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Hollywood has made the image of Los Angeles world famous, as have many screenwriters and novelists. Writers initially praised Los Angeles as a source of regeneration. By the 1930s, however, the view of Los Angeles had turned dark as [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]], [[Aldous Huxley]], [[Raymond Chandler]], [[Nathanael West]], and others saw the city as a place of broken dreams and corruption. Representative novels include Horace McCoy's ''They Shoot Horses, Don't They?'' (1935) and Nathanael West's ''The Day of the Locust'' (1939).   

Hollywood has made the image of Los Angeles world-famous, as have many screenwriters and novelists. Writers initially praised Los Angeles as a source of regeneration. By the 1930s, however, the view of Los Angeles had turned dark as [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]], [[Aldous Huxley]], [[Raymond Chandler]], [[Nathanael West]], and others saw the city as a place of broken dreams and corruption. Representative novels include Horace McCoy's ''They Shoot Horses, Don't They?'' (1935) and Nathanael West's ''The Day of the Locust'' (1939).   

[[Image:Blue-Dahlia.jpg|thumb|250px|1946 film noir]]

[[Image:Blue-Dahlia.jpg|thumb|250px|1946 film noir]]

The cynicism prevailed throughout the 20th century as Ross MacDonald, Joan Didion, Joseph Wambaugh, and other writers saw Los Angeles as a metaphor for deception, illusion and loss. Hollywood turned the negative image into a backdrop for a series of famous "film noir" (black films) in the 1940s which portrayed Los Angeles as an impersonal, pessimistic, and dehumanized environment. Classic films include "Double Indemnity," "Mildred Pierce," "The Postman Always Rings Twice," and "The Blue Dahlia". The Spanish architectural styles of residences, the seediness of downtown Los Angeles, exotic landscaping, the river channel, the Hollywood Bowl, and industrial locations were featured in these films and usually given a dark interpretation, as Los Angeles came to represent disillusionment with the American Dream.<ref>Tina Olsin Lent, "The Dark Side of the Dream: The Image of Los Angeles in Film Noir" ''Southern California Quarterly'' 1987 69(4): 329-348. 0038-3929</ref>  

The cynicism prevailed throughout the 20th century as Ross MacDonald, Joan Didion, Joseph Wambaugh, and other writers saw Los Angeles as a metaphor for deception, illusion and loss. Hollywood turned the negative image into a backdrop for a series of famous "film noir" (black films) in the 1940s which portrayed Los Angeles as an impersonal, pessimistic, and dehumanized environment. Classic films include "Double Indemnity," "Mildred Pierce," "The Postman Always Rings Twice," and "The Blue Dahlia". The Spanish architectural styles of residences, the seediness of downtown Los Angeles, exotic landscaping, the river channel, the Hollywood Bowl, and industrial locations were featured in these films and usually given a dark interpretation, as Los Angeles came to represent disillusionment with the American Dream.<ref>Tina Olsin Lent, "The Dark Side of the Dream: The Image of Los Angeles in Film Noir" ''Southern California Quarterly'' 1987 69(4): 329-348. 0038-3929</ref>