Penguin Random House Higher Education
Elementary Secondary Higher Ed

Higher Education


Catalogs

News

Desk/Exam
(0)
Wish List
(0)
Wish List
  • Higher Education

    • Business & Economics
        • Business & Economics
        • Accounting
        • Business
        • Economics
        • Finance
        • Management
        • Management Information Services
        • Marketing

        • Browse All Disciplines & Courses in Business & Economics
    • Humanities & Social Sciences
        • Humanities & Social Sciences
        • Anthropology
        • Art
        • Communication
        • Education
        • English
        • Film Studies
        • History
        • Interdisciplinary Studies
        • Music
        •  
        • Performing Arts
        • Philosophy
        • Political Science
        • Psychology
        • Religion
        • Social Work
        • Sociology
        • Student Success and Career Development
        • World Languages

        • Browse All Disciplines & Courses in Humanities & Social Sciences
    • Professional Studies
        • Professional Studies
        • Architecture
        • Criminal Justice
        • Culinary, Hospitality, Travel , and Tourism
        • Healthcare Professions
        • Legal and Paralegal Studies
        • Military Science

        • Browse All Disciplines & Courses in Professional Studies
    • Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
        • Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
        • Biology
        • Chemistry
        • Computer Science
        • Computers & Information Systems
        • Engineering
        • Environmental Science
        •  
        • Geography
        • Geology
        • Health and Kinesiology
        • Mathematics
        • Nutrition
        • Physics and Astronomy

        • Browse All Disciplines & Courses in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
    • Catalogs
    • News
    • Desk/Exam
    • Other Penguin Random House Education Sites
    • Elementary Education
    • Secondary Education
Download high-resolution image Look inside

Hollywood

Part of Vintage International

Author Gore Vidal
Look inside
Paperback
$16.95 US
Knopf | Vintage
On sale Aug 01, 2000 | 448 Pages | 978-0-375-70875-6
Add to cart Add to list Exam Copies
See Additional Formats
  • English > Comparative Literature > Politics and Literature
  • About
  • Author
In his brilliant and dazzling new novel, Gore Vidal sweeps us into one of the most fascinating periods of American political and social change. The time is 1917. In Washington, President Wilson is about to lead the United States into the Great War. In California, a new industry is born that will transform America: moving pictures. Here is history as only Gore Vidal can re-create it: brimming with intrigue and scandal, peopled by the greats of the silver screen and American politics, from Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks to Franklin D. Roosevelt and the author's own grandfather, the blind Senator Gore. With Hollywood, Vidal once again proves himself a superb storyteller and a perceptive chronicler of human nature's endless deceptions.

"Wicked and provocative...Vidal's purview of Hollywood in one of its golden ages is fascinating." —Chicago Tribune

"Wicked and provocative. . . . Vidal's purview of Hollywood in one of its golden ages is fascinating." —Tom Tryon

"Vidal succeeds in making his history alive and plausible." —The New York Times

"Vidal's originality derives from his assurance that he can create and command the American history of his novels, as much as he can their imaginary components. No other American writer I know of has Vidal's sense of national proprietorship. He summons the entire American scene into his confident voice. Vidal's presumptions work marvelously well for his intentions." —Richard Poirier, The New York Review of Books
Gore Vidal (1925–2012) was born at the United States Military Academy at West Point. His first novel, Williwaw, written when he was 19 years old and serving in the army, appeared in the spring of 1946. He wrote 23 novels, five plays, many screenplays, short stories, well over 200 essays, and a memoir. View titles by Gore Vidal

About

In his brilliant and dazzling new novel, Gore Vidal sweeps us into one of the most fascinating periods of American political and social change. The time is 1917. In Washington, President Wilson is about to lead the United States into the Great War. In California, a new industry is born that will transform America: moving pictures. Here is history as only Gore Vidal can re-create it: brimming with intrigue and scandal, peopled by the greats of the silver screen and American politics, from Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks to Franklin D. Roosevelt and the author's own grandfather, the blind Senator Gore. With Hollywood, Vidal once again proves himself a superb storyteller and a perceptive chronicler of human nature's endless deceptions.

