Hollywood Babylon is no doubt a cult classic.There are plenty of books out there that strive to be a lot like this but in my opinion this is it. There are no other morbid Hollywood books as great as this one. If you love to read about the crazy scandals from old Hollywood than this book is for you. There are some very grotesque images used in this book so if you can't handle death images than this is defiantly not for you. Hollywood Babylon features Jayne Mansfield on the cover, One full page image of Jayne in the bath while filming 'Rock Hunter', A two page photo of the famous car crash image showing the mangled car with a males body on the floor near by and Jayne's body laid out on the side of the road underneath a white sheet with her bloody arm and a boot showing, also on Jayne there is a two page sized image of Jayne's poor little dead dog amongst Jayne's mangled bloody wig, smashed wine bottles and blood running down the side of the car.
Hollywood Babylon 2 is quite a lot like the first, exploring different stories and giving more details on certain stories already featured in the first. There is chapter on Marilyn Monroe and another on James Dean if you are fans of them also. The book has an overweight Liz Taylor on the cover. Jayne is featured once in this book, in a two page length photo during the filming of Promises Promises, Jayne is nude in the image, has one leg propped up on the side of the bath and is showing her pubic hair.
These are great books and I highly recommend them. I love the trashy Hollywood books and these two are defiantly must haves if you are like me. The great thing about these books is that they arn't rare and can be very cheap. I got both of mine for $1 each.
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