Weimar Under the Palms: Pacific Palisades, German Exiles, and the Invention of Hollywood

A Real Castle on the Sea
Fritz Dives Off a Cliff, the Lakota Dance, and Christ Returns to Earth
Methodists Camp Out and a Lonesome Swabian Constructs a Japanese Palace
"Give in to their 'Take it easy.'"
"What watch?" - "Ten watch." - "Such much?"
"You lose your home and there's no finding a new one."
Goethe in Hollywood Suffers the Sycophants
The King of Pacific Palisades Helps Dispose of the Dead Mice
"And that substance is our work."
Salka Viertel Serves Sausage Soup and Alfred Döblin Searches for God
"Terribly disturbed by the dwindling sense of justice in this country..."
Players, All: Ronald Reagan on Screen, Henry Miller in the Bakyard, and Jakob Gimpel on Piano
The Legacy of Exile
Ackowledgements
Bibliography
Recommendations for Further Reading
Index of Names