The Hollywood Sign : fantasy and reality of an American icon / Leo Braudy.

Main entry:

Braudy, Leo.

Title & Author:

The Hollywood Sign : fantasy and reality of an American icon / Leo Braudy.

Publication:

Description:

vii, 215 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Series:

Icons of America

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-200) and index.
Machine generated contents note: One. Hollywood Before "Hollywood" -- Two. Hollywood Becomes "Hollywood" -- Three. Hooray for Hollywood -- Four. Shadows on the Sign -- Five. From Eyesore to Icon.

Summary:

Hollywood's famous sign, constructed of massive white block letters set into a steep hillside, is an emblem of the movie capital it looms over. Mixing social history, urban studies, literature, and film, this book offers an account of how a temporary structure has become a permanent icon of American culture.

ISBN:

9780300156607 (alk. paper)
030015660X (alk. paper)

Subject:

Motion picture industry California Los Angeles History.
Motion pictures United States History.
Hollywood Sign (Los Angeles, Calif.) History.
Cinéma Industrie Californie Los Angeles Histoire.
Cinéma États-Unis Histoire.
Media Studies.
Hollywood Sign (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Motion picture industry.
Motion pictures.
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) History.
Los Angeles (Calif.) History.
California Los Angeles.
California Los Angeles Hollywood.
United States.

Form/genre:

Nonfiction.
Informational works.
History.
Documents d'information.

Added entries:

Icons of America.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 271950
Call No.: BIB 205229
Status: Available

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