An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood
#788 of 3,809 books · #298 in History
Won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History (1989).
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.
- Publisher
- W H Allen
- ISBN-13
- 9780491034098
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Awards
Other awarded books from Neal Gabler
- Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination (2006)1 win · 8 score
- Winchell: Gossip, Power and the Culture of Celebrity (1995)0 wins · 4 score
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