![]() | The Hollywood Sign: Fantasy and Reality of an American Icon Subjects: Motion picture industry -- California -- Los Angeles -- History; Motion pictures -- United States -- History; Hollywood (Los Angeles Calif.) -- History; Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History; Hollywood Sign (Los Angeles Calif.) -- History; The story behind the massive white block letters set into a steep Los Angeles hillside--and the city and culture they represent: "Terrific."-- San Francisco Chronicle Leo Braudy is among America's leading cultural historians and film critics. He currently is University Professor and Leo S. Bing Chair in English and American Literature at the University of Southern California. He lives in Los Angeles. |
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