Argues that, rather than being unchallenged until the appearance of TV as competition, the Hollywood industry has been in decline since the author's definition of its peak - the period after the 1920s and the time of D.W. Griffith, Mack Sennett, Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, United Artists and silent cinema. Chapters on Hedda Hopper, Louella Parsons and Marilyn Monroe, Louis B. Mayer, David O. Selznick, Michael Curtiz.
| Item number | 41331 |
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| Category | Book |
| Type | Criticism/History |
| Dimensions | h 217mm; w 152mm; d 38mm |
| Language | English |
| Country of origin | USA |
| Related people | Ezra Goodman (author) |
Part of the Bill Douglas and Peter Jewell Collection