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Joseph P. Kennedy Presents: His Hollywood Years

By Cari Beauchamp

Book information

Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Year
2009
ISBN
9780307271297, 2008032828
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
9 MB (9319339 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2022-11-05 09:54:37
Biography & Autobiography; Performing Arts; Politi

Description

Joseph P. Kennedy’s reputation as a savvy businessman, diplomat, and sly political patriarch is well-documented.  But his years as a Hollywood mogul have never been fully explored until now.  In Joseph P. Kennedy Presents, Cari Beauchamp brilliantly explores this unknown chapter in Kennedy’s biography.  Between 1926 and 1930, Kennedy positioned himself as a major Hollywood player. In two short years, he was running three studios simultaneously and then, in a bold move, he merged his studios with David Sarnoff to form the legendary RKO Studio.  Beauchamp also tells the story of Kennedy’s affair with Gloria Swanson; how he masterminded the mergers that created the blueprint for contemporary Hollywood; and made the fortune that became the foundation of his empire.

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