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BOOKS

Basinger, Jeanine. The Star Machine. Vintage. 2008

Bingen, Steve. Hollywood’s Lost Backlot. Lyons Press, 2018

Flynn, Errol. My Wicked, Wicked Ways. Aurum Press Ltd. 2005

Freberg, Stan. It Only Hurts When I Laugh. Times Books, 1988

Friedrich, Otto. City of Nets: A Portrait of Hollywood in the 1940’s. University of California Press, 1997

Hardy, Thomas. Tess of the d’Urbervilles. Penguin Classics, 2003

Hicks, John. The Desert Riders: Their History and the Trails They Ride. s.n. 1972

Nunn, Cynthia Ackley. Lana Turner: A Silver Valley Childhood. America Through Time, 2020

Powdermaker, Hortense. Hollywood, the Dream Factory: An Anthropologist Looks at the Movie-Makers. Little, Brown and Company, 1950

Shorris, Sylvia & Bundy, Marion Abbott. Talking Picture with the People Who Made Them. The New Press, 1994

Silverster, Christopher. The Grove Book of Hollywood. Grove Press, 2007

Tuner, Lana. Lana: The Lady, The Legend, The Truth. E.P. Dutton, Inc., 1982

Vieira, Mark. Into the Dark: The Hidden World of Film Noir, 1941-1950. Running Press, 2016

Wagner, Laura. Hollywood’s Hard-Luck Ladies. McFarland, 2020

DOCUMENTARIES

Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film. Thames Television, 1980

Hollywood: The Fabulous Era, David L. Wolper Productions, 1962

Hollywood and the Stars. National Archives, 1964

Hollywood: The Dream Factory. MGM, 1972

FEATURE FILMS

The Bad and The Beautiful. MGM, 1952

I Was a Male War Bride. 20^th Century Fox, 1949

A Star is Born. Selznick International Pictures, 1937

That Wonderful Urge. 20^th Century Fox, 1948

The Wizard of Oz. MGM, 1939

Ziegfeld Girl. MGM, 1941

PODCASTS & RADIO SHOWS

Hopper, Hedda, host. Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood. 1939-1951

Longworth, Karina, host. “Gossip Girls: Louella Parsons and Hedda Hopper (Episodes 1-9).” You Must Remember This, 3 May-28 June 2021, http://www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/2021/9/1/gossipgirlsarchive

Parsons, Louella, host. The Louella Parsons Show.1946-1951

ARTICLES

Arroyo, José, “About Face: The Life and Times of Dottie Ponedel, make-up artist to the stars.”

First Impressions, Notes on Films and Culture, 11 June 2018, https://notesonfilm1.com/2018/06/11/about-face-the-life-and-times-of-dottie-ponedel-make-up-artist-to-the-stars/

Bianco, Marcie and Johns, Merryn. “Classic Hollywood’s Secret: Studios Wanted Their Stars to Have Abortions.” Vanity Fair, 15 July 2016, https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/07/classic-hollywood-abortion

Blakemore, Erin. “Golden Age Hollywood Had a Dirty Little Secret: Drugs.” History.com, 6 Nov 2019, https://www.history.com/news/judy-garland-barbiturates-hollywood-studio-drugs

Bowen, Eric. “The Golden State.” Streamliner Schedules, http://streamlinerschedules.com/concourse/track9/goldstate194812.html

Bowen, Eric. “The Chief.” Streamliner Schedules, http://www.streamlinerschedules.com/concourse/track8/chief194812.html

Chilton, Charlotte. “35 Rules You Probably Didn’t Know Old Hollywood Stars Had to Follow.” Harper’s Bazaar, 17 April 2020, https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/g31916339/old-hollywood-star-rules/

Conrad, Tracy. “Before mid-century modern, cowboy culture was at the heart of the Palm Springs aesthetic.” Desert Sun, 28 June 2018, https://www.desertsun.com/story/life/2018/06/28/palm-springs-aesthetic-wasnt-always-mid-century-modern/742213002/

Conrad, Tracy. “The illustrious and extravagant dinner parties of the desert.” Desert Sun, 4 Aug 2019, https://www.desertsun.com/story/life/2019/08/04/the-illustrious-and-extravagant-dinner-parties-of-palm-springs/1906146001/

Cox, Rachel S. “The Leading Edge: Americans At El Alamein.” HistoryNet, 5 Nov 2012, https://www.historynet.com/the-leading-edge-americans-at-el-alamein/

Desta, Yohana. “13 Old Hollywood Hot Spots That Defined an Era.” Vanity Fair, 24 Aug 2018, https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/photos/2018/08/old-hollywood-hotspots

Esquevin, Christian. “Adrian After MGM.” Silver Screen Modes, 30 April 2017, http://silverscreenmodes.com/adrian-after-mgm/

Gibian, Rebecca. “Hitchcock and His Love-Hate Relationship With Food.” InsideHook, 26 March 2018, https://www.insidehook.com/daily_brief/news-opinion/alfred-hitchcock-and-his-love-hate-relationship-with-food

