The Dream Factory

by Janet Leigh

When Eve Handel, one of the few women in Hollywood with the power to make or break a star, is hospitalized due to a life-threatening illness, those closest to her become concerned for their reputations, because Eve's journal full of dark secrets is missing. Reprint.

Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction

400 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published February 1, 2002

About the author

Janet Leigh is an actress best known for her role in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. She worked under contract at MGM and was famously married to fellow actor Tony Curtis, with whom she had two children. Daughters Kelly and Jamie Lee Curtis also became actresses.

Reviews

[Debra Pawlak · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought I would read this book because it is about Hollywood and it was written by actress Janet Leigh. Who better to know the inside scoop, than an insider? Well, I was disappointed. The story was contrived and not well written. The characters were awkward and I don't believe the picture Leigh painted was realistic. The main character, Eve Handel, fell into a job coaching actors at a fictitious studio. She left her family and fiancé in Chicago for Los Angeles. She then became an integral part of the studio and a confidante to many of her charges--not to mention extremely wealthy. Of course, after many travails, there was the obligatory happy ending, which just wasn't believable. I was relieved when I finally reached 'The End'!

[Mark · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's basically a romance novel.

You know Michael Jordan was a hell of a basketball player but never made it as a major league ball player though he tried.

Janet Leigh was a marvelous actress but... you know where this is going ...