11/24/2008
by Angela Wilson
Alternative lifestyles abound in Hollywood today, but did you know that they were the talk of the nation in the early 1900s? Stifled housewives scrambled to stores to get the latest celebrity gossip from society columns or glitzy Tinsel Town glossies similar to InTouch and USWeekly - but respected like People or Life. Movie stars were glamorous, sophisticated, and it did not matter that they thumbed the moral code of the day. In a way, it was exciting to those who felt too confined to experience it themselves. Today, Book Addict Editor Angela Wilson finds out more about this time of cross-dressers and scandalous affairs from noted historian Brett Abrams, author of Hollywood Bohemians, Transgressive Sexuality and the Selling of the Movieland Dream.
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Posted by Stephanie Barko on 11/24/2008, 06:57 AM
How fascinating!
Posted by Jenny Peter on 04/22/2009, 10:54 PM
A nice article on interest in celebrity gossips in 19th century. It seems people from the early 1900s had been interested in celebrity gossips for which they scrambled to stores to get the latest celebrity gossip from society columns or glitzy Tinsel Town glossies similar to In Touch and US Weekly - but respected like People or Life. And the interest finds its way through to us and we also have the same habits. This can be proved by the popularity of the celebrity websites.
Posted by Mark on 04/22/2009, 10:56 PM
A nice article on interest in celebrity gossips in 19th century. It seems people from the early 1900s had been interested in celebrity gossips for which they scrambled to stores to get the latest celebrity gossip from society columns or glitzy Tinsel Town glossies similar to In Touch and US Weekly - but respected like People or Life. And the interest finds its way through to us and we also have the same habits. This can be proved by the popularity of the celebrity websites.
Thanks
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