About this title: "Hollywood Babylon" was originally published in Paris, and quickly became an underground legend. Not a word has been changed. Not a story omitted. Here is the hot, luscious plum of sizzling scandal that continues to shock the world.
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Edition: Reprint. Illustrated.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Dell Publishing Company, New York
Date Published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780440153252ISBN:0440153255
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Totally clean and unmarked inside except for hand-written name & date on first page. A little wear to covers including scratches, slightly bent corners, a light crease on the spine. Generally in very good condition. Softcover. Glued binding. 448 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Dell Publishing Company
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780440153252ISBN:0440153255
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Small tear on lower left side of front cover otherwise clean and unmarked. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 448 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Dell Publishing Company, New York
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780440153252ISBN:0440153255
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. (051107) Mass Market Paperback is in Very Good condition with 1" spine tear/fray bottom left corner, light wear at spine corners and edges, 3 crinklecreases in spine, light overall wear. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 448 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Dell Pub Co, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780440153252ISBN:0440153255
Description: Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Wraps have rubbed edges. Pages are clean with no markings. Final page of index is detatched but present. read more
Edition: 2nd Printing 1982
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: A Dell Book, New York
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780440153252ISBN:0440153255
Description: Photographs. Very Good. No Jacket. EX-LIBRARY. EXPECTED MARKINGS AND ATTACHMENTS. PICTORIAL PAPERBACK COVER IS LIGHTLY FADED WITH LIGHT SOILING, LIGHT SHELFWEAR TO EDGES. INTERIOR PAGES HAVE LIGHT SOILING. read more
Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Dell Publishing Company, New York
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780440153252ISBN:0440153255
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Sturdy. Binding good. Clean text. Generalized wear. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 448 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Dell Publishing, New York
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780440153252ISBN:0440153255
Description: Very Good. Very Good/No Jacket. 4"x7". ISBN: 0440153255. This paperback book has a black cover with white and black lettering on the front and gold and white lettering on the spine of the cover. Black and white photos all throughout the book. 431 pages. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Dell
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780440153252ISBN:0440153255
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Edition: 11th Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Dell Publishing, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780440153252ISBN:0440153255
Description: Very Good. To view other titles by this author enter the keywords; XDCX, XJGX, Anger. The book is in excellent condition with very minor wear, previous owner's name in ink inside front fly o/w tight clean and square. Hollywood's darkest and best kept secrets. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Dell Pub Co, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780440153252ISBN:0440153255
Description: Very Good+ Mild edgewear, else clean and tight with no marks or stamps. read more
Description: Good; Collectible. 1976 Delta paperback-stated first printing thus-some wear to cover-crease on binding-mark on page edge-owner's name inside cover-otherwise binding strong contents fine-enjoy. read more
Description: Good. Minimal damage to cover and binding. Pages show light use. With pride from Motor City. All books guaranteed. Best Service, Best Prices. read more
"A gossipy hidden history of Hollywood's transgressions from the nineteen-teens to the jaded sixties with tales of alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity and scandal, woe and suicide, indebtedness, crime, murder and sometimes, magic. Tales are told of Peg Entwistle, a starlet who committed suicide by jumping off the Hollywood sign in 1932 to the various shenanigans of Charlie Chaplin, Lana Turner, Errol Flynn and others. Hollywood is more Babylon that the actual Babylon was, apparently."
"Bleah . . . I couldn't even read the whole thing (ended up skimming bits and pieces) and still found it a colossal waste of the brief time I spent on it. I'm not a fan of gossip lit anyway, but this was so poorly written it was worse than most. Don't waste your time. Yuck."
"People are going to start to think I only read macabre books. It's not true! I read Steve Martin's autobiography within the last year. Be forewarned, however, this book is not about happy times in Tinseltown.
It is, however, a pictorial history of the first half of the 20th century Hollywood, not picturesque. Here, Kenneth Anger assembles a menagerie of fallen stars from the Babylon era of Picture town. The book raises intriguing questions, about an array of debaucherous and deadly subjects. Did F.W. Murnau die in a car crash because of homosexual acts? Possibly. Did Lana Turner's daughter stab her mother's abusive boyfriend to death with a kitchen knife? Definitely.
We also learn that during the 30's, when that Great Depression hit, it was common for flailing actors to jump off the Hollywoodland sign on the hill to commit suicide. One of the last pages is a picture of Jane Mansfield's dead dog. The back cover is a map of the stars in Hollywood Memorial Park Cemetery.
It's an interesting collection of sad stories and horrific pictures that might not be for everyone, but if you are interested in the sordid history of Hollywood, this book contains scandals that make present gossip blogs look mild in comparison."
"I am really obsessed with old sordid Hollywood tales. And this is your one and only stop right here. Kenneth Anger was a brilliant and influential filmmaker in the 40's who made the classic, "Lucifer Rising" His films have inspired David Lynch and Martin Scorsese among others. He grew up as a child actor in Hollywood and when his parents went on vacation he used their large house to film his very first short. He's made tons. And in this book he tells all the dirt about many of our most beloved movie stars of the past. No one is safe from scandal and this while shocking and sometimes sickening is truly a fascinating and very quick read indeed."
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