Writers in Hollywood 1915-1951

by Ian Hamilton

An informative study of the lives and contributions to the movie business of the many, and sometimes distinguished, writers who stood out of the limelight in Hollywood and rarely received fair credit. Amongst them were Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, Aldous Huxley and Nathaniel West.

Genres: Nonfiction, Film, Biography

256 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1990

About the author

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Robert Ian Hamilton was a British literary critic, reviewer, biographer, poet, magazine editor and publisher.

Reviews

[M.R. Dowsing · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is extremely well written and researched and fascinating from beginning to end. Covers the experiences of literary sojouners such as William Faulkner, Raymond Chandler, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Dashiell Hammett, Nathanael West, etc (pretty much all negative), as well as Hollywood natives like Ben Hecht and Preston Sturges. Also examines the impact of the arrival of sound, the depression, the Second World War and the McCarthy era on writing in Hollywood.

[Craig Munro · Rating 4 out of 5]

How writers like Faulkner, F Scott Fitzgerald and Bertold Brecht worked in Hollywood with all its intrigues and rigidly enforced codes.

[Peter Burton · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very thorough study of the role of screenwriters during the Hollywood studio days,full of good stories about the creation of some of the best old movies.Who did write ‘Citizen Kane’ ?What happened to Scott Fitzgerald and William Faulkner in Tinseltown?Fascinating and informative,at least for film buffs.