AfauxcautionarydocumentarybasedonKennethAnger'sbookHollywoodBabylonthatportraysseveralnotoriouscelebritysexscandalsfromthegoldenageofHollywoodthroughfilmclipsandoftenhumoroussoftcorereenactments.Likethebook,themoviecoversbothrealandrumoredscandals.Themovieconsistsofsexploitationalvignettesnarratedbythesemi-seriousnarrator.Someofthereallifepeopleportrayedinthemoviearenotnameddirectlybutitsheavilyimpliedwhothey'resupposetobe.ThemoviefocusesonOliveThomas,Wallace"Wally"Reid,Roscoe"Fatty"Arbuckle,MarionDaviesandtheThomasH.Inceincident,CharlieChaplinandLitaGrey,RudolphValentino,MarleneDietrich'sbisexuality,ErichvonStroheim,andClaraBow.