An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood
- ISBN-10
- 0385265573
- ISBN-13
- 9780385265577
- Category
- Performing Arts
- Pages
- 502
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1989
- Publisher
- Anchor Books
- Author
- Neal Gabler
Description
Profiles the early Hollywood studio moguls, examining how the movies of Fox, Mayer, and the Warners, among others, came to shape American values, myths, and traditions
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