Full Service
by Scotty Bowers
Taste attributes: biographydocumentaryslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticlineargrittyemotive & stirringsocial commentarytroubled leads
Boxlist takeA grounded, morally murky biography: serious and stirring. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.5 / 5
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About This Book
The wholesome image of America propagated by Hollywood in the 1940s, '50s and '60s is one of the most persistent in popular culture: loving wives, smiling children. But off the set, many of the actors who helped create this image were secretly leading very wild lives, and one man in particular was helping them: Scotty Bowers.
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- Author
- Scotty Bowers
- Published
- 2012
- Pages
- 302
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- Open Library
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