THORPE, Edward

[174] pp.

Michael Joseph

1970

VG/ VG

Marilyn Monroe quipped, Hollywood is a place where theyll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul. She was referring to the entertainment industrythe ephemeral Hollywood that exists in no fixed geographical location. This book focuses on the actual district. In this Hollywood, the bricks-and-mortal version, they paid only ten dollars and want more than a kiss. The book covers the community in its pre-gentrification state, with emphasis on housewives in pink rollers, hustlers on the Boulevard, and failed actresses who may or may not also be call girls.