The Last Mogul: Lew Wasserman, McA, and the Hidden History of Hollywood
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Book Overview
The reviewer of the Boston Globe said point blank: "Over the years, I've read hundreds of books on Hollywood and the movie business, and this one is right at the top." As the elusive, tyrannical head of the Music Corporation of America (MCA) until the 1990s, Lew Wasserman was the most powerful and feared man in show business for more than half a century. His career spanned the entire history of the movies, from the silent era to the present, and he was guru to Alfred Hitchcock, Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando, and Jimmy Stewart, and to a new generation of filmmakers beginning with Steven Spielberg and George Lucas. For more than four years, Dennis McDougal interviewed over 350 people who knew the man with the giant dark horn-rimmed glasses-colleagues, relatives, rivals-and drew on tens of thousands of pages of documents to produce this extraordinary and first-ever portrait of a legend and his times, a book that the New York Times Book Review called "thoroughly reported and engrossing" and that the Daily News called, simply, "a bombshell."
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0306810506
ISBN13:9780306810503
Release Date:April 2001
Publisher:Da Capo Press
Length:600 Pages
Weight:1.76 lbs.
Dimensions:1.4" x 6.0" x 9.1"
Customer Reviews
4 ratings
Highly recommend this great book.
Published by Jane Halcrow , 5 years ago
Fascinating and revealing book exploring the underbelly of the entertainment world and the connections to organized crime and politics. As comedian George Carlin said “it’s a big club and we ain’t in it”.
We need more
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
An incredibly detailed and fascinating look into the world of perhaps hollywood's greatest businessman ever. I wish there was more information about the great company mca and mr. wasserman, especially something sanctioned by him. there are libraries of info inside that man that we need to know! so far, we have added a tunafish lunch to our routine, a la lew. but we need more info, more books to balance this story. seems to me that bernard dick's "city of light" about universal pictures, "stiffed" and "hit men" about the music business and others offer snapshots from the whole film of the last mogul, but i would love to know more. respect to lew wasserman and dennis mcdougal.
The Godfather
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
Capturing the essence of Old Hollywood,the author tries to posthnously piece together the stories of "The Godfather." Not merely tossing up gossip, the analysis of various situations and its underlying consequences on the hOllywood community should be well noted. i would recommend this book to Reading Rainbow readers.
The Last Mogul Is Alive And Well Worth Reading!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
This is a great book for anyone who loves Hollywood and the history of Hollywood. It is a great read, filled with details of past deals, and well defined characters. From the early days with Jules Stein, up until the sale of the company, this is a history book which is valuable for anyone who wants to know why certain movies were made, why hollywood functions as it does, and who the true power brokers were over the past 40+ years. The only thing better than reading about Lew Wasserman would be to meet the man, and listen to his stories, including Hollywood, MCA, Universal, Jules Stein, and all of the stars who worked for him.
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