Moving Pictures: Memories of a Hollywood Prince

About this book

Raised in the Hollywood of the 1920s as the privileged son of a pioneer studio mogul Budd Schulberg went on to win fame as a distinguished novelist short story writer playwright Oscar-winning screenwriter and boxing historian. Moving Pictures is his remembrance of growing up amidst the glamour swank courage triumphs defeats cabals and double-crosses of an industry in the making. His utterly candid account includes unsparing portraits of out-sized characters in all their power venality charm pettiness and vindictiveness. As a book on the early days of the movies in Hollywood this one is hard to beat. Abundantly illustrated with rare photographs.