Out With the Stars
Book description
Describes the Hollywood bars, restaurants, and nightclubs frequented by celebrities and movie stars from the 1920s to the 1940s.
Why read it?
1 author picked Out With the Stars as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
It doesn't matter that it was patently phony: The glamour that was Tinseltown in Hollywood's golden age was impossibly romantic and utterly irresistible. Much of it had to do with the social lives of movie stars, and in particular the shenanigans they got up to in swanky nightclubs where they danced, courted, and made merry. Jim Heimann is a superb chronicler of Los Angeles's architectural and cultural past, and this beautifully illustrated book is crammed with images of the likes of Clark Gable, Marlene Dietrich, Charlie Chaplin, Lucille Ball, Humphrey Bogart, and Lauren Bacall patronizing such swell spots as Mocambo,…
From Shawn's list on Hollywood glamour and sleaze.
Want books like Out With the Stars?
Our community of 10,000+ authors has personally recommended 100 books like Out With the Stars.
Browse books like Out With the Stars
5 book lists we think you will like!
Interested in restaurants, Hollywood, and California?
10,000+ authors have recommended their favorite books and what they love about them. Browse their picks for the best books about restaurants, Hollywood, and California.