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Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
"Lion of Hollywood is the biography of Louis B. Mayer, the chief of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - MGM - the biggest and most successful film studio of Hollywood's Golden Age." "An immigrant from tsarist Russia, Mayer began in the film business as an exhibitor but soon migrated to where the action and the power were - Hollywood. Through sheer force of energy and foresight, he turned his own modest studio into MGM, where he became the most powerful man in Hollywood,...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
Description
"None of us thought we were making anything but entertainment for the moment. Only Ernst Lubitsch knew we were making art."--John Ford. This tribute to one of cinema's greatest artists by one of its greatest artists is unique testament to the respect in which Ernst Lubitsch was held by his contemporaries--a respect that continues to this day. When movie buffs speak of "the Lubitsch touch," they refer to a sense of style and taste, humor and humanity,...
