Vanity Fair's Hollywood

by Christopher Hitchens and Vanity Fair

Book Overview

On the motion-picture front, no other publication of our age has achieved the stature, vitality, or magic of Vanity Fair. In its coverage of the film industry, the magazine prides itself on assigning... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0142005002
• ISBN13: 9780142005002
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Penguin Putnam
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 3.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 10.4" x 12.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

This Book Is A Classic

I bought this book and it is an exellent exsample of classic hollywood and the hollywood of today. it shows you how far hollywood has come through the years. it shows you generations of family like the fonda's and the berrymores.

A century's worth of Hollywood images

Vanity Fair's Hollywood draws from the magazine's photo archive to reveal a century's worth of Hollywood images, choosing over 290 of its photos and pairing them with notable writers for added impact. A beautiful visual and verbal history of Hollywood results, suitable for art libraries and coffee tables alike. Well detailed in its essays, Vanity Fair's Hollywood is weightier and packed with information.

A Glorious Glittered Tour through Stardom

A wonderful book that portrays the glitz and glamour of Hollywood at its most glorious. Vanity Fair's best inspirational photos are presented from the distant and not-too-recent past. A perfect gift for that star follower in your world. Every page screams "Hooray for Hollywood", and the nostalgia of some will have you yearning for past times. It's possibly the most beautiful book ever made on the stars that captured our imagination and inspired us.

Instant Classic

This book is a pure delight. It captures the glamour and shimmering romance that is Hollywood. David Friends' brilliant picture editing showcases the best of Vanity Fairs' evocation of the dream factory, past and present. Each turn of the page elicits a gleeful chuckle or nostaglic sigh. There's enough star power here to illuminate a small town. God bless Vanity Fair and David Friend for giving us this book just in time for the gift giving season.

Glorious. A must.

The best and most beautifully produced book on Hollywood I've ever seen. Graydon Carter has drawn on Vanity Fair's own vast and unique archive of exquisite photographs to maximium advantage.