Includes filmography (p. 227). - Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (p. 238-244) and index
Introduction: Hollywood stories -- 1. Cautionary tales. What price Hollywood? (1932). A star is born (1937) The Star (1952) -- 2. Singin' on the screen. Singin' in the rain (1952) A star is born (1954) -- 3. Let a smile be your umbrella. Sullivan's travels (1941) Pennies from heaven (1981) -- 4. Screen passages. The purple rose of Cairo (1985) Last action hero (1993) -- 5. No business like. Stand-in (1937) The bad and the beautiful (1952) -- 6. Picturing writers. Boy meets girl (1938) In a lonely place (1950) -- 7. Offing the writer. Sunset Boulevard (1950) The player (1992) -- Epilogue: California dreams