Hollywood Babylon: Films on the dark side of the Golden Age

Let’s take a cinema trip away from the glitz and glamour of Hollywood to the seedy side of town. The land of Hollywood Babylon the places where the extras, wannabes and has-beens dwell. Here’s a look at some films, some well known and some more obscure, that show some aspect of the lives of people who dwell on the fringes. The people reaching, hoping and striving for fame but who keep finding it just out or reach and. . . those who touched the bright lights of fame only to have it burn out. These movies about Hollywood’s golden age don’t shy away from the dark side with their depiction of the Hollywood dream. It’s Hollywood Babylon Films: Stardust (1940) Starring Linda Darnell and John Payne What Price Hollywood (1933) Starring Constance Bennett and Lowell Sherman Sunset Boulevard (1950) Starring Gloria Swanson and William Holden A Star is Born (1937) Starring Janet Gaynor and Frederic March Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) L.A. Confidential (1997) Sta