An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood

Neal Gabler

ISBN 10: 0491034091 / ISBN 13: 9780491034098

Edité par W H Allen, 1989

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Book is pre-owned - please see photos. Some minor fade due to vintage but good condition. The story of a handful of Jewish immigrants to the US from eastern Europe who created the Hollywood film industry. These men, including William Fox and Harry Warner, are its founding fathers. Neal Gabler draws on a host of fascinating anecdotes which provide an insight into the movie capital of the world.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood
• Éditeur: W H Allen
• Date de parution: 1989
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0491034091
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780491034098
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Good

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Synopsis

The story of a handful of Jewish immigrants to the US from eastern Europe who created the Hollywood film industry. These men, including William Fox and Harry Warner, are its founding fathers. Neal Gabler draws on a host of fascinating anecdotes which provide an insight into the movie capital of the world.

Biographie de l'auteur

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.