Starring Donald Sutherland, Karen Black.
Directed by John Schlesinger.
Based on Nathanael West’s dark satire of Hollywood, the movie features a scene where a tour guide at the base of the sign recounts how “Camille McRae, 1929 Clam Queen of Pismo Beach” leapt to her death from “the great H” in 1932. McRae’s story refers to that of Peg Entwistle, a dispirited would-be starlet who actually did commit suicide in 1932 by jumping off of the “H.”