TherealstoryofHollywoodastoldbysuchluminariesasStevenSpielberg,FrankCapra,KatharineHepburn,MerylStreep,HaroldLloyd,andnearlyfourhundredothers,assembledfromtheAmericanFilmInstitute’streasuretroveofinterviews,revealsafreshhistoryoftheAmericanmovieindustryfromitsbeginningstotoday.FromthearchivesoftheAmericanFilmInstitutecomesauniquepictureofwhatitwasliketoworkinHollywoodfromitsbeginningstoitspresentday.Gleanedfromnearlythreethousandinterviews,involvingfourhundredvoicesfromtheindustry,Hollywood:TheOralHistory,letsareader“listenin“oncandidremarksfromthebiggestnamesinfrontofthecamera--BetteDavis,MerylStreep,TomHanks,HaroldLloyd--tothebiggestbehindit--FrankCapra,StevenSpielberg,AlfredHitchcock,JordanPeele,aswellasthelesserknownindividualsthatshapedwhatwasheardandseenonscreen:musicians,costumers,artdirectors,cinematographers,writers,soundmen,editors,make-upartists,andevenscripttimers,messengers,andpublicists.Theresultislikeaconversationamongthegodsandgoddessesoffilm:lively,funny,insightful,historicallyaccurateand,forthefirsttime,authenticallyhonestinitsportraitofHollywood.It’stheinsider’sstory.LegendaryfilmscholarJeanineBasingerandNewYorkTimesbestsellingauthorSamWasson,bothacclaimedstorytellersintheirownright,haveundertakenthemonumentaltaskofdigestingthesetensofthousandsofhoursoftalkandweavingitintoadefinitiveportraitofworkadayHollywood.
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