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Hollywood Noir: Fact and Fiction About the Dark Side of the Movies - Page 2

Here are 50 works of fact(?) and fiction that look at the dark underbelly of Tinseltown. Our compiler has tried to avoid the big trashy novels (sorry, Joyce Haber) and the obviously self- promoting exposés, but trash and hype are part of what makes Hollywood Hollywood. Best bets - Raymond Chandler's take on the movies and James Ellroy's phantasmagorical zL. A. Quartet.
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Three Bad Men (Nollen)
Three Bad Men
41
Nollen
Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood (William J. Mann)
Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood
42
William J. Mann
True Hollywood Noir (Di Mambro)
True Hollywood Noir
43
Di Mambro
West of Sunset (Stewart O'Nan)
West of Sunset
44
Stewart O'Nan
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
45
White Jazz (James Ellroy)
White Jazz
46
James Ellroy
Widespread Panic (James Ellroy)
Widespread Panic
47
James Ellroy
The Wild Party (Joseph Moncure March)
The Wild Party
48
Joseph Moncure March
Will There Really Be a Morning? (Frances Farmer)
Will There Really Be a Morning?
49
Frances Farmer
You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again (Julia Phillips)
You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again
50
Julia Phillips
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