false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178684833m/822107.jpg 407879 4 The debut volume from the new <I>L.A. Weekly</I> imprint at St. Martin's Press, Diana McLellan's witty and penetrating study of the golden age of Hollywood sapphism will delight the armchair detective as well as the lavender movie buff. Thanks to McLellan's obsessive sleuthing, <I>The Girls</I> offers not only the most detailed biography of Mercedes de Acosta, seducer of the stars, but provides tantalizing evidence of an early affair in Germany between Marlene Dietrich and Greta Garbo, women who in later life claimed never to have met. Much of the book is devoted to Garbo--another sign of the author's good taste--and revelations abound. Sadly, the golden age gave way to McCarthyism. Even the "gayest" of Hollywood lesbians retreated into the closet, or, like de Acosta, left for Europe. McLellan tracks their disappearance in the 1950s and 1960s against the first stirrings of the gay rights movement, providing a satisfying conclusion to a fascinating but not always happy tale. <I>--Regina Marler</I> 397186 2000 The Girls: Sappho Goes to Hollywood total:39|5:16|4:13|3:10| 39 162 59 9 3 0 true false Thu Jun 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 10:24:15 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 02:34:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jun 14 16:41:40 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 14 16:46:59 -0700 2008 The L Word is nothing compared to the complex, stylish, heady world of lesbians, gays, and various other sexual outlaws duri...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Feb 19 08:23:37 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 08:25:17 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Sat Aug 09 12:49:32 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 09 12:53:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 19 18:12:57 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 19 18:12:57 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Sep 26 13:48:39 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 01 06:51:50 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Sat May 26 23:52:51 -0700 2007 Sat May 26 23:54:25 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Thu Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Fri Apr 11 18:07:28 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 11 18:07:28 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Tue Nov 06 10:00:36 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 07 09:25:14 -0800 2007 0 0 false false Wed Nov 11 13:24:46 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 13:24:46 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 28 17:33:03 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 17 23:16:04 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Fri Sep 25 11:22:51 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 11:22:51 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Sep 18 15:27:49 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 15:27:49 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Sep 21 22:24:31 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 21:27:31 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 22:24:31 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Aug 19 17:56:48 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 17:57:38 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Aug 13 17:18:19 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 17:18:19 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Aug 12 12:34:20 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 12:34:26 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Jul 14 23:38:26 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 23:38:26 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Jul 10 16:29:21 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 16:29:21 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jul 04 17:48:37 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 17:48:37 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=822107