{"product_id":"i-lost-my-girlish-laughter-9781984897763","title":"I Lost My Girlish Laughter","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA lost literary gem of Hollywood in the 1930s, \u003ci\u003eI Lost My Girlish Laughter\u003c\/i\u003e is a thinly veiled send-up of the actors, producers, writers, and directors of the Golden Age of the studio system.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMadge Lawrence, fresh from New York City, lands a job as the personal secretary to the powerful Hollywood producer Sidney Brand (based on the legendary David O. Selznick). In a series of letters home, Western Union telegrams, office memos, Hollywood gossip newspaper items, and personal journal entries, we get served up the inside scoop on all the shenanigans, romances, backroom deals, and betrayals that go into making a movie.\u003cbr\u003e The action revolves around the production of Brand's latest blockbuster, meant to be a star vehicle to introduce his new European bombshell (the real-life Marlene Dietrich). Nevermind that the actress can't act, Brands' negotiations with MGM to get Clark Gable to play the male lead are getting nowhere, and the Broadway play he's bought for the screenplay is reworked so that it is unrecognizable to its author. In this delicious satire of the film business, one is never very far from the truth of what makes Hollywood tick and why we all love it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/05\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781984897763\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2019 pg. 5\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2019 pg. 30\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jane Allen, J. E. Smyth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43049735553205,"sku":"9781984897763","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_40a64b65-5348-4246-aa5f-eae9ab340d6c.jpg?v=1689693546","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/i-lost-my-girlish-laughter-9781984897763","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}