The Hollywood Sign

Ian Elliot · Post by **Ian Elliot** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 10:32 pm

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

barafan · Post by **barafan** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 11:25 am

Sounds like a good companion to Hope Anderson's documentary Under the Hollywood Sign.

Her website is:
http://underthehollywoodsign.wordpress.com

missdupont · Post by **missdupont** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 11:31 am

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.

missdupont · Post by **missdupont** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 11:35 am

Here's the link to Arcadia's description of the book:

http://www.arcadiapublishing.com/mm5/me ... ewbook%3D1

barafan · Post by **barafan** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 1:58 pm

Looks like a fascinating book. I'll make sure to buy a copy.

Thanks for the heads-up!