![]() But Friedrich, who before writing "City of Nets" in 1986 penned "Before the Deluge: A Portrait of Berlin in the 1920s," does much more than relate what is by now the well-known story of how Hollywood went from heyday to sharp decline. ![]() Subtitled "A Portrait of Hollywood in the 1940s," "City of Nets" does indeed draw a factual picture of what formed and informed the movie industry during its Golden Age. "City of Nets" (University of California, 1997 reissue, $24.95 paperback), by the late Otto Friedrich, is one of those books that smart friends have often recommended, but it always seemed to disappear under a stack of novels or the biography du jour. This summer I finally caught up with a book I've been meaning to read for almost 20 years. ![]()
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