollywood. Between 1910 and 1925, film industry grosses went...
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California’s first gold rush was in 1848; its second was Hollywood. Between 1910 and 1925, film industry grosses went...
"Film historian Basinger and ‘chronicler of Hollywood lore’ Wasson’s book comes in at over 700 pages, the oral history featuring hundreds of well-known names..."
Hollywood: The Oral History doesn’t quite live up to its billing, but is often illuminating, consistently interesting and frequently entertaining.
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