Comments on: The F. Scott Fitzgerald Hollywood Misadventure Quiz http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/11/22/the-f-scott-fitzgerald-hollywood-misadventure-quiz/ MovieMorlocks.com is the official blog for Turner Classic Movies (TCM). No topic is too obscure or niche to be excluded from our film discussions. And we welcome your comments on our blogs and bloggers. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:28:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: keelsetter http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/11/22/the-f-scott-fitzgerald-hollywood-misadventure-quiz/#comment-10772 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:04:15 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=16265#comment-10772 I’ve never read Fitzgerald’s “Patt Hobby Stories.” Thanks for calling it to my attention – boozy semi-autobiographical tales of Hollywood are a guilty pleasure for me. Which is why I can’t wait to read “Hellraisers: The Live and Inebriated Times of Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Peter O’Toole and Oliver Reed,” especially after reading the review for it here on TCM. That’ll be my Christmas present to myself, ho-ho-ho!

]]> By: moirafinnie http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/11/22/the-f-scott-fitzgerald-hollywood-misadventure-quiz/#comment-10763 Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:12:38 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=16265#comment-10763 The real irony of all the angst that Fitzgerald experienced each time he visited Hollywood was that, despite everything, he was still drawn there–and I don’t believe it was simply for the money, though that sure helped seduce him.

I’ve always liked Billy Wilder’s comment on this last misadventure in Fitzgerald’s life, comparing the novelist to: “a great sculptor who is hired to do a plumbing job. He did not know how to connect the pipes so the water could flow.”

Your sad but all too true quiz has made me want to go back and read those cautionary tales, the Pat Hobby stories again, Keelsetter.

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