The good and the bad about Hollywood from the perspective of a working actor during the 1950s; a tell-all about an industry based primarily on sex, money and a modicum of art. If anyone has ever become successful in Hollywood without really trying, Robert Darwin is one person who did, and he explains the entire unbelievable happenstance between the covers of this book. Darwin, however, is merely the messenger in describing the best of what can be encountered to succeed in the movie business, because he also explains the worst of what one might expect to endure ? and that is what this book is all about. In committing his experiences to paper, Darwin describes his love for the art of making movies and his despair over what he found was required for anyone to succeed. From the biggest stars down to the lowliest newcomers in town, as he quickly learned, all are encumbered with the same unbelievable burdens ? and if that isn?t enough, the sexual predators make matters even worse. Darwin tells it all like it was without mincing words or compromising the truth. It is a sad fact about Hollywood that every young hopeful should consider and every parent of a starstruck minor daughter or son should contemplate. Attempting to succeed in Hollywood is not a bowl of cherries. It is a serious business that chews up and spits out almost every novice who comes along. It is a place where only the strong and determined succeed ? and then only a miniscule few of them. Having arrived in Hollywood to become a screenwriter and director, Darwin survived for nine years as a working actor before writing and directing his first full-length feature film. It was a career long in the making, but once he finally succeeded in achieving his goal, he abandoned Hollywood and left the film business for others to ponder and pursue.