Kiss Hollywood good-by [Hardcover]

Anita Loos (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 360 pages
• Publisher: G. K. Hall (1975)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0816162638
• ISBN-13: 978-0816162635
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,842,704 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Short and Sweet, February 14, 2007

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Samantha Glasser "Maliejandra" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kiss Hollywood Good-by (Mass Market Paperback)

A fantastically quick read, Anita Loos combines wit with fine storytelling in this autobiographical piece. She zips all around her life and tells about famous names like Marion Davies, Douglas Fairbanks, D.W. Griffith, Irving Thalberg, Clark Gable, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, and other comtemporaries. Even if one has not heard of these people before, which is the case in several bits, a detailed portrait of them will be painted by the time the book is through. Most vivid of these portraits is her husband, nicknamed "Mr. E," a manic depressive with a severe need to perform better than his famous wife.

Loos lived for quite a long time, so not only does one read about her experiences during the Roaring Twenties, but also about her more modern experiences. What does she think about her films being shown in schools? What about modern Hollywood? You'll find it all out here and probably find yourself agreeing with her.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Miss Loos Bobs Her Hair, May 25, 2000

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"rzok" (Bristol, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kiss Hollywood good-by (Hardcover)

Anita Loos: the Betty Boo of the flapper generation - without the tissues. But with the literary talent to break down the barriers of twenties Hollywood and preceed notions of reactionary feminism by over thirty years.

This is the book you thought you would never read. A pamphlet-thin romp through the studio era of early Hollywood is counterweighted with a poignant disection of love and alcholism. Loos reveals the pain of hopeless devotion with the soft touch of a suggestive glance. A bedtime story for cool adults.