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A Gaudy Spree: The Literary Life of Hollywood in the 1930s When the West Was Fun

Samuel Marx

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Description:Writing in the quick cuts of his trade, which makes for disconcerting reading, Marx recreates his 1st decade in Hollywood as story editor at MGM & later at Goldwyn Studio & Columbia. His memory is unfortunately unselective, & he proves to be such a considerable loyalist that even Columbia's legendary monster Harry Cohn is recalled as "oddly likeable." Despite the subtitle, only fleeting frames are zoomed at literary screenwriters, the likes of "Plummy" Wodehouse, Faulkner, Upton Sinclair et alia. Yet whenever Marx lingers over a close-up, invariably of movie folk, he develops wonderful cameos: MGM's Irving Thalberg; Beatrice Kaufman, Columbia's East Coast story editor (& wife of playwright George Kaufman); Marion Davies, seen during a weekend Marx spent at San Simeon among "only 27 guests." Some of this latter material is so lively the reader senses the book that might have been written, & regrets that it wasn't.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Gaudy Spree: The Literary Life of Hollywood in the 1930s When the West Was Fun. To get started finding A Gaudy Spree: The Literary Life of Hollywood in the 1930s When the West Was Fun, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 223

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Franklin Watts (NY/Toronto)

Release: —

ISBN: 0531150089

Description: Writing in the quick cuts of his trade, which makes for disconcerting reading, Marx recreates his 1st decade in Hollywood as story editor at MGM & later at Goldwyn Studio & Columbia. His memory is unfortunately unselective, & he proves to be such a considerable loyalist that even Columbia's legendary monster Harry Cohn is recalled as "oddly likeable." Despite the subtitle, only fleeting frames are zoomed at literary screenwriters, the likes of "Plummy" Wodehouse, Faulkner, Upton Sinclair et alia. Yet whenever Marx lingers over a close-up, invariably of movie folk, he develops wonderful cameos: MGM's Irving Thalberg; Beatrice Kaufman, Columbia's East Coast story editor (& wife of playwright George Kaufman); Marion Davies, seen during a weekend Marx spent at San Simeon among "only 27 guests." Some of this latter material is so lively the reader senses the book that might have been written, & regrets that it wasn't.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Gaudy Spree: The Literary Life of Hollywood in the 1930s When the West Was Fun. To get started finding A Gaudy Spree: The Literary Life of Hollywood in the 1930s When the West Was Fun, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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