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Looking for Betty MacDonald : the egg, the plague, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, and I / Paula Becker. by Becker, Paula (Paula J.)

Table of Contents: “…Note to readers -- Prologue: the house and I -- The richest hill on Earth -- A twist of fate -- Child bride -- Especially Betty -- Egged on -- Smelling like sugar cookies -- Betty in Hollywoodland -- Authing -- The name's Kettle -- Family matters -- Anybody can -- Goodbye to all that -- Epilogue: looking for Betty Macdonald -- The Bard/MacDonald family -- Betty's houses: place as witness -- Bardisms.…”
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Boom / Arts and Entertainment Network.

Table of Contents: “…Oil Will Power the 20th Century (3:17) -- Innovating on a New Frontier (3:44) -- Spindletop Oilfield - January 10, 1901 (2:55) -- Detroit 1908 (3:11) -- America's Love Affair with the Car (2:33) -- Hollywoodland (1:29) -- Bringing Water to Southern California (3:32) -- Los Angeles Aqueduct (3:04) -- The Great Migration (2:09) -- Chicago Race Riot of 1919 (3:12) -- Red Summer of 1919 (1:44) -- Prohibition (4:15) -- The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre (2:50) -- Al Capone (3:37) -- Prohibition Abolished & Credits: Boom (1:39)…”
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The Hollywood sign : fantasy and reality of an American icon / Leo Braudy. by Braudy, Leo

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100 Years of Hollywood : Carl Laemmle and Universal Studios / Open University.

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