Hollywood Babylon: Films on the dark side of the Golden Age

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Let's take a cinema trip away from the glitz and glamour of Hollywood to the seedy side of town. The land of Hollywood Babylon the places where the extras, wannabes and has-beens dwell. Here's a look at some films, some well known and some more obscure, that show some aspect of the lives of people who dwell on the fringes. The people reaching, hoping and striving for fame but who keep finding it just out or reach and. . . those who touched the bright lights of fame only to have it burn out.

These movies about Hollywood's golden age don't shy away from the dark side with their depiction of the Hollywood dream. It's Hollywood Babylon

Films:
Stardust (1940) Starring Linda Darnell and John Payne
What Price Hollywood (1933) Starring Constance Bennett and Lowell Sherman
Sunset Boulevard (1950) Starring Gloria Swanson and William Holden
A Star is Born (1937) Starring Janet Gaynor and Frederic March
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
L.A. Confidential (1997) Starring Guy Pierce and Russell Crowe
The Star (1952) Starring Bette Davis and Sterling Hayden
The Big Knife (1955): Starring Jack Palance and Ida Lupino
They Shoot Horses, Don't They (1969) Starring Jane Fonda and Michael Sarrazin
The Day of the Locusts (1975) Starring Karen Black and William Atherton

If you want more, here's my video detailing the making of LA Confidential:
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If you're interested in the films and books mentioned in this video I've listed where you can find them in the links below.

What Price, Hollywood? (1933) DVD: https://amzn.to/3x13xDT
Stardust (1940) DVD: https://amzn.to/3zmavWy
They Shoot Horses Don't They? (1969) DVD: https://amzn.to/3ma0a8I
They Day of the Locusts (1975) DVD: https://amzn.to/3m7h1J4
The Big Knife (1955) DVD: https://amzn.to/398HXoR
The Star (1952) DVD: https://amzn.to/3NPwNUL

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