num_pages: 352
description: An authoritative and humorous look at Hollywood's ever-changing take on love, romance, and marriage over the decadesFrom steamy silent classics like "A Fool There Was "to romantic musicals like "Grease "to epic schmaltz-fests like "Titanic," Hollywood historian and bestselling author James Robert Parish provides a very personal (but quite factual) run-down on how the Hollywood dream factory has portrayed love, marriage, and divorce on the big screen. "The Hollywood Book of Love "reveals in an entertaining fashion how the attitudes and standards the audience absorbs from the movies influence their expectations in real-life relationships.Writing with his trademark dry wit and rich knowledge of American movie history, Parish provides perceptive and amusing takes on 200 feature films and offers tantalizing sidebar factoids on everybody from Liz, Bette, and Bogie, to Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke, and Nicole Kidman.
language: English
title: The Hollywood Book of Love: From True Romance and Blushing Brides to Tawdry Trysts and Femme Fatales
titlecomplete: The Hollywood Book of Love: From True Romance and Blushing Brides to Tawdry Trysts and Femme Fatales
ratings_count: 23
publisher: McGraw-Hill