Hollywood Babylon is a book by avant-garde filmmaker Kenneth Anger, which details the purported scandals of famous Hollywood denizens from the 1900s to the 1950s. The book was banned shortly after it was first published in the U.S. in 1965, and remained unavailable until reprinted ten years later. [ 2 ]

1975年11月15日 · It’s a town made manic in its heyday by “joy powder” and cocaine-crazed comedies, seduced by vamping heroin heroines, shaken by Fatty Arbuckle’s orgiastic excesses and Errol Flynn’s amoral extravagances, stunned by Marilyn Monroe’s tragic suicide and Sharon Tate’s brutal murder.

Originally published in Paris, this is a collection of Hollywood's darkest and best kept secrets from the pen of Kenneth Anger, a former child movie actor who grew up to become one of America's leading underground film-makers. 305 pages, Hardcover. First published January 1, 1959.

2023年6月5日 · In 1959, writer and experimental film director Kenneth Anger published Hollywood Babylon, his seminal tome exploring the sordid lives of Tinseltown's biggest stars. Once banned in the U.S., the...

Hollywood Babylon: With Allison Bibicoff, Tony Curtis, Don Francks, William Davidson. Tony Curtis hosts this docudrama adaptation of Kenneth Anger's series of books of the same name, detailing gossip and scandals from the golden age of Hollywood.

2020年7月7日 · Kenneth Anger’s book Hollywood Babylon has never ceased to be a source of controversy and outrage ever since it was made publicly available in 1975 by Rolling Stone’s printers Straight Arrow. What is less known is the infamous work began life as a 1957 magazine article printed in France, followed in 1959 by a book, again only published in ...

Kenneth Anger’s *Hollywood Babylon* is a sensational exposé of the dark secrets lurking behind Hollywood’s glamorous façade. Originally published in Paris in 1959, this book captivates readers with tales of scandal, excess, and tragedy from the golden age of cinema.

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