Babylon Revisited

Babylon Revisited is my guide through the labyrinth of myth, gossip, and outright invention that Kenneth Anger wove into his infamous book Hollywood Babylon. For decades, Anger’s lurid tales have shaped the public imagination of early Tinseltown, blurring the line between scandal and slander, truth and twisted embellishment. Babylon Revisited gathers a vivid cast of Hollywood’s most misrepresented figures—the stars, scoundrels, dreamers, and casualties whose lives Kenneth Anger twisted into lurid legend. We revisit those stories with clear eyes and solid research, separating fact from fabrication and restoring the real histories of the stars whose lives—and tragedies—deserve more than sensation. Here, the legends are untangled, the record is set straight, and Hollywood’s past finally speaks for itself.