| Joseph P. Kennedy Presents His Hollywood Years Contributor(s): Beauchamp, Cari (Author), Ward, Pam (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1433261065 ISBN-13: 9781433261060 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $108.00 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: February 2009 Annotation: During Joseph P. Kennedys reign in Hollywood from 1926 to 1930, he changed the very nature of the business of moviemaking, creating the first modern entertainment empire. Cari Beauchamp tells how he made it all happen. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Biography & Autobiography | Business - Biography & Autobiography | Political |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 2" H x 6.8" W x 6.2" (0.90 lbs) |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1920's - Chronological Period - 1930's |
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| Publisher Description: Joseph P. Kennedy reigned in Hollywood from 1926 to 1930, when he ran three movie studios, led the revolution in sound pictures, and created the first modern entertainment empire. Sorting through the archives of Kennedy deals, letters, and memos, Cari Beauchamp tells for the first time how he made it all happen, a miracle of smoke and mirrors that resulted in a gambit never seen before or since: the merger with RCA that resulted in RKO Studios. Beauchamp writes about the pictures Kennedy produced; the stars he made and ruined (including his lover, Gloria Swanson); and the Hollywood titans he charmed, cajoled, and battled, including William Randolph Hearst, in this fascinating tale of greed and business genius that shows how Kennedy not only made a fortune but changed the very nature of the business of moviemaking. |
Contributor Bio(s): Beauchamp, Cari: - Cari Beauchamp is the author of Without Lying Down. She has written for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Vanity Fair, and Variety. She is an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Film scholar. Ward, Pam: -Pam Ward, an AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator, found her true calling reading books for the blind and physically handicapped for the Library of Congress' Talking Books program. The fact that she can work with Blackstone Audio from the beauty of the mountains of Southern Oregon is an unexpected bonus. |