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The Hollywood Book of Scandals : The Shocking, Often Disgraceful Deeds and Affairs of Over 100 American Movie and TV Idols
by: James Robert Parish, James Parish

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.43028092273
EAN: 9780071421898
ISBN: 0071421890
Label: McGraw-Hill
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: May 28, 2004
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Sales Rank: 82024
Studio: McGraw-Hill

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Popular cult author and show business insider James Parish exposes the scandals that rocked Tinseltown

Nothing intrigues the public more than a good, juicy scandal. Add a famous Hollywood star or two to the mix and the nation is hooked. The Hollywood Book of Scandals provides the full account of 32 big, provocative scandals—complete with all the sexy, scintillating, and often shocking details. Written by veteran show business chronicler James Robert Parish, this book dishes the full dirt on:

Bob Crane’s mysterious death
Elizabeth Taylor’s seduction of Eddie Fisher
Robert Mitchum’s arrest for drug possession
Judy Garland’s public meltdown
Errol Flynn’s trial for statutory rape
Winona Ryder’s shoplifting trial

More than 100 black-and-white celebrity photos offer readers a close-up look at the leading players in these sordid dramas.

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- The Hollywood Book of Scandals
The book came super fast, packaged perfectly (in cardboard so it did not bend or get damaged) and in excellent condition. Thank you!

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- Dishes the Dirt!
Shadow Watcher
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James Robert Parish has written enough books about Hollywood to fill a library.

He knows just about everything there is to know about vintage movies and movie stars. Not only are his books well researched and superb reference works, but they are also entertaining reading.

In this work, Parish explores Hollywood's underside, giving readers the inside scoop on some of Hollywood's juiciest scandals. He talks about the Errol Flynn rape case, Clark Gable and Loretta Young's love child, the Robert Blake murder trial and much more.

If you enjoy Hollywood gossip, this is the perfect book for you.

- Michael B. Druxman, author of ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD (available December 2008)

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- Those who like this book really like it, those who don't really hate it
There's not much space, it seems, for in-betweens, but place me firmly in the "like" camp, especially since I've talked up this book favorably in reviews of several other Hollywood-gossip books here on Amazon. I will say I'm also in Parish's corner. I haven't read a _bad_ book from him yet, IMO. His "Hollywood Book Of..." series specializes in relatively short, punchy articles that are well-researched (certainly in comparison to some other books in this genre), evenhanded and crisply written. While the photos are not always anything special (his series on actresses features much better selections of pictures), they're also usually well-chosen and a lot less sensationalistic than, say, _Hollywood Babylon's_ selections.

Another reviewer questioned why Cary Grant's rooming with Randolph Scott should even be considered a scandal in 2007, which misses the point. It's not that it's not scandalous now, ... Read More

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- Poor book, badly disjointed, rehashing scandals most people already know about
I found this book to be very disjointed, badly organized, and even poorly written. The list of "scandals" is the same old list of tired stories, innuendo, and might-have-beens that every movie fan and scandal fan likely knows about already. Worse, some of the occurrences Parish lists aren't really even scandals - the fact that Robert Blake was tried for his wife's murder may be a scandal, but in 2007 is the fact that Cary Grant shared a house with a fellow male star even slightly scandalous? The only scandal is in those who judged him, one way or the other.

In addition, this book could have benefited from thorough copy editing and fact-checking. There are many minor and major factual errors and, in addition, many typos and grammatical errors.

I don't recommend this book.

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