- Biography, Civilization, History, Jewish influences
"From noted film critic Neal Gabler comes a provocative, original, and richly entertaining group biography of the Jewish immigrants who founded and came to dominate the American film industry.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and epic.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- rawmeticulous
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About the book
- Author
- Neal Gabler
- First published
- 1988
- Pages
- 502
- Publisher
- Virgin Books, Ebury Publishing, Anchor
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780517055991
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“THIS BOOK BEGINS, AS HOLLYwood itself did, with something of a paradox.”
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