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A review by mountie9
Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood by William J. Mann
3.0
The Good Stuff
Reads like fiction. Forgot on many occasions that I was reading non-fiction
Absolutely fascinating, hooked me in with the first chapter. Author really knows how to set a scene
Henry Peavey sounded like he was a delightful and colourful man
Interesting to find out about the scandal involving Fatty Arbuckle. I knew a little about it from stories from my Dad, but had no idea what really had happened. Poor bastard.
I know, I know, but I am still flabbergasted at the Anti-antisemitism against the Jews in Hollywood - especially by so called christian people who went to church every sunday but thought Jews were evil - still blows me away
Made me very interested in reading more about Hays
Extremely thorough and well researched
Fascinating exploration of the decadence of Hollywood in the Twenties
The Not So Good Stuff
Not sure if the finished copy (I received an ARC) has pictures, but if not, this would be a lovely addition
My lord, Mary's mother was a truly horrific women - cannot believe the scene in which she forces her daughter to have an abortion - worse than many evil fictional characters
Ummm tagline says murder was solved until now- well technically it is not solved, this is just a theory (This is the reason I lowered the rating on the book)
Favorite Quotes/Passages
"The affair had started as a lark, full of fun and laughs, but it had ended up wrecking Mabel's health and depleting her bank account--the way romances with cocaine usually ended."
"The only part of his religious education that had ever interested the future moviemaker was the Bible itself, because it was a primer in how to tell good stories."
"Zukor knew that bringing on Hays wouldn't completely silence bigots like Ford, but it would deprive them of one of their most potent, and loathsome, rallying cries. The leader of the movies would no longer be a Jewish infidel, but a Christian elder."
3.25 Dewey's
I received this from HarperCollins in exchange for an honest review
Reads like fiction. Forgot on many occasions that I was reading non-fiction
Absolutely fascinating, hooked me in with the first chapter. Author really knows how to set a scene
Henry Peavey sounded like he was a delightful and colourful man
Interesting to find out about the scandal involving Fatty Arbuckle. I knew a little about it from stories from my Dad, but had no idea what really had happened. Poor bastard.
I know, I know, but I am still flabbergasted at the Anti-antisemitism against the Jews in Hollywood - especially by so called christian people who went to church every sunday but thought Jews were evil - still blows me away
Made me very interested in reading more about Hays
Extremely thorough and well researched
Fascinating exploration of the decadence of Hollywood in the Twenties
The Not So Good Stuff
Not sure if the finished copy (I received an ARC) has pictures, but if not, this would be a lovely addition
My lord, Mary's mother was a truly horrific women - cannot believe the scene in which she forces her daughter to have an abortion - worse than many evil fictional characters
Ummm tagline says murder was solved until now- well technically it is not solved, this is just a theory (This is the reason I lowered the rating on the book)
Favorite Quotes/Passages
"The affair had started as a lark, full of fun and laughs, but it had ended up wrecking Mabel's health and depleting her bank account--the way romances with cocaine usually ended."
"The only part of his religious education that had ever interested the future moviemaker was the Bible itself, because it was a primer in how to tell good stories."
"Zukor knew that bringing on Hays wouldn't completely silence bigots like Ford, but it would deprive them of one of their most potent, and loathsome, rallying cries. The leader of the movies would no longer be a Jewish infidel, but a Christian elder."
3.25 Dewey's
I received this from HarperCollins in exchange for an honest review