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Confidential Confidential: The Inside Story of Hollywood's Notorious Scandal Magazine
By Barbas, Samantha
- ISBN
- 9780912777542 9780912777566
- Publisher
- Chicago Review
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Reviewed on September 1, 2018 | Social Sciences
Before there was the National Enquirer and TMZ.com, there was Confidential, the pioneering gossip magazine of the 1950s. Historian Barbas (Movie Crazy: Fans, Stars, and the Cult of Celebrity) delves behind the scenes of the publication developed by Robert Harrison, purveyor of men's "girlie magazines," to detail its blend of racy photos, celebrity exposés, and garish artwork that made it become, for a short time, more widely read ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
