Hollywood Babylon: The Legendary Underground Classic of Hollywood's Darkest and Best Kept Secrets | 
 enlarge | Author: Kenneth Anger
Publisher: Dell
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  71 reviews
Sales Rank: 42154
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 448
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 0440153255
Dewey Decimal Number: 791430280922
EAN: 9780440153252
ASIN: 0440153255
Publication Date: November 15, 1981
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 Like heroin. Only way more addictive. July 10, 2008
Anger dishes out some absurdly titillating gossip on Hollywood celebs from the 1920s-1950s. While not all of it is terribly credible, Anger delivers his tidbits with the nasty exhilaration of a tabloid queen which makes for a fun read. But if you aren't interested in early American cinema, then there probably is little to interest you here.
 Stupid, dumb, boring,not even good trash!! July 9, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Don't waste your money!! Everyone in this book is ancient(and dead) most person's in this book were born in the 1920's. Most of them I never heard of. Ok Judy Garland,(everyone knows she died on the toliet) Jane Mansfield, nothing new here, the picture of the dead dog was no big deal. The way the book was written half the time it was unclear what the author was saying, there is not any good trash in this book, if you want a better read I would suggest the book by Christopher Kennedy Lawford about his own life and those around him such as the Kennedys and many celebrities.
 Awesome! May 23, 2008
If you are really into the sordid morbid details of Hollywood and its famous stars and how they died then this is the perfect book! Very disturbing some of the details but is definately captivating. You don't want to put it down!
Hollywood has always produced the Britney Spears and Anna Nicole Smiths of the World April 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Kenneth Anger paints a sinister, evil picture of a Hollywood that chews its "stars" up and spits them out. How can you not feel sorry for Frances Farmer and Fatty Arbuckle? I believe you judge a tree by its fruits, from the mindwashing destructive propaganda that Hollywood spews out to the many screwed up people that work in the business as performers, some of whom deserve to be scorned, some deserve your pity. Either way its a poisonous fruit that this tree bares. Hollywood covers a time period from the 1920s to the 1950s so don't think that human catastrophes like Britney Spears or Anna Nicole Smith are anything but different versions of the same song.
Very good with some complaints November 29, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Well I must admit the 55 year old gossiping church lady came out in this 21 year old male while reading this entire book in one sitting. Very VERY insightful and just down right juicy stories, the only problem that i have is that the author takes certain things as facts that are either wildly contested or outright discredited. The bulk of my problems stem from the Roscoe Arbuckle story, it seems that the author is completely on this "lynch fatty" tirade acting like poor Virginia didn't know what hit her. When almost every expert agrees today that he was done very wrong and his life was ruined because some people wanted to make a quick buck off of a woman's death. Other than that though these are very insightful tales and lets face it we love tales of sex, suicide, murder, and all other forms of debauchery so do yourself a favor and read this book.
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