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The Hollywood Sign
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 10:32 pm
by Ian Elliot
Leo Braudy's
The Hollywood Sign: Fantasy and Reality of an American Icon, in Yale's Icons of America series....
http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/book ... 0300156607
...is reviewed by Geoff Nicholson in The San Francisco Chronicle.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... 1HPATO.DTL
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 11:25 am
by barafan
Sounds like a good companion to Hope Anderson's documentary
Under the Hollywood Sign.
Her website is:
http://underthehollywoodsign.wordpress.com
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 11:31 am
by missdupont
It's not really a history of the sign, more a history of "Hollywood" and how the iconography of the sign reflects that. There is very little on the history of the sign or Hollywoodland. The documentary is good but gets several facts wrong. My Arcadia Publishing book on Hollywoodland comes out in May and features a whole chapter on the sign.
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 11:35 am
by missdupont
Here's the link to Arcadia's description of the book:
http://www.arcadiapublishing.com/mm5/me ... ewbook%3D1
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 1:58 pm
by barafan
Looks like a fascinating book. I'll make sure to buy a copy.
Thanks for the heads-up!