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Title: The not-so-shocking Mrs. Maas
Review: If awards were given to writers for packing the most cliches into one book--or even into one sentence--this gal would be in the running. Here's one of my favorites: "I was fit to be tied, ready to throw in the sponge and tell them where they could take their cotton-pickin' job." If this is your idea of sparkling prose, welcome to it. I find it no wonder that she and her husband didn't get too far as screenwriters. Of course, the fact that their greatest success was a now-forgotten Betty Grable musical should tell you something. As for the "shocking" facts about early Hollywood, the trade reviews (see above) quote every one of the most interesting, gossipy and shocking passages in the book. So save your money: you've just read it.
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