Hollywood Babylon, Signed by Kenneth Anger
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[Signed] Anger, Kenneth. Hollywood Babylon. Second Trade Edition. 1981. Book is in very good minus condition; dust jacket is in very good condition—a few pages are wavy. Laid in is the cover from a softcover edition of the book, which Anger has boldly inscribed in his typical purple felt marker, “For Robert, Here’s looking at you! Kenneth Anger, Portland Nov. 14 ’94.”
We forget how powerful and conservative Hollywood studios once were. Former Republican National Committee chairman Will H. Hays presided over the morals of Hollywood both on and off-screen as head of the MPAA. In films, he could guarantee that the story did not end happily for the fallen woman, no matter how kind-hearted or reformed. In real life, the actors did as they pleased and were protected by the studio’s PR men. This book exposes all the sex and morals scandals the studios had successfully buried. Assembled tabloid style, it is fun and explosive, and includes as many pages of photos as it does text.
“When people spring from poverty to affluence within a few weeks, their mental equipment is not always equal to the strain. They have money, an unaccustomed toy, and they spend it in bizarre ways.”
--The New York Journal, as Quoted by Hollywood Babylon
We forget how powerful and conservative Hollywood studios once were. Former Republican National Committee chairman Will H. Hays presided over the morals of Hollywood both on and off-screen as head of the MPAA. In films, he could guarantee that the story did not end happily for the fallen woman, no matter how kind-hearted or reformed. In real life, the actors did as they pleased and were protected by the studio’s PR men. This book exposes all the sex and morals scandals the studios had successfully buried. Assembled tabloid style, it is fun and explosive, and includes as many pages of photos as it does text.
“When people spring from poverty to affluence within a few weeks, their mental equipment is not always equal to the strain. They have money, an unaccustomed toy, and they spend it in bizarre ways.”
--The New York Journal, as Quoted by Hollywood Babylon
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