Hollywood - Mecca of the Movies

The Hollywood that greeted Cendrars in 1936 was in its heydey. Cendrars was often snubbed by studio guards and the stars and industry movers and shakers with whom he was trying to hobnob. His response was to invent a wildly funny Hollywood of his own, embellishing his adventures and mixing them with black humor, star anecdotes, and wry social commentary.

About the author

Blaise Cendrars (1887-1961), poet, novelist, essayist, cineaste, is a central figure in French modernist literature. In 1992 California published his Complete Poems. Garrett White has written on film/art for The Los Angeles Times and Premiere.

Summary

Blaise Cendrars, one of twentieth-century France's most gifted men of letters, came to Hollywood in 1936 for the newspaper "Paris-Soir". This book records Cendrars' experiences on Hollywood's streets and at its studios and hottest clubs.

Product details

• Authors: Blaise Cendrars
• Assisted by: Jean Guerin (Illustration), Jean Guérin (Illustration), Garrett White (Introduction), White Garrett (Introduction), Garrett White (Translation), White Garrett (Translation)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.04.1995
• EAN: 9780520078079
• ISBN: 978-0-520-07807-9
• No. of pages: 195
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Travel; USA, Biography: business & industry, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Business, TRAVEL / United States / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Entertainment, Travel & holiday, United States of America, USA, Travel and holiday, Biography: business and industry, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Film, TV and Radio industries, Cinema Industry