A fascinating look at the history of Hollywood from the early silent film stage to present, as told in thousands of oral interviews from people in the industry. I can't imagine the number of interviews they had to plow through to put together such a cohesive and interesting account of how movies and studios evolved. One of the things I really enjoyed was hearing from folks who *didn't* hate the old studio system. I think I've really only heard one side of it up until now, but there were actually benefits to the way it used to work. Of course things had to evolve and change in order to keep the movies going. I'm not a huge movie buff, but this book still kept me engaged and interested.
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