"Wicked and provocative...Vidal's purview of Hollywood in one of its golden ages is fascinating." —Chicago Tribune

"Wicked and provocative. . . . Vidal's purview of Hollywood in one of its golden ages is fascinating." —Tom Tryon

"Vidal succeeds in making his history alive and plausible." —The New York Times

"Vidal's originality derives from his assurance that he can create and command the American history of his novels, as much as he can their imaginary components. No other American writer I know of has Vidal's sense of national proprietorship. He summons the entire American scene into his confident voice. Vidal's presumptions work marvelously well for his intentions." —Richard Poirier, The New York Review of Books

Author

Gore Vidal (1925–2012) was born at the United States Military Academy at West Point. His first novel, Williwaw, written when he was 19 years old and serving in the army, appeared in the spring of 1946. He wrote 23 novels, five plays, many screenplays, short stories, well over 200 essays, and a memoir. View titles by Gore Vidal

Additional formats

  • Hollywood
    Hollywood
    Gore Vidal
    978-0-307-78422-3
    $11.99 US
    Ebook
    Vintage
    Mar 23, 2011
  • Hollywood
    Hollywood
    Gore Vidal
    978-0-307-78422-3
    $11.99 US
    Ebook
    Vintage
    Mar 23, 2011

Other Books by this Author

  • Palimpsest
    Palimpsest
    A Memoir
    Gore Vidal
    978-0-593-31439-5
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    Vintage
    Nov 16, 2021
  • Myra Breckinridge
    Myra Breckinridge
    Gore Vidal
    978-0-525-56650-2
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    Vintage
    May 21, 2019
  • United States: Essays 1952-1992
    United States: Essays 1952-1992
    Gore Vidal
    978-1-9848-2395-3
    $10.99 US
    Ebook
    Crown
    Sep 25, 2018
  • Homage to Daniel Shays
    Homage to Daniel Shays
    Collected Essays
    Gore Vidal
    978-0-525-56579-6
    $13.99 US
    Ebook
    Vintage
    Aug 22, 2018
  • The Second American Revolution and Other Essays 1976 - 1982
    The Second American Revolution and Other Essays 1976 - 1982
    Gore Vidal
    978-0-525-56582-6
    $9.99 US
    Ebook
    Vintage
    Aug 22, 2018
  • At Home
    At Home
    Essays 1982 - 1988
    Gore Vidal
    978-0-525-56583-3
    $6.99 US
    Ebook
    Vintage
    Aug 22, 2018
  • Death in the Fifth Position
    Death in the Fifth Position
    Gore Vidal
    978-0-307-74142-4
    $16.00 US
    Paperback
    Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
    Mar 22, 2011
  • Death Before Bedtime
    Death Before Bedtime
    Gore Vidal
    978-0-307-74143-1
    $14.95 US
    Paperback
    Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
    Mar 22, 2011
  • Death Likes It Hot
    Death Likes It Hot
    Gore Vidal
    978-0-307-74144-8
    $14.95 US
    Paperback
    Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
    Mar 22, 2011
  • Selected Essays of Gore Vidal
    Selected Essays of Gore Vidal
    Gore Vidal
    978-0-307-38868-1
    $17.00 US
    Paperback
    Vintage
    Jun 16, 2009
  • Point to Point Navigation
    Point to Point Navigation
    A Memoir
    Gore Vidal
    978-0-307-27501-1
    $17.00 US
    Paperback
    Vintage
    Oct 09, 2007
  • The City and the Pillar
    The City and the Pillar
    A Novel
    Gore Vidal
    978-1-4000-3037-8
    $16.95 US
    Paperback
    Vintage
    Dec 02, 2003
  • Julian
    Julian
    A Novel
    Gore Vidal
    978-0-375-72706-1
    $18.95 US
    Paperback
    Vintage
    Aug 12, 2003
  • Creation
    Creation
    A Novel
    Gore Vidal
    978-0-375-72705-4
    $18.95 US
    Paperback
    Vintage
    Aug 27, 2002
  • The Last Empire
    The Last Empire
    Essays 1992-2000
    Gore Vidal
    978-0-375-72639-2
    $17.95 US
    Paperback
    Vintage
    Jun 11, 2002
  • The Golden Age
    The Golden Age
    A Novel
    Gore Vidal
    978-0-375-72481-7
    $16.95 US
    Paperback
    Vintage
    Sep 18, 2001
  • Empire
    Empire
    A Novel
    Gore Vidal
    978-0-375-70874-9
    $16.95 US
    Paperback
    Vintage
    Aug 01, 2000
  • Washington, D.C.
    Washington, D.C.
    A Novel
    Gore Vidal
    978-0-375-70877-0
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    Vintage
    Aug 01, 2000
  • 1876
    1876
    A Novel
    Gore Vidal
    978-0-375-70872-5
    $17.00 US
    Paperback
    Vintage
    Feb 15, 2000
  • Burr
    Burr
    A Novel
    Gore Vidal
    978-0-375-70873-2
    $17.95 US
