Christina reviewed Hollywood Babylon by Kenneth Anger
Review of 'Hollywood Babylon' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
My first read: I picked this up from the library because there were some items about an early Hollywood screen icon whom I idolized. Not telling how old I was at the time, only that I learned some 'grownup' words I didn't get to use until a decade after and that motion picture industry people lead strange, sad, desperate lives. Exceedingly memorable, if ever I meet Gilbert Gottfried and Frank Santopadre, I will never be without salacious Hollywood history conversation tidbits. I wonder what it would have been like to have learned of Lupe Velez, Clara Bow, Albert Dekker and Jayne Mansfield by seeing them on the screen BEFORE reading Hollywood Babylon.
My first read: I picked this up from the library because there were some items about an early Hollywood screen icon whom I idolized. Not telling how old I was at the time, only that I learned some 'grownup' words I didn't get to use until a decade after and that motion picture industry people lead strange, sad, desperate lives. Exceedingly memorable, if ever I meet Gilbert Gottfried and Frank Santopadre, I will never be without salacious Hollywood history conversation tidbits. I wonder what it would have been like to have learned of Lupe Velez, Clara Bow, Albert Dekker and Jayne Mansfield by seeing them on the screen BEFORE reading Hollywood Babylon.