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Hollywood Babylon (Hardcover)

by Kenneth Anger (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 292 pages
  • Publisher: Random House Value Pub (Jun 1979)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0517344084
  • ISBN-13: 978-0517344088
  • Product Dimensions: 25.9 x 17.8 x 2.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars DIRT DOESN'T COME DISHED UP BETTER THAN THIS, 13 Sep 2006
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Kenneth Anger was the little changeling boy in the classic Midsummer Night's Dream with Jimmy Cagney, Joe E. Brown, Mickey Rooney, etc., etc. He later went on to make some outrageous sado-masochistic gay movies which were about as far from Hollywood mainstream as you can get. But throughout his life, he continued his love-hate affair with the Tinsel Town hand that alternately fed him and smacked him. Hollywood Babylon is the wonderfully warped offspring of that relationship

This classic book veers like a drunk on Sunset from the shocking to the incredible to the uproariously funny as it dishes the dirt, all the dirt and nothing but the dirt on old-time Hollywood. From the days of the silents to the decline of the studio-system, here are all the scandals you may have heard of and many you haven't in their full gory detail. Anger's style is as racy and readable as any tabloid and the photographs that support his stories are often just as salacious.

Of course it's all gossip. Of course it's sordid. Of course you won't believe the half of it. Trouble is, you won't know which half. That's its joy.
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4.0 out of 5 stars a must read for old hollywood film buffs, 11 Sep 2001
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a fasinating insight to the seedy side of old hollywood, you get to read about the real hollywood the stars and the movie moguls. the wild parties held in secret and the damage they caused. A must for the curious hollywood fan and a truely indepth view of the stars and their sordid lives.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Read it in a tabloid frame of mind., 4 Jun 1998
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A fun book, as long as you're more firmly attached to rumor than truth. There's a lot more information out there about several of these scandals, but this book provides a quick survey and a good intruduction. Just remember it's ALL gossip, and should be taken as such -- that is, there's some grains of truth, but separating out the chaff of lies and speculation is impossible. And since the author only tells the most titillating side of every story, there's a heck of a lot of chaff. But it's great fun -- just don't take it seriously.
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5.0 out of 5 stars King Of Bad Taste
Kenneth Angers books are the leaders in their particular field.If anything he manages to surpass himself with lurid descriptions of the sordid details of stars misdemeanours. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Mb Davis

4.0 out of 5 stars DELICIOUSLY DIRTY
This book is a delicous and dirty expose on old Hollywood; a must for any old Hollywood film buffs out there. Read more
Published 19 months ago by M. Moore

3.0 out of 5 stars a very unusual book
Not for the faint hearted! this is THE classic book at what hollywood is at its core a very unusual book the Author, Kenneth Anger reveals alot of repulsive info about various... Read more
Published on 20 Oct 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars Yeah, it was great!
Ooh, it was marvellous. I just liked it. It's that sordid stuff about stars we all want to believe and there's good old Kenneth showing it's all true. Read more
Published on 22 May 1998

4.0 out of 5 stars intriguing
always liked the book from the first time i read it many years ago. i'm just curious where the author got his information from. (rumors, inside information, etc...? Read more
Published on 20 May 1998

1.0 out of 5 stars Utter Balderdash
How anyone could be gullible enough to believe the easily-disprovable "facts" in this book is beyond me. Read more
Published on 17 Dec 1997

5.0 out of 5 stars Insight!
Kenneth Anger's Hollywood Babylon is a legendary piece of writing. But just like Bret Easton Ellis's novels, it is not for everyone. Read more
Published on 18 Sep 1997

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