Hollywood on Hollywood: Essays on Ten Films About Tinseltown

As long as there have been films, filmmakers have been content to turn the camera back on themselves. Some portrayals have been scandalous; some have been playful. In Hollywood, a city built on big money, big dreams, and an unhealthy dose of optimism, there’s a ton of material to mine, and the lurid side of things has always held a special appeal.

This eBook contains a selection of 10 film reviews covering films from three different decades. What is here ricochets between dark stories of murder, power and madness… and then there are a few comedies, too. They are, of course, not a definitive account of Hollywood’s self-reflection, but a sampling of some time tested (and probably fairly obscure) favorites.

Features essays on What Price Hollywood? (1932), Young and Beautiful (1934), Hollywood Cavalcade (1939), Callaway Went Thataway (1951), The Big Knife (1955), Sunset Boulevard (1950), In a Lonely Place (1950), Hollywood Story (1951), The Player (1992), and L.A. Confidential (1997).