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Tables of Contents for Lost Hollywood
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
ix
Acknowledgments
xi
Introduction
1
4
In the Beginning...
5
6
Gower Gulch-Hollywood's Ground Zero
11
8
Mr. Movies-Cecil B. DeMille and Filmmaking in Hollywood's Golden Age
19
12
You Were Where You Lived-Mr. Whitley's Neighborhood
31
6
Intolerance and the Fickleness of Fame
37
8
Rudolph Valentino, His Villa, and the Wife from Hell
45
8
The Year Hollywood Nearly Died-1922
53
10
America's Buckingham Palace-Doug and Mary's Pickfair
63
10
``You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet''-Sound Arrives
73
8
Hollywood's Hotel-Heaven for Some
81
6
Xanadu by the Sea-Marion Davies and William Randolph Hearst's Ocean House
87
6
The Garden of Allah-the Apple in Hollywood's Eden
93
6
From Rags to Riches via ``the White Slave Trade''-Louis B. Mayer and the Contract System
99
8
Hollywood's Billboard-the Hollywood Sign
107
6
God and Mammon in the Modern Babylon-Hollywood and Religion
113
8
The Second Oldest Profession-Hollywood and Gossip
121
8
Hollywood Houses-Reality and Illusion
129
8
Wheels of Fame-Getting Around Town with Pizzazz
137
6
Hijinks on the High Seas-Hollywood's Elite Set Sail
143
12
The Haven of the Homeless-Hollywood's Intellectual Elite
155
8
Paper Palms and Chocolate Sodas-Dining and Dancing Through Hollywood's Glamour Days and Nights
163
12
Nine Million Cups of Coffee-Hollywood Goes to War
175
8
The Lamps of Hollywood-Decay and Rebirth of the Capital of Dreams
183
4
Index
187