Scott Bradfield

Tales of old Hollywood are always entertaining – even when they’re apocryphal

If the early days lacked glamour, they certainly provided the best anecdotes, according to a new oral history

Hedy Lamarr was ‘a very, very beautiful woman to photograph – until she smiled’, said one cinematographer [Alamy]
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  • Hollywood: The Oral History

    Jeanine Basinger and Sam Wasson

    Faber, pp. 768, £25

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