    Paperback
    Vintage
    Feb 15, 2000
  • Lincoln
    Lincoln
    A Novel
    Gore Vidal
    978-0-375-70876-3
    $18.95 US
    Paperback
    Vintage
    Feb 15, 2000
  • The Messiah
    The Messiah
    Gore Vidal
    978-0-14-118039-7
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Jan 01, 1998
  • Palimpsest
    Palimpsest
    A Memoir
    Gore Vidal
    978-1-101-66735-4
    $8.99 US
    Ebook
    Penguin Books
    Sep 01, 1996
  • Live from Golgotha
    Live from Golgotha
    The Gospel According to Gore Vidal
    Gore Vidal
    978-1-101-66734-7
    $14.99 US
    Ebook
    Penguin Books
    Oct 01, 1993
  • Palimpsest
    Palimpsest
    A Memoir
    Gore Vidal
    978-0-593-31439-5
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    Vintage
    Nov 16, 2021
  • Myra Breckinridge
    Myra Breckinridge
    Gore Vidal
    978-0-525-56650-2
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    Vintage
    May 21, 2019
  • United States: Essays 1952-1992
    United States: Essays 1952-1992
    Gore Vidal
    978-1-9848-2395-3
    $10.99 US
    Ebook
    Crown
    Sep 25, 2018
  • Homage to Daniel Shays
    Homage to Daniel Shays
    Collected Essays
    Gore Vidal
    978-0-525-56579-6
    $13.99 US
    Ebook
    Vintage
    Aug 22, 2018
  • The Second American Revolution and Other Essays 1976 - 1982
    The Second American Revolution and Other Essays 1976 - 1982
    Gore Vidal
    978-0-525-56582-6
    $9.99 US
    Ebook
    Vintage
    Aug 22, 2018
  • At Home
    At Home
    Essays 1982 - 1988
    Gore Vidal
    978-0-525-56583-3
    $6.99 US
    Ebook
    Vintage
    Aug 22, 2018
  • Death in the Fifth Position
    Death in the Fifth Position
    Gore Vidal
    978-0-307-74142-4
    $16.00 US
    Paperback
    Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
    Mar 22, 2011
  • Death Before Bedtime
    Death Before Bedtime
    Gore Vidal
    978-0-307-74143-1
    $14.95 US
    Paperback
    Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
    Mar 22, 2011
  • Death Likes It Hot
    Death Likes It Hot
    Gore Vidal
    978-0-307-74144-8
    $14.95 US
    Paperback
    Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
    Mar 22, 2011
  • Selected Essays of Gore Vidal
    Selected Essays of Gore Vidal
    Gore Vidal
    978-0-307-38868-1
    $17.00 US
    Paperback
    Vintage
    Jun 16, 2009
  • Point to Point Navigation
    Point to Point Navigation
    A Memoir
    Gore Vidal
    978-0-307-27501-1
    $17.00 US
    Paperback
    Vintage
    Oct 09, 2007
  • The City and the Pillar
    The City and the Pillar
    A Novel
    Gore Vidal
    978-1-4000-3037-8
    $16.95 US
    Paperback
    Vintage
    Dec 02, 2003
  • Julian
    Julian
    A Novel
    Gore Vidal
    978-0-375-72706-1
    $18.95 US
    Paperback
    Vintage
    Aug 12, 2003
  • Creation
    Creation
    A Novel
    Gore Vidal
    978-0-375-72705-4
    $18.95 US
    Paperback
    Vintage
    Aug 27, 2002
  • The Last Empire
    The Last Empire
    Essays 1992-2000
    Gore Vidal
    978-0-375-72639-2
    $17.95 US
    Paperback
    Vintage
    Jun 11, 2002
  • The Golden Age
    The Golden Age
    A Novel
    Gore Vidal
    978-0-375-72481-7
    $16.95 US
    Paperback
    Vintage
    Sep 18, 2001
  • Empire
    Empire
    A Novel
    Gore Vidal
    978-0-375-70874-9
    $16.95 US
    Paperback
    Vintage
    Aug 01, 2000
  • Washington, D.C.
    Washington, D.C.
    A Novel
    Gore Vidal
    978-0-375-70877-0
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    Vintage
    Aug 01, 2000
  • 1876
    1876
    A Novel
    Gore Vidal
    978-0-375-70872-5
    $17.00 US
    Paperback
    Vintage
    Feb 15, 2000
  • Burr
    Burr
    A Novel
    Gore Vidal
    978-0-375-70873-2
    $17.95 US
    Paperback
    Vintage
    Feb 15, 2000
  • Lincoln
    Lincoln
    A Novel
    Gore Vidal
    978-0-375-70876-3
    $18.95 US
    Paperback
    Vintage
    Feb 15, 2000
  • The Messiah
    The Messiah
    Gore Vidal
    978-0-14-118039-7
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Jan 01, 1998
  • Palimpsest
    Palimpsest
    A Memoir
    Gore Vidal
    978-1-101-66735-4
    $8.99 US
    Ebook
    Penguin Books
    Sep 01, 1996
  • Live from Golgotha
    Live from Golgotha
    The Gospel According to Gore Vidal
    Gore Vidal
    978-1-101-66734-7
    $14.99 US
    Ebook
    Penguin Books
    Oct 01, 1993
 Keep in touch!
Sign up for news from Penguin Random House Higher Education.
Subscribe
Connect with Us!

