A Boat Against the Current

A cultural "omniblog" covering matters literary as well as theatrical, musical, historical, cinematic(al), etc.

Showing posts with label The Last Tycoon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Last Tycoon. Show all posts
Friday, July 14, 2017

This Day in Literary History (Fitzgerald Meets Last Love in Hollywood)

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July 14, 1937—Bored and restless one night at his home in the Garden of Allah hotel in West Hollywood, F. Scott Fitzgerald accepted an...
Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Flashback, December 1940: “Great Gatsby”’s Fitzgerald Dies at Work on Hollywood Novel

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He had rejected his lover’s frantic urging to see a doctor immediately, saying he had an appointment with one the next day anyway--but F. Sc...
Saturday, August 28, 2010

Quote of the Day (Irving Thalberg, on Credit)

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“Credit you give yourself is not worth having.”—MGM production head Irving Thalberg, explaining why he refused to allow his name to appear o...
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