Hollywood Babylon (2K)

Yes, these are the anointed ones, tapped on the shoulder by fame,

as wildly undisciplined as the most primitive jungle *****,

with rules and morals that cut her too low.

It's hard to believe that a simple smile from one of them could make the day for a waitress,

a garage mechanic, or even a doting studio head,

if mom and dad could only see them now.

What these people failed to realize was plated gold chips and peels to expose the plaster

that can shatter by a simple fall.

And some of them did fall.

Yes, 1916 was quite a year.

The horseless carriage came into its own.

But trouble was looming on the horizon. The war had been raging in Europe since 1914,

and the United States didn't enter the conflict until April of 1917. Reading off a list of

complaints to the Congress, President Wilson dealt America a hand in World War I. Young

men from all walks of life were tapped by the draft, and rugged training schedules were

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