Get the latest news on all things Higher Education. Learn about our books, authors, teacher events, and more!

Friend us on Facebook!

Follow us on Twitter!

Subscribe on YouTube!

Our mission is to foster a universal passion for reading by partnering with authors to help create stories and communicate ideas that inform, entertain, and inspire.

Privacy Policy   |   Terms of Use

© 2022 Penguin Random House

About Higher Education

  • About Us
  • Digital Solutions
  • FAQs
  • Conferences
  • Submit a desk/exam request
  • Contact your Higher Education Representative
  • Browse & subscribe to our newsletters

Penguin Random House Education

  • Elementary
  • Secondary
  • Higher Ed
  • Common Reads

Penguin Random House

  • penguinrandomhouse.com
  • global.penguinrandomhouse.com
  • Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau

About Higher Education

  • About Us
  • Digital Solutions
  • FAQs
  • Conferences

Penguin Random House Education

  • Elementary
  • Secondary
  • Higher Ed
  • Common Reads
  • Submit a desk/exam request
  • Contact your Higher Education Representative
  • Browse & subscribe to our newsletters

Penguin Random House

  • penguinrandomhouse.com
  • global.penguinrandomhouse.com
  • Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau

Privacy Policy   |   Terms of Use

© 2022 Penguin Random House
Back to Top

/