Hood, Bill. “Juli Lynne Charlot.” This Week I Learned, 25 April 2013, https://universaldomainexchange.com/thisweekilearned/juli-lynne-charlot/

Hutchinson, Pamela. “Moguls and starlets: 100 years of Hollywood’s corrosive, systemic sexism.” The Guardian, 19 Oct 2017, https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/oct/19/moguls-and-starlets-100-years-of-hollywoods-corrosive-systemic-sexism

Hutchinson, Pamela. “The Woman Who Invented the Hollywood Screenwriter.” Criterion, 18 May 2020, https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6948-the-woman-who-invented-the-hollywood-screenwriter

Japenga, Ann. “Rear View – Life of a Cowboy.” Palm Springs Life, 19 Dec 2007. https://www.palmspringslife.com/rear-view-life-of-a-cowboy/

Larsson, Björn. “Italian Line” Maritime Timetable Images, https://www.timetableimages.com/maritime/images/italia.htm

Martin, Lindsay S. “Classic San Diego Mexican Restaurants.” Classic San Diego, 17 Oct 2017, https://classicsandiego.com/mexican/

Meares, Hadley. “The Players: Preston Sturges’ Screwball Times on the Sunset Strip.” KCET TV, 26, Sept. 2013, https://www.kcet.org/food-discovery/food/the-players-preston-sturges-screwball-times-on-the-sunset-strip

Mintz, S., & McNeil, S. (2018). “Post-War Hollywood.” Digital History. 2021, https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/topic_display.cfm?tcid=127

Newland, Christina. “How Old Hollywood Manufactured Its Beauty.” Racked, 4 April 2017, https://www.racked.com/2017/4/4/15114076/how-old-hollywood-manufactured-its-beauty

Owens, Mitchell. “Babe Paley’s St. Regis Apartment, Decorated by Billy Baldwin, Still Enchants.” Architectural Digest, 24 May 2019, https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/babe-paley-st-regis-apartment-decorated-by-billy-baldwin

Patten, Carolyn. “The Desert Riders.” Palm Springs Life, 1 Oct 2010, https://www.palmspringslife.com/the-desert-riders/

Rieber, John. “The Legendary Restaurant Romanoffs!” johnrieber.com, 30 April 2020, https://johnrieber.com/2020/04/30/the-legendary-restaurant-romanoffs-remembering-an-iconic-beverly-hills-celebrity-hangout/

Rogers, Paul. “The Raymond Chandler Map of Los Angeles.” Paul Rogers Studio, 1 Oct 2014, https://paulrogersstudio.com/?section=news&article=15072

Sanders, Jess Basser & Cox, Brant. “Classic Places You Actually Need to Try.” Infatuation, 23 Oct 2017, https://www.theinfatuation.com/los-angeles/guides/classic-los-angeles-old-hollywood-restaurants

Temple, Joseph. “7 Famous L.A. Restaurants from the Studio Era.” The International Wine & Food Society, 5 Sept 2014, https://blog.iwfs.org/2014/09/7-famous-l-a-restaurants-from-the-studio-era/

Walton, Alex. “The Evolution of Product Placement in Film.” The Elon Journal of Undergraduate Research in Communications, Winter 2010, https://eloncdn.blob.core.windows.net/eu3/sites/153/2017/06/07WaltonEJSpring10.pdf

Washburn, Michael. “Lana Turner at 100.” National Review, 3 Jan 2021, https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/01/lana-turner-at-100/

Uncredited. “See How Hollywood Starlets Dressed Up for Halloween in the 1940s.” Vintage Everyday, 19 Oct 2015, https://www.vintag.es/2015/10/see-how-hollywood-starlets-dressed-up.html

Uncredited. “What Did Women Wear in the 1940s? 40s Fashion Trends.” Vintage Dancer, 5 Aug 2013, https://vintagedancer.com/1940s/what-did-women-wear-in-the-1940s/

Uncredited. “Women’s shoes from the 1940s: See stylish high-heeled vintage footwear.” Click Americana, Vintage & Retro Memories, https://clickamericana.com/topics/beauty-fashion/stylish-vintage-womens-shoes-from-1940

WEBSITES

The Academy Museum - https://www.academymuseum.org

Alison Martino’s Vintage Los Angeles - http://martinostimemachine.blogspot.com

The Beverly Hills Hotel – https://www.dorchestercollection.com/en/los-angeles/the-beverly-hills-hotel/

Bizarre Los Angeles - https://bizarrela.com

The Cocoanut Grove - https://thecocoanutgrove.tumblr.com

The Culver City Historical Society - https://www.culvercityhistoricalsociety.org

Cursum Perficio - http://www.cursumperficio.net

Dear Old Hollywood Blog - http://dearoldhollywood.blogspot.com

Deranged LA Crimes - https://derangedlacrimes.com

Du-par’s Restaurant - http://dupars.net

The Errol Flynn Blog - https://www.theerrolflynnblog.com