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An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood is a 1988 non-fiction book whose topic is the careers of several prominent Jewish film producers in the early years of Hollywood.
- Neal Gabler
- 1988
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.
- (571)
- Anchor
- $21.62
- Neal Gabler
Sep 1, 1988 · A superb history of the Jews in Hollywood by a noted film historian. Gabler explains that since emigrant Jews were barred from traditional industries -- like white shoe investment banking -- they were essentially forced to create their own business: Hollywood. They subsequently had their own country club, beautiful L.A. homes, polo teams, etc.
- (699)
- Paperback
Sep 8, 1989 · The names Harry Cohn, William Fox, Carl Laemmle, Louis B. Mayer, Jack and Harry Warner, and Adolph Zucker are giants in the history of contemporary Hollywood, outsiders who dared to invent their own vision of the American Dream.
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- Neal Gabler
- $11.99
- Anchor
This spellbinding social history of Hollywood reaches beyond the commonplace stereotypes to examine the psychology of the movie moguls, and the political, religious, and economic milieu of...
- Neal Gabler
- Crown Publishers, 1988
- illustrated
The history of the influence of Eastern European Jewish Emigre culture has had on Hollywood and the films created in its golden age.
- 98 min
- 1.1M
- Reelblack One
Dec 12, 1988 · Best known as a former co-host of PBS's Sneak Previews , Gabler presents an entertaining, wide-ranging, in-depth account of the Jewish studio executives, theater owners, producers, writers, lawyers and talent agents who dominated the American film industry until shortly after WW II.
- Neal Gabler
