Early Hollywood - Marc Wanamaker, Robert W. Nudelman - Google Books

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The image of Hollywood often translates as some otherworldly dreamscape filled with fantastic lives and fantasy fulfillment. The real deal was carved from the Southern California desert as an outpost northwest of Los Angeles. The movie industry arrived…