I've been reading Kenneth Anger's infamous book on the lurid history of Hollywood. What do people here think of it?
I don't know Anger's own biography. But I'm surprised an experimental filmmaker would be so obsessed by celebrity culture. Granted he's gay...
As for the book itself, it's more a collection of popular folklore than a rigorous investigation of facts. Fresh-faced starlets are said to live dark private lives of drugs, sex, and death. Often the stories do not ring true, but IMHO they still resonate because of peoples' desire to project cinematic fantasy into reality.
Anyway here's a couple links if you want to take a look. The book is pretty cheap on Amazon too.
Original book: https://1fichier.com/?6agrfb533n
Part II: http://monoskop.org/File:Anger_Kenneth_Hollywood_Babylon_II.pdf
(Post your obscure scandals, rumors, any other strange tidbits)