Confidential Confidential: The Inside Story of Hollywood's Notorious Scandal Magazine
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In the 1950s, Confidential magazine, America's first celebrity scandal magazine, revealed Hollywood stars' secrets, misdeeds, and transgressions in gritty, unvarnished detail. Deploying a vast network... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0912777540
ISBN13:9780912777542
Release Date:September 2018
Publisher:Chicago Review Press
Length:368 Pages
Weight:1.65 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"
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When Gossip Was Currency
Published by William Shelton • June 09, 2021
In old Hollywood, gossip was hard currency, and there were two doyennes who dealt in the coin of the realm: one a frustrated former actress, and the other a queen of yellow journalism who spent decades working for William Randolph Hurst. Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons served as the moral arbiters to the stars. Their hold over Hollywood, alongside the famous Hays code, controlled the lives of stars of the silver screen in unexpected ways.
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