Adventures of a Hollywood Secretary: Her Private Letters from Inside the Studios of the 1920s
ISBN-13:
9780520247802
ISBN-10:
0520247809
Edition:
First Edition
Author:
Valeria Belletti, Cari Beauchamp
Publication date:
2006
Publisher:
University of California Press
Format:
Paperback
240 pages
Category:
United States
,
Historical
,
State & Local
,
United States History
,
History of Technology
,
Technology
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ISBN-13:
9780520247802
ISBN-10:
0520247809
Edition:
First Edition
Author:
Valeria Belletti, Cari Beauchamp
Publication date:
2006
Publisher:
University of California Press
Format:
Paperback
240 pages
Category:
United States
,
Historical
,
State & Local
,
United States History
,
History of Technology
,
Technology
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Adventures of a Hollywood Secretary: Her Private Letters from Inside the Studios of the 1920s (ISBN-13: 9780520247802 and ISBN-10: 0520247809), written by authors
Valeria Belletti, Cari Beauchamp, was published by University of California Press in 2006.
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Adventures of a Hollywood Secretary is an insider’s view of the film studios of the 1920s―and the first from a secretary’s perspective. Rich in gossip, it is also an eyewitness report of Hollywood in transition. In the summer of 1924, Valeria Belletti and her friend Irma visited California, but instead of returning home to New York, the twenty-six-year-old Valeria decided to stay in Los Angeles. She moved into the YWCA, landed a job as Samuel Goldwyn's personal and social secretary and proceeded to trip over history in the making. As she recounts in her dozens of letters to Irma, Valeria Belletti encountered every type of Hollywood player in the course of her working day: moguls, directors, stars, writers, and hopeful extras. She shares news about Valentino's affairs, Sam Goldwyn's bootlegger, the development of the “talkies,” her own role in helping to cast Gary Cooper in his first major part and much more―often in hilarious detail. She writes of her living and working conditions, her active social life, and her hopes for the future―all the everyday concerns of a young working woman during the jazz age. Alternating sophistication with naiveté, Valeria’s letters intimately document a personal journey while giving us a unique portrait of a fascinating era.
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