Hairpins and Dead Ends: The Perilous Journeys of 25 Actresses Through Early Hollywood (hardback)

“I’ve been away so long that nothing matters now. I went home to die, but I wasn’t that fortunate.” Edwina Booth

“He who enters Hollywood leaves self—the real self—behind. It is the land of Let’s Pretend, and the hardest acting is done off screen.” Herbert Howe, writer

“From the peak of fame to the brink of almost hopeless despair—that’s my story of Hollywood.” Alice Lake

You survived Dangerous Curves ‘atop Hollywood Heels, Michael G. Ankerich’s 2010 book about ill-fated actresses of the s...