I was first introduced to Richard Lamparski's coverage of the movie world decades ago and I became addicted to his sometimes catty coverage of actors and other noteworthy people.

Lamparski's Hidden Hollywood sadly doesn't rise to the heights of snidely dismissing the great Hedy Lamarr but we do get a lot of insights into where things happened; the respective sites of William Desmond Taylor and Thelma Todd's murders (as well as the house Mary Miles Minter lived as a recluse for the rest of her life), where the world's best ice cream was served, where Lili St Cyr had her lingerie shop and where Falcon Lair, Rudolph Valentino's mansion was located. We also a got an update on what was located at these landmarks when Lamparski's Hidden Hollywood was being researched in the late 1970s (sadly, mostly office space). ( )