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| Title Statement | Dorothy Parker in Hollywood / Gail Crowther. |
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| Author | Crowther, Gail |
| Publication | New York: Gallery Books,2024. |
| Edition | First Gallery Books hardcover edition. |
| Extent of Item | ix, 291 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates |
| ISBN | 9781982185794 (hardcover) |
| Other Number | pr07646245 |
| Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary | "From the author of Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz, comes a deep dive into Dorothy Parker's years in Hollywood: her work on numerous now-classic screenplays, including A Star is Born (1937), as well as the excesses, the alcoholism, her miscarriage, the suicide of her husband, her involvement with anti-fascist and anti-racist groups that led to her ultimate blacklisting, and her early involvement in the civil rights movement that ultimately lead her to leaving her entire estate to the NAACP"-- |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Topic | Authors, American--Biography--20th century |
| Screenwriters--Biography--United States | |
| Women and literature--Biography--History--United States | |
| By Name | Parker, Dorothy,1893-1967 |
| By Location | Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)--History--20th century |
| By Genre | Biographies |
| Personal narratives | |
