Title: Hollywood Myths
Subtitle: The Shocking Truths
Behind Film’s
Most Incredible Secrets and Scandals
Author/s: Joe Williams
RRP: $29.99
ISBN: 9780760342411
Format: Paperback, 240 pages
Dimensions: 229mm x 178mm
Publisher: Voyageur Press
Aust. Release Date: November 2012
Book Description/Synopsis:
Hollywood exists to create and
sell myth. Often, however, the myths created on screen are secondary to the
rumours, half-truths and lies that circulate through studio back lots and the
press. Discover the real stories behind Hollywood's
greatest myths as veteran film critic and Hollywood
reporter Joe Williams sorts fact from fiction and examines how these tales came
to be and how they persisted. Did Thomas Edison really invent the motion
picture? Why has Charlie Chaplin survived as the undisputed king of the silent
era? What about Fatty Arbuckle and that ill-fated boys' weekend in San Francisco? Did Woody
Allen really marry his adopted daughter? Was there actually a suicide on the
set of The Wizard of Oz (or are any of the other countless rumours about
that film true)? The tales featured in Hollywood Myths involve specific
films, actors' private lives, the industry itself and urban legends that have existed
as long as Hollywood
has. Throughout, Williams illuminates what it was that made the biggest stars -
from Marlon to Marilyn, Bogie to Brad - shine so brightly on the silver screen.
In all, 56 enduring myths are examined, in the process revealing the
machinations of myth-making in the fast, loose and out-of-control world of Hollywood.
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