City of Nets: A Portrait of Hollywood in the 1940as
Otto Friedrich
(Author)
Description
This dazzling story of Hollywood during the decade of its greatest success is a social and cultural history of the movie capital's golden age. Its cast includes actors, writers, musicians and composers, producers and directors, racketeers and labor leaders, journalists and politicians in the turbulent decade from World War II to Korea.Product Details
Price
$41.94
Publisher
University of California Press
Publish Date
May 02, 1997
Pages
495
Dimensions
6.06 X 9.4 X 1.23 inches | 1.56 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780520209497
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About the Author
Otto Friedrich (1929-1995) was a journalist and cultural historian. At one time editor of the New York Daily News and an essayist for Time magazine, he was the author of nine books, including Before the Deluge: Portrait of Berlin in the 1920s.
Reviews
""City of Nets offers a distinctly Brechtian vision of Hollywood. . . . By mixing enjoyable gossip about the stars' personal lives and behind-the-scenes maneuverings with a shrewd look at the film world's often unsavory industrial underpinnings, Friedrich gives us a much clearer understanding of Hollywood's reciprocal relationship with American reality."--Wendy Smith, "Village Voice
