Goldwyn : a biography /
A. Scott Berg.
- 1st Riverhead trade paperback ed.
- New York : Riverhead Books, 1998.
- 577 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 517-555) and index.
Exodus New York Synapsis Dramatis personae Musical chairs A name for himself The business of America Elba Leading ladies Canaan Interregnum Making whoopee Coming of age "That little something extra" "The Goldwyn touch" Annus Mirabilis "We did it before and we can do it again" Best years The plague Dinosaurs A slow fade to black
Provides a definitive portrait of Samuel Gelbfisz, a young Pole who faced staggering obstacles to come to New York, and his rise to fame and power as Samuel Goldwyn--one of the most famous Hollywood studio figures of our time
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Goldwyn, Samuel, 1879-1974.
Motion picture producers and directors--United States--Biography. Productores y directores de cine--Estados Unidos --Biografias