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Book Descriptionin When Hollywood Had A King The Distinguished Journalist Connie Bruck Tells The Sweeping Story Of Mca And Its Brilliant Leader A Man Who Transformed The Entertainment Ind… More...

Book Descriptionin When Hollywood Had A King The Distinguished Journalist Connie Bruck Tells The Sweeping Story Of Mca And Its Brilliant Leader A Man Who Transformed The Entertainment Industry8212 Businessman Politician Tactician And Visionary Lew Wasserman The Music Corporation Of America Was Founded In Chicago In 1924 By Dr Jules Stein An Ophthalmologist With A Gift For Booking Bands Twelve Years Later Stein Moved His Operations West To Beverly Hills And Hired Lew Wasserman From His Meager Beginnings As A MovieTheater Usher In Cleveland Wasserman Ultimately Ascended To The Post Of President Of Mca And The Company Became The Most Powerful Force In Hollywood Regarded With A Mixture Of Fear And Awe In His Signature Black Suit And Black Knit Tie WasSerman Took Hollywood By Storm He Shifted The Balance Of Power From The Studios8212Which Had SevenYear Contractual Strangleholds On The Stars8212To The Talent Who Became Profit Partners When An Antitrust Suit Forced Mca8217S Evolution From Talent Agency To Film And TelevisionProduction Company It Was Wasserman Who Parlayed The Control Of A Wide Variety Of Entertainment And Media Products Into A New Type Of Hollywood Power Base There Was Only Washington Left To Conquer And Conquer It Wasserman Did Quietly Brokering Alliances With Democratic And Republican Administrations Alike That Wasserman8217S Reach Extended From The Underworld To The White House Only Added To His Mystique Among His Friends Were Teamster Boss Jimmy Hoffa Mob Lawyer Sidney Korshak And Gangster Moe Dalitz8212Along With Presidents Johnson Clinton And Especially Reagan Who Enjoyed A Particularly Close And Mutually Beneficial Relationship With Wasserman He Was Equally Intimate With Hollywood Royalty From Bette Davis And Jimmy Stewart To Steven Spielberg Who Began His Career At Mca And Once Described Wasserman8217S Eyeglasses As Looking Like Two Giant Movie Screensthe History Of Mca Is Really Thehistory Of A Revolution Lew Wasserman Ushered In The Hollywood We Know Today He Is The Link Between The OldSchool Moguls With Their Ironclad Studio Contracts And The New Industry Defined By Multimedia Conglomerates Power Agents Multimillionaire Actors And Profit Sharing In The Hands Of Connie Bruck The Story Of Lew Wasserman8217S Rise To Power Takes On An Almost Shakespearean Scope When Hollywood Had A King Reveals The Industry8217S Greatest Untold Story How A Stealthy Enterprising Power Broker Became For A Time Tinseltown8217S Absolute Monarch, DE, [SC: 0.00], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot, [GW: 293g], Banküberweisung, PayPal, Skrill/Moneybookers, Internationaler Versand<