City of Nets: A Portrait of Hollywood in the 1940's: A Portrait of Hollywood in the 1940as

City of Nets: A Portrait of Hollywood in the 1940's: A Portrait of Hollywood in the 1940as

by Otto Friedrich (Author)

Synopsis

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.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 514
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 17 Apr 1997

ISBN 10: 0520209494
ISBN 13: 9780520209497

Media 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
Author Bio
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.