Episode · Stuff They Don't Want You To Know · 2023-07-21

Books mentioned on Studio Conspiracies: Behind the Scenes of the Silver Screen

2 books · With Casey Pegram · Listen · Watch on YouTube

Today, the Golden Age of Hollywood is seen as a time of larger-than-life starlets, of unprecedented innovation and modern myth-making. However, there was a dark side to all the glitz and glamour.

Ben Bowlin discussed 1984 by George Orwell. Casey Pegram recommended Hollywood Babylon by Kenneth Anger.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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1. 

   1984

   George Orwell · at 8:30

   1984 by George Orwell is a classic dystopian novel depicting a totalitarian regime characterized by extreme surveillance, historical denial, and psychological manipulation.

   Discussed

   “1984 was pulled up was the one of the first books to be pulled off the Kindle”

   Ben Bowlin Studio Conspiracies: Behind the Scenes of the Silver Screen 2023-07-21 Listen at 8:30

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2. 

   Hollywood Babylon

   Kenneth Anger · at 59:53

   Hollywood Babylon by Kenneth Anger is a notorious chronicle of scandals, gossip, and alleged corruption during the Golden Age of Hollywood.

   Recommended

   “there's a book called hollywoodbabylon by uh the recently deceased experimental filmmaker Kenneth enger and uh it kind of is a deep dive into this early Hollywood CD underground”

   Casey Pegram Studio Conspiracies: Behind the Scenes of the Silver Screen 2023-07-21 Listen at 59:53

   Where to get it

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