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An Empire of Their Own How the Jews Invented Hollywood
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An Empire of Their Own How the Jews Invented Hollywood Paperback - 1989

by Gabler, Neal

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Noted film critic Neal Gabler writes a provocative and richly entertaining biography of the five Jewish men who were the moving forces behind the creation of America's motion picture industry. 42 photos.

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Anchor. Very Good. 1989. Paperback. 0385265573 . 7.8 X 5.2 X 1.2 inches; 512 pages .
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Winner of the "Los Angeles Times Book Award for history, this "wonderful history of the golden age of the movie moguls" ("Chicago Tribune ) is a provocative, original, and richly entertaining group biography of the Jewish immigrants who were the moving forces behind the creation of America's motion picture industry.

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  • Title An Empire of Their Own How the Jews Invented Hollywood
  • Author Gabler, Neal
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition New Edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 512
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Anchor, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 1989
  • Features Bibliography
  • Bookseller's Inventory # info012022his
  • ISBN 9780385265577 / 0385265573
  • Weight 0.94 lbs (0.43 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.1 x 5.38 x 1.2 in (20.57 x 13.67 x 3.05 cm)
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Jewish
  • Library of Congress subjects Jewish motion picture producers and, Motion picture industry - California - Los
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 89032940
  • Dewey Decimal Code 384.809

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Citations

  • Publishers Weekly, 07/21/1989, Page 0

About the author

Neal Gabler is the author of five books: An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood, Winchell: Gossip, Power and the Culture of Celebrity, Life the Movie: How Entertainment Conquered Reality, Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination, and, most recently, Barbra Streisand: Redefining Beauty, Femininity and Power for the Yale Jewish Lives series. His essays and articles have appeared in numerous newspapers and magazines, including The Atlantic, Vanity Fair, Esquire, Playboy, Newsweek, and Vogue, and he has been the recipient of two Los Angeles Times Book Prizes, Time magazine's nonfiction book of the year, USA Today's biography of the year, a National Book Critics Circle nomination, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Public Policy Scholarship at the Woodrow Wilson Center, a Shorenstein Fellowship at the Harvard Kennedy School, and a Patrick Henry Fellowship at Washington College's C.V. Starr Center. He has also served as the chief nonfiction judge of the National Book Awards. Gabler is currently a professor for the MFA program at Stonybrook Southampton.

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New York: Anchor Books, published by Doubleday, 1989. First Anchor Books Edition [Stated]. Presumed first printing. Trade paperback. Good. The format is approximately 5.125 inches by 8 inches. vi, [2], 502 pages. Illustrations. Reference Notes. A Note on Sources. A Selected Bibliography. Index. Some cover wear and soiling, and a crease at the back. Provocative, original group biography of the Jewish immigrants who came to dominate the American film industry. These men--Adolph Zukor, Carl Laemmle, Louis B. Mayer, the Warner Brothers, Harry Cohn--created an image of America out of their idealism. Neal Gabler (born 1950) is an American journalist, writer and film critic. Gabler has contributed to numerous publications including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Esquire, New York Magazine, Vogue, American Heritage, The New Republic, Us, and Playboy. He has appeared on many television programs, including The Today Show, CBS Morning News, The News Hour, Entertainment Tonight, Charlie Rose, and… Read More
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