It happened in Hollywood
Subtitle: remarkable events that shaped history
By: Gerald A. Schiller.
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Guilford, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 151
ISBN-13: 9780762754496
Subjects: Motion picture industry -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century -- Anecdotes; Motion picture actors and actresses -- California -- Los Angeles -- Biography -- Anecdotes; Motion picture producers and directors -- California -- Los Angeles -- Biography -- Anecdotes; Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Anecdotes; Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Biography -- Anecdotes; Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Anecdotes; Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Biography -- Anecdotes
Genres: Anecdotes; Biography
Description: True Tales from Tinseltown s Past from the sleepy little town s invasion in 1910 to modern-day tales of murder and mayhem, It Happened in Hollywood recounts in thirty short episodes the behind-the-scenes events that shaped Tinseltown.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A sleepy little town gets invaded, 1910; title: Mack builds a fun factory, 1912; title: Hollywood's very first feature film, 1913; title: A character is born, 1913; title: Hollywood's first film epic, 1915; title: The greatest film or the biggest flop? 1916; title: Houdini's great escape; title: to Hollywood, 1919; title: Mabel, Mary, and murder, 1922; title: Mr. Hays says "No!" 1922; title: "You ain't heard nothin, yet!" 1927; title: The great aerial epic, 1927; title: Mr. Mayer has a little meeting, 1927; title: The mouse that roared, 1928; title: The actress and the Hollywood sign, 1932; title: The monkey on the roof, 1933; title: Frank saves Oscar, 1936; title: Desperately seeking a Scarlett, 1937-1938; title: Citizen Hearst vs. Citizen Kane, 1941; title: Sam's best years, 1944-1946; title: The HUAC and the Hollywood Ten, 1947; title: The studio system begins to fade, 1949-1954; title: The strange death of a goddess, 1962; title: A hillside mansion becomes a magical place, 1963; title: The tragic death of a silent-screen idol, 1968; title: Drugs, motorcycles, Fonda, and Hopper, 1969; title: Death in the Twilight Zone, 1982; title: Hollywood facts and trivia.