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Author:

Barbas, Samantha.

Title:

The first lady of Hollywood : a biography of Louella Parsons / Samantha Barbas.

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

vii, 417 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Parsons, Louella O.--(Louella Oettinger),--1881-1972.
Gossip columnists--United States--Biography.
Journalisten.
Columns.
Verenigde Staten.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-408) and index.

Contents:

Early years -- Essanay -- The column -- New York -- "The lovely Miss Marion Davies" -- On the way to Hollywood -- Hollywood -- Feuds -- Radio -- The best and the Hearst -- The first lady of Hollywood -- Raising Kane -- The gay illiterate -- War and peace -- Scandal -- The end of an era -- Eclipse.

ISBN:

9780520242135 (alk. paper)
0520242130 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2005008449

Locations:

MMPE553 -- Algona Public Library (Algona)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)