The Other Hollywood
Thorpe, Edward. The Other Hollywood. First Edition. 1970. Book and dust jacket are both in very good condition.
Marilyn Monroe quipped, “Hollywood is a place where they’ll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.” She was referring to the entertainment industry—the ephemeral Hollywood that exists in no fixed geographical location. This book focuses on the actual district. In this Hollywood, the bricks-and-mortal version, they paid only ten dollars and want more than a kiss. The book covers the community in its pre-gentrification state, with emphasis on housewives in pink rollers, hustlers on the Boulevard, and failed actresses who may or may not also be call girls.
“To love Hollywood, as I do, is to love something in spite of itself.”
--Edward Thorpe