Movieland: Hollywood and the Great American Dream Culture

by Jerome Charyn

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In Movieland, Jerome Charyn mingles his own life as a moviegoer with the history, romance, and sadness of Hollywood. He meets Paul Newman, Viveca Lindfors, and Mae Clark, the actress who was the original bride of Frankenstein; explores Cinecitta, Mussolini's own Hollywood on the Tiber; recalls his own life as Otto Preminger's house writer (and jester) during Preminger's decline; reinvents the lost years and lost stars of the silent era --Irving...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0814715508

ISBN13:9780814715505

Release Date:August 1996

Publisher:New York University Press

Length:304 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.5" x 8.2"

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Arts, Music & Photography Engineering Film & Television Humor & Entertainment Movies Performing Arts Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences State & Local

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