Hollywood : Faber & Faber : 9780571366958 : 0571366953 : 01 Feb 2024 : 'Essential . . . thrilling . . . invaluable.' Irish Times 'Absorbing . . . rippling with fun and atmosphere.' Sight & Sound 'Hollywood's ultimate oral history.' New Yorker The greatest conversation in the history of Hollywood. From the archives of the American Film Institute comes a unique picture of what it was like to work in Hollywood from its beginnings to its present day. Hollywood: The Oral History, lets a reader 'listen in' on candid remarks from the biggest names in front of the camera - Bette Davis, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Jane Fonda, Harold Lloyd - the biggest behind it - Frank Capra, Steven Spielberg, Alfred Hitchcock, Jordan Peele, as well as the musicians, writers, sound men, editors, make-up artists, and even script timers, messengers, and publicists who shaped what was heard and seen on screen. Legendary film scholar Jeanine Basinger and New York Times bestselling author Sam Wasson have undertak