'Essential . . . thrilling . . . invaluable.' Irish Times

'Absorbing . . . rippling with fun and atmosphere.' Sight & Sound

'Hollywood's ultimate oral history.' New Yorker

The greatest conversation in the history of Hollywood.

From the archives of the American Film Institute comes a unique picture of what it was like to work in Hollywood from its beginnings to its present day. Hollywood: The Oral History, lets a reader 'listen in' on candid remarks from the biggest names in front of the camera - Bette Davis, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Jane Fonda, Harold Lloyd - the biggest behind it - Frank Capra, Steven Spielberg, Alfred Hitchcock, Jordan Peele, as well as the musicians, writers, sound men, editors, make-up artists, and even script timers, messengers, and publicists who shaped what was heard and seen on screen.

Legendary film scholar Jeanine Basinger and New York Times bestselling author Sam Wasson have undertaken the monumental task of weaving these thousands of hours of talk into a conversation that is lively, funny, insightful, historically accurate and authentically honest in its portrait of workaday Hollywood.

The greatest cocktail party ever thrown in Hollywood.

About the Author

Sam Wasson is the New York Times Best-selling author of The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood; Fifth Avenue, 5A.M.: Breakfast at Tiffany's and the Dawn of the Modern Woman; and
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Book Information
ISBN 9780571366958
Author Sam Wasson
Format Paperback
Page Count 768
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publisher Faber & Faber
Weight(grams) 990g
Dimensions(mm) 232mm * 152mm * 45mm