This item city of nets a portrait of hollywood in the 1940s by otto friedrich paperback cdn2474 only 7 left in stock more on the way ships from and sold by amazonca. The late otto friedrich enlivened the pages of many newspapers and magazines with his vigorous prose his journalistic ability to convey complex material in a vivid accessible manner is evident in city of nets a mordant portrait of hollywood in the 1940soriginally published in 1986 its the middle volume in a trilogy of superb urban histories that also includes before the deluge a . I decided halfway through that city of nets was the best history ever written about 1940s hollywood its not a thorough history but the subjects he tackles are handled in depth youll come away understanding the partnership of billy wilder and charles brackett and why they eventually had enough of each other you get plenty of the moguls. City of nets a portrait of hollywood in the 1940s user review not available book verdict in the foreword to his social history friedrich freely admits that all the information in it has been published before but he goes on to say that the books value lies in the range of coverage if . City of nets a portrait of hollywood in the 1940s the resource