I Wake Up Screaming
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I Wake Up Screaming
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3.33 of 5 stars
The classic novel of sexual obsession and murder amid the star-making machinery of Hollywood in the 1950s.

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Feb 20, 2009
Andy rated it: 4 of 5 stars
Pretty entertaining noir about a Hollywood talent agent unjustly accused of killing his biggest starlet. If you're a sucker for 1940's Hollywood sleaze then this is right up your alley. The movie starring Victor Mature's pretty funny, too.
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Jun 30, 2010
Steve rated it: 3 of 5 stars
A Hollywod screenwriter becomes involved with a woman working the switchboard at the studio and with some others takes some steps to make her a star. He becomes involved with her (and her sister) as does one of his partners. When she is murdered, a cop makes it his life's work to prove that our man did it. The book seemed a bit strange to me in the pacing, and in some of the motivations -- the sister seems to get over the murder quickly.

I haven't seen the Victor Mature/Betty Grable More...
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Jan 26, 2008
Nipsey rated it: 3 of 5 stars
not sure this stands up there with the all-time great hard boiled crime novels and it doesn't dig all to deep into the dread of the main character, but certainly was enjoyable and the film industry setting was a nice twist on all the other LA-based novels of similar ilk.

side note: it appears to me that there were two different versions of the book from some comments i have seen on the net. the back of my book states that the main character is a sports promoter, but in the book he is More...
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Jan 24, 2012
Bettie marked it as to-read
I Wake Up Screaming (1941) http://youtu.be/XIzE_cqdywQ
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Feb 05, 2012
Debbie rated it: 3 of 5 stars
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Oct 06, 2010
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