This fully revised and updated edition of an award-winning classic traces the history of Hollywood from the silent era to the present day. The Hollywood Storyco

The book covers the period from 1927, when the talkies began, to the present day and the blockbusters of Steven Spielberg and George Lucas. The history is recou

Before the film industry arrived, Hollywood was filled with quaint bungalows, millionaires' estates, and churches dedicated to teetotalism. Movies shattered Hol