Description: Goldwyn - A Biography by A Scott Berg - copyright 1989 This hardcover book issued with dustjacket is very good condition - Dustjacket is in very good condition with no wear in protective cover - book has no torn or missing pages nor writing in the book ..... Signed on title page "for Michael Weber With the hope that this interests you and with best regards A Scott Berg"In his first 40 years, poor, Warsaw-born Shmuel Gelbfisz walked 500 miles to Hamburg, then from London to Liverpool, arrived in America at 19, became a U.S. citizen as Sam Goldfish, worked as a glove salesman, established a company to produce and distribute films and took the name Samuel Goldwyn. This comprehensive, amusing account of his private life and lengthy career as a Hollywood studio head--by the author of Max Perkins: Editor of Genius --depicts an often unscrupulous businessman, gambler, woman-chaser and inadequate father, who frequently burst into tears when overcome by emotion or frustration and who was married for more than 40 years to a charming, witty, tough-as-nails social lioness. The book is peppered with hundreds of Goldwyn's famous and infamous malapropisms, dozens of anecdotes about his critical and commercial failures as well as his outstanding successes ( Wuthering Heights starring Laurence Olivier & Merle Oberon ; The Little Foxes starring Bette Davis & Herbert Marshall ; The Best Years of Our Lives starring Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews; Ball of Fire starring Barbara Stanwyck & Gary Cooper ), and details of his relationships with, among scores of others, Eddie Cantor, Ronald Colman, Merle Oberon, Gary Cooper, George Cukor, William Wyler, Billy Wilder. This is a thoroughly engrossing book about an unadmirable man Also listed Gloria Swanson SIGNED, Liberace SIGNED, James Arness, Raymond Burr, Greta Garbo, Marilyn Monroe, Jimmy Stewart SIGNED, Sonja Henie SIGNED, Fay Wray, Shirley Temple SIGNED & other Hollywood Bios & Collectables!!! Thanks for looking and happy bidding Combine postage offered
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Book Title: Goldwyn
Signed: Yes
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Original Language: English
Inscribed: Yes
Edition: First Edition
Modified Item: Yes
Subject: Biography & Autobiography
Publication Year: 1989
Type: Biography
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Special Attributes: Signed
Author: Scott Berg
Personalized: Yes
Features: 1st Edition
Genre: Biographies & True Stories
Topic: Entertainment, Film, Movies, Performing Arts, Television, Movie & Television
Subjects: Biographies & True Stories
