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California Los Angeles California Los Angeles Hollywood Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) History Motion picture actors and actresses United States Interviews Motion picture industry Motion picture industry United States History Motion picture producers and directors United States Interviews Motion pictures Motion pictures United States History Viertel, SalkaRifkind, Donna
Summary: "The little-known story of screenwriter Salka Viertel, whose salons in 1930s and 40s Hollywood created a refuge for a multitude of famous figures who had escaped the horrors of World War ll. Hollywood was created by its "others"; that is, by women, Jews, and immigrants. Salka Viertel was all three and so much more. She was the screenwriter for five of Greta Garbo's movies and also her most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Other Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 VIERTEL, SALKA RIFBasinger, Jeanine
Summary: "The real story of Hollywood--as told by such luminaries as Steven Spielberg, Frank Capra, Katharine Hepburn, Alfred Hitchcock, Harold Lloyd, Jordan Peele, and nearly four hundred others--reveals a fresh history of the American movie industry from its beginnings to today"--Dust jacket flap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022