What Happened When Dorothy Parker Went Hollywood

Parker said she hated Hollywood, and for the usual reasons. Yet she spent more than three decades in film land, enjoying the high salaries that allowed her to live well.

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Dorothy Parker in 1924. Via WIkimedia Commons

‘Dorothy Parker in Hollywood’
By Gail Crowther
Gallery Books, 304 pages

Time spent laboring for Hollywood studios is usually of less importance in biographies of important writers than their work in fiction, drama, or poetry. Writers themselves have devalued their screenplays, and until recently their contributions to cinema have been difficult to determine because of the collaborative nature of many projects. 

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