Joseph P. Kennedy's Hollywood Years - First and Only Outsider to Fleece Hollywood

Informationen zum Autor Cari Beauchamp is the author of Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Powerful Women of Early Hollywood ! which the New York Times Book Review called 'A revelation'. She also co-wrote and co-produced a documentary based on the film. She has written for The New York Times! Vanity Fair! and Variety and lives in Los Angeles! California. Klappentext This star studded tale of personal greed, business genius and perfect timing exposes how Joseph P. Kennedy charmed, cajoled, railed and manipulated. Beauchamp brings to light how Kennedy made his fortune, what he left in his path, how he changed the business of movie making and how he took what he learned to turn himself and his family into international celebrities. Joseph P. Kennedy's Hollywood Years: The First and Only Outsider to Fleece Hollywood , by Cari Beauchamp, is the astonishing true story of Joseph Kennedy's brief and ruthless reign in Hollywood and its legacy to the Kennedy dynasty. Zusammenfassung In 1919, when movies were an idea one week, in front of the camera the next and in theaters in a month, few were taking filmmaking seriously as business, but Joseph Kennedy spotted it as 'a gold mine'. This title presents the story of Kennedy's love affair and business arrangement with the 'reigning Queen of the movies' Gloria Swanson.

Product details

• Authors: Cari Beauchamp, Beauchamp Cari
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2011
• EAN: 9780571217366
• ISBN: 978-0-571-21736-6
• No. of pages: 528
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 240 mm x 40 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Hollywood, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, Films, cinema, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General