Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-302) and index.

Machine generated contents note: ADRIENNE L. MCLEAN INTRODUCTION -- LEE GRIEVESON THE THAW-WHITE SCANDAL, THE UNWRITTEN LAW, -- AND THE SCANDAL OF CINEMA -- SAM STOLOFF FATTY ARBUCKLE AND THE BLACK SOX: THE PARANOID -- STYLE OF AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE, 1919-1922 -- MARK LYNN ANDERSON SHOOTING STAR: UNDERSTANDING -- WALLACE REID AND HIS PUBLIC -- NANCY COOK THE SCANDAL OF RACE: AUTHENTICITY, THE SILENT -- ENEMY AND THE PROBLEM OF LONG LANCE -- LUCY FISCHER ECSTASY: FEMALE SEXUAL, SOCIAL, AND CINEMATIC -- SCANDAL -- CYNTHIA BARON AS RED AS A BURLESQUE QUEEN'S GARTERS: -- COLD WAR POLITICS AND THE ACTORS' LAB IN HOLLYWOOD -- ADRIENNE L. MCLEAN THE CINDERELLA PRINCESS AND THE INSTRUMENT -- OF EVIL: REVISITING TWO POSTWAR HOLLYWOOD STAR SCANDALS -- ERIK HEDLING EUROPEAN ECHOES OF HOLLYWOOD SCANDAL: -- THE RECEPTION OF INGRID BERGMAN IN 1950S SWEDEN -- MARY DESJARDINS SYSTEMATIZING SCANDAL: CONFIDENTIAL -- MAGAZINE, STARDOM, AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA -- SUSAN MCLELAND BARBARELLA GOES RADICAL: HANOI JANE AND -- THE AMERICAN POPULAR PRESS -- PETER LEHMAN and WILLIAM LUHR WHAT BUSINESS DOES A CRITIC -- HAVE ASKING IF BLAKE EDWARDS IS GAY? RUMOR, SCANDAL, -- BIOGRAPHY, AND TEXTUAL ANALYSIS -- JAMES CASTONGUAY HOLLYWOOD GOES TO WASHINGTON: -- SCANDAL, POLITICS, AND CONTEMPORARY MEDIA CULTURE -- SCANDAL AND FILM: A SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX.