An Empire Of Their Own: How The Jews Invented Hollywood

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First h/b edition published 1988 by Crown Publishers, Inc. This p/b edition published 1989 by Anchor Books / Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc. An Empre of Their Own - Front Cover Half-title Title Page Printer's Imprint Contents Quotation from F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Last Tycoon Introduction Part One—The Men 1. The Killer 2. “Don’t Be a Salary Slave!” 3. Born on the Fourth of July 4. Between the Old Life and the New 5. “I Don’t Get Ulcers. I Give ‘Em!” ~photoplates (1-8)~ Part Two—The Empire 6. In Their Image 7. How They Lived ~photoplates (9-16)~ 8. Rabbi to the Stars 9. Refugees and British Actors ~photoplates (17-24)~ 10. The End Epilogue Reference Notes Introduction 1. The Killer 2. “Don’t Be a Salary Slave!” 3. Born on the Fourth of July 4. Between the Old Life and the New 5. “I Don’t Get Ulcers. I Give ‘Em!” 6. In Their Image 7. How They Lived 8. Rabbi to the Stars 9. Refugees and British Actors 10. The End A Note On Sources A Selected Bibliography Acknowledgments Index About the Author Rear Cover