Neal Gabler, whose biography of Walter Winchell was named best nonfiction book of 1994 by "Time," now presents the definitive biography of one of the most important figures in 20th-century American entertainment and culture. Given complete access to the Disney Archives, Gabler paints an illuminating portrait of a legendary visionary. 32 pages of ...
A sweeping, vital biography of Walter Winchell, the most powerful and, at times, the most feared journalist in the America of his day. Credited with the tabloiding of America, Winchell revealed who was cavorting with gangsters or chorus girls, who was engaging in financial shenanigans, and who was frolicking with whom. Photographs.
It might seem an ironic fact that Hollywood, which churned out the dreams and fantasies that helped shape mainstream American culture, was built largely by the efforts and visions of a few Eastern European Jewish immigrants. These men--Adolph Zucker, the Warner brothers, Louis B. Mayer, Harry Cohn, Carl Laemmle, and William Fox--may be long gone ...
"Real life as entertainment" is explored as one of America's most original cultural critics reveals how our bottomless appetite for novelty, gossip, and melodrama has turned everything of importance into one vast public entertainment.
It might seem an ironic fact that Hollywood, which churned out the dreams and fantasies that helped shape mainstream American culture, was built largely by the efforts and visions of a few Eastern European Jewish immigrants. These men--Adolph Zucker, the Warner brothers, Louis B. Mayer, Harry Cohn, Carl Laemmle, and William Fox--may be long gone ...
Through the figure of Broadway hack, Walter Winchell, this book builds a picture of the influence of the media on popular culture and history. Winchell made and broke people in the public eye and supported or disowned political and social issues, until rendered impotent by the advent of television.
The author of "An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood" makes his case for entertainment as one of the most powerful forces of the 20th century, where everyone becomes a performance artist acting out his own life.
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