CITY OF NETS: A PORTRAIT OF HOLLYWOOD IN 1940S MAGAZINES and exacting production design to

and exacting production design to the screen is revealed in detail

Shadow of a Doubt and Spellbound

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A guided tour of the City of Angels conducted by the likes of Robert Altman

whose work has appeared everywhere from Vogue and Elle to Esquire and Rolling Stone

CITY OF NETS: A PORTRAIT OF HOLLYWOOD IN 1940S MAGAZINES and exacting production design toThis dazzling story of Hollywood during the decade of its greatest success is a social and cultural history of the movie capital's golden age. Its cast includes actors, writers, musicians and composers, producers and directors, racketeers and labor leaders, journalists and politicians in the turbulent decade from World War II to Korea. About the Author Otto Friedrich (1929 1995) was a journalist and cultural historian. A contributing editor at The