HOLLYWOOD: THE PIONEERS by Kevin Brownlow and John Kobal; Knopf; 272 pages; $20
The world knows that Hollywood's Pleistocene period was the dawn of popular art. According to Historian Kevin Brownlow, it was also the sunset of the movies' frontier spirit. "Pioneers are people of exceptional energy—a quality that sets them apart," he begins. The narrative that follows is a valedictory to the singular men and women who invested and finally squandered those ergs when the hills and plains of Hollywood were still uncharted territories.
Brownlow's oversize album is an adjunct to the Thames Television...
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