Hollyweird (1953)

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   Another name for "Tinseltown."  The HDAS has "Hollyweird" from 1979, but a
slang master had used it much earlier.


   8 February 1953, NEVADA STATE JOURNAL (Reno, Nevada), pg. 6, col. 3:
   John Wayne (of Hollyweird) doing the La Vie En Rose sector with a big
party: Wayne, Women & Song.
(The column is Walter Winchell's "On Broadway"--ed.)

   27 March 1958, NEVADA STATE JOURNAL, pg.4, col. 3:
   You figger this out:  There are reports from Hollyweird concerning economy
and consequent unemployment.
(Winchell again--ed.)

    5 July 1958, NEVADA STATE JOURNAL, pg.4, col. 3:
   The V. Gassmans (S. Winters) of Hollyweird are at the Sulk and Shrug
stage.
(Winchell again--ed.)

   16 July 1958, NEVADA STATE JOURNAL, pg. 4, col. 3:
   The newest game in Hollyweird: The make-believe casting of a fancied film
version of Polly Adler's history of her brothel.
(Winchell again--